Investment Grade Credit Analyst - Research and Strategy

NexPoint Advisors LP; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

NexPoint Advisors LP, based in Dallas, seeks an Investment Grade Credit Analyst to evaluate and monitor corporate credit investments. You will perform fundamental credit research, assess issuers and securities, and deliver actionable recommendations to portfolio managers.

Strong finance and communication skills are essential. The role requires 3–7 years in credit-related fields, proficiency with Bloomberg and Excel, and a solid grasp of fixed-income markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or related discipline.
• 3–7 years of experience in credit research, fixed-income investing, commercial banking, rating-agency analysis, or related field.
• Strong understanding of corporate finance, accounting, fixed-income securities, and credit markets.
• Experience evaluating investment-grade corporate bonds and new-issue transactions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fundamental credit analysis of investment-grade corporate issuers across assigned industries.
• Evaluate business models, competitive positioning, industry dynamics, management quality, and financial performance.
• Analyze financial statements, capital structures, cash-flow generation, leverage, liquidity, refinancing needs, and debt-service capacity.
• Develop financial forecasts and assess credit performance under base-case and downside scenarios.
• Identify relative-value opportunities across issuers, sectors, maturities, seniority levels, and the credit curve.
• Monitor portfolio holdings, new issuance, rating-agency actions, earnings results, market developments, and changes in credit spreads.
• Partner with portfolio managers and traders on portfolio construction, trade execution, and risk management.

Skills

Credit analysis

Financial modeling

Bloomberg

Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Finance

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

Excel

Job description

NexPoint Advisors LP, based in Dallas, seeks an Investment Grade Credit Analyst to evaluate and monitor corporate credit investments. You will perform fundamental credit research, assess issuers and securities, and deliver actionable recommendations to portfolio managers.

Strong finance and communication skills are essential. The role requires 3–7 years in credit-related fields, proficiency with Bloomberg and Excel, and a solid grasp of fixed-income markets.