Job Responsibilities
- Bottom-up fundamental research and relative value analysis on a group of corporate credits across multiple sectors under assigned coverage.
- Perform fundamental sector analysis and be conversant in factors driving performance of the industry and constituents
- Develop relative value opinions on covered credits and be able to present views in discussions with portfolio managers
- Recommend relative value ranking for each sector and issuer covered
- Publish concise and well-structured research notes on Issuers under coverage on regular basis
- Coordinate credit and relative value views, including relative value across currencies, with counterparts and portfolio managers in London, Hong Kong, Shanghai and New York
- Interact with company managements, sell side analysts (debt & equity), and rating agency analysts
- Attend industry conferences and other investor meetings as appropriate
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Candidate must have at least 7 years of Emerging Market corporate research experience,
- Strong fundamental credit analysis and financial modelling skills
- Solid understanding of relative value analysis and factors influencing credit spread performance
- Understanding of key ESG drivers for the sectors covered
- BA/BS/MBA or equivalent
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Team player
- Excel, Word, Power Point and Bloomberg
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- CFA or progress towards achieving preferred
- Strong communication (written and verbal) in Spanish preferred
- Prefer experience on the buy-side with a proven track record or with a top-tier sell-side institution
- Prefer candidates with experience covering / investing in multiple corporate sectors in LATAM across investment grade and high yield Issuers