CLO & Private Credit Reporter — Fast-Paced Markets

Octus; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k

PTO

Parental leave

Gym subsidies

Educational reimbursements

Recognition programs

Job summary

Octus, a rapidly growing tech-powered financial news and data company, is seeking motivated reporters to build coverage of primary leveraged finance markets and private credit. This is a unique chance to contribute to a groundbreaking coverage model in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate is curious, self-motivated, and able to write about debt capital markets with strong interpersonal skills and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of debt capital markets.
• Career-driven interest in learning about credit, structured and private credit and its intersection with private equity and LP formation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; self-motivated; ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
• Write clearly and concisely under deadline pressure and derive trends from issuance, pricing, and other market patterns.
• Passion for obtaining scoops through outreach and cultivation of sources among highly sophisticated market participants to obtain scoops in the market.
• Candidate must be collaborative and enjoy working in a multicultural team environment.

Responsibilities

• Help build out Octus’ coverage of CLO formation and Private Credit/Direct Lending transactions.
• Develop and maintain rapport with key CLO asset managers, arrangers and investors in the debt capital markets.
• Identify and report on new trends and developments in CLOs, leveraged finance, and private credit.
• Collaborate with financial and legal analysts, and other reporters across multiple sectors.

Skills

Debt capital markets

Reporting

Interpersonal skills

Deadline-driven

Scoop generation

Team collaboration

Job description

Octus, a rapidly growing tech-powered financial news and data company, is seeking motivated reporters to build coverage of primary leveraged finance markets and private credit. This is a unique chance to contribute to a groundbreaking coverage model in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate is curious, self-motivated, and able to write about debt capital markets with strong interpersonal skills and deadlines.