Credit Research - Banking Analyst

Acuity Knowledge Partners; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Knowledge Partners in Bengaluru seeks an experienced Fixed Income Analyst to join the Fundamental Credit Research team. The role focuses on banking and insurance issuers with detailed credit modeling and issuer coverage.

The candidate will prepare investment commentary, track quarterly results, and interact with on-shore investment managers. MBA in Finance or CFA/FRM are valued; attention to detail is essential in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Subject matter expertise in Banking and Insurance
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to provide actionable commentary and opinion on key events, issuers, rating recommendations
• Understanding of the capital structure of banks and instrument tiering
• MBA in Finance; CFA and FRM are an added advantage

Responsibilities

• Initiating coverage on issuers by building detailed credit specific models and initiation reports
• Preparing opinionated research piece on key events, tracking quarterly earnings on companies under coverage
• Liaise with investor relations to seek responses and understand key issues
• Responsible for client interaction and managing client expectations
• Timely updation of sector dashboards

Skills

Banking and Insurance expertise

Verbal and written communication

Actionable commentary

Attention to detail

Education

MBA (Finance)

CFA

FRM

Job description

5 - 6 Years

Permanent

Job Description

Acuity Analytics (the trading nameof Acuity Knowledge Partners) is a global, tech-first organisation helpingfinancial institutions and corporates make better decisions through research,data, analytics and AI-enabled solutions. We combine deep financial servicesexpertise with strong engineering, digital and AI capabilities to solvecomplex, real-world problems.

With a team of 7,200+ analysts,data specialists and technologists across 28 locations, we work with more than800 organisations worldwide to drive efficiency, unlock insight and delivermeasurable impact. Our success is built on the strength of our people—byinvesting in talent, encouraging collaboration and creating room to grow, weenable our teams to do their best work for clients.

Acuity became an independentbusiness in 2019 following its acquisition from Moody’s Corporation byEquistone Partners Europe. In 2023, funds advised by global private equity firmPermira acquired a majority stake, with Equistone remaining a minorityinvestor—supporting our continued growth and innovation.

We are seeking intelligent,independent, and self-motivated individuals to be part of our FundamentalCredit Research team –one of the fastest growing vertical of the company.

The candidate should have asubject matter expertise in covering the Banking and Insurance sector; anexperience in covering sovereign and supranational issuers would be an addedadvantage. The analyst would be responsible for providing issuerrating/recommendation on the issuers under her/his portfolio. This would beachieved through detailed fundamental review, by initiating and maintainingcoverage on issuers through detailed models and preparing the investmentsummary report. The candidate should demonstrate ability to think on feet,adapt to situation and provide actionable investment commentary and opinionon the issuers.

The candidate should haveexcellent verbal and written communication skill as there will be a dailyinteraction with the on-shore investment managers.

The individual will be partof the Fixed Income team based out of Bangalore. The team covers a widevariety of fixed income instrument issuers spanning across global, sectorsand asses classes.

Key responsibilities

The primary responsibilitiesinclude:

• Initiatingcoverage on issuers by building detailed credit specific models andinitiation reports


• Preparingopinionated research piece on key events, tracking quarterly earnings oncompanies under coverage


• Liaisewith investor relations to seek responses and understand key issues


• Responsiblefor client interaction and managing client expectations


• Timelyupdation of sector dashboards

Core Skills Required

• Subjectmatter expertise in Banking and Insurance


• Goodverbal and written communication skills


• Abilityto provide actionable commentary and opinion on key events, issuers, ratingrecommendations


• Understandingof the capital structure of bank and instrument tiering


• Education:MBA (Finance), CFA and FRM is an added advantage


• Jobrequires extremely high level of attention to detail, meticulousness andaccountability


• Abideby TAT and improve customer satisfaction over the period

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