Senior Credit Research Analyst

Aviva; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm in London is seeking a Senior Credit Research Analyst to conduct in-depth research and analyses within the credit sectors. The ideal candidate will have experience in investment grade and high yield debt markets, providing valuable insights for portfolio construction decisions. This role includes generous benefits such as a pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Eligibility for annual performance bonus

Family friendly parental and carer's leave

Generous holiday entitlement

Up to 40% discount for company products

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars

Aviva Matching Share Plan

21 volunteering hours per year

Qualifications

• Experience in investment grade and/or high yield debt capital markets.
• Expertise in asset-backed and structured credit sectors.
• Ability to generate high conviction investment opinions.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-depth credit analysis within the asset-backed and structured credit sectors.
• Support portfolio construction decisions across credit markets.
• Collaborate with colleagues to formulate security selection recommendations.

Skills

Investment grade and/or high yield debt capital markets experience

Asset-backed and structured credit sector expertise

Ability to deliver high conviction investment opinions

Knowledge of fundamental and sustainability factors

Experience in developing modeling tools

Job description

Please note this position is based in London and this will be the contractual location of the successful candidate, other locations cannot be considered.

Senior Credit Research Analyst

This is a great job for an ambitious individual to progress their career in a dynamic environment, taking responsibility for issuer research, structure analysis and trade recommendations within the asset-backed and structured investment universe across both investment grade and high yield markets.

A bit about the job

This is a credit research role with primary responsibility for providing in-depth critical analysis within the asset-backed and structured credit sectors. You will support portfolio construction decisions across both investment grade and high yield credit markets, using your judgment and experience to generate trade recommendations across relevant portfolios. You will work collaboratively with research colleagues across AI, fund managers and other AI research and strategy teams to formulate and underpin security selection recommendations.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Experience of investment grade and/or high yield debt capital markets from a buy side asset manager, sell side investment bank or rating agency.
• Asset-backed and structured credit sector expertise required.
• The ability to deliver high conviction investment opinions that contribute to superior, risk adjusted results. Investment opinions should demonstrate analysis of fundamental and sustainability factors that drive issuer credit quality.
• Authoritative within area of expertise alongside a good level of broader macroeconomic knowledge
• Experienced in developing and building relevant modelling tools.

What you’ll get for this role

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave
• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
• 21 volunteering hours per year

In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.

Aviva is for everyone

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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