High-Yield Credit Analyst: Global Market Insights

Mason Blake Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Mason Blake Limited seeks a Credit Analyst to join its Global Credit team. The role focuses on high yield and leveraged loans, conducting bottom-up research and developing differentiated investment views to support portfolio decisions across global markets.

You will assess business models, earnings quality, leverage and capital structures, translate research into actionable investment views, and collaborate with portfolio managers to challenge assumptions and share insights across the platform.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3–5 years of relevant corporate credit experience.
• Ability to translate detailed fundamental research into a clear and actionable investment view.
• Curiosity about what drives changes in credit quality, valuation and market pricing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Analytical and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed bottom-up research on high yield and leveraged corporate borrowers across global markets.
• Assess business models, earnings quality, leverage, liquidity, cash generation and capital structures.
• Identify mispriced credit through fundamental analysis, relative-value work and assessment of market technicals.
• Develop clear investment theses and communicate risks, catalysts and potential downside associated with individual issuers.
• Follow portfolio companies closely and update views as financial, operational and market conditions evolve.
• Monitor sectors, macroeconomic developments, regulation and other factors influencing credit outcomes.
• Participate in meetings and calls with management, advisers and other market participants, preparing focused questions and follow-up analysis.
• Work alongside portfolio managers and other members of the credit team to challenge assumptions and refine investment conclusions.
• Share research, market observations and investment ideas with colleagues across the broader platform.

Skills

Corporate credit experience

Strong communication

Analytical mindset

Research to investment view

Collaborative mindset

Education

Strong academic credentials

Job description

Mason Blake Limited seeks a Credit Analyst to join its Global Credit team. The role focuses on high yield and leveraged loans, conducting bottom-up research and developing differentiated investment views to support portfolio decisions across global markets.

You will assess business models, earnings quality, leverage and capital structures, translate research into actionable investment views, and collaborate with portfolio managers to challenge assumptions and share insights across the platform.