Job Responsibilities
- Conduct thorough sector and issuer due diligence, tracking trends, performance, and macroeconomic drivers to formulate investment recommendations for sectors and individual securities
- Formulate buy and/or sell recommendations in both new issue and secondary markets and effectively communicate them to the broader investor community, including through written credit opinions
- Actively monitor market themes and sector trends to identify investment opportunities
- Conduct surveillance and monitoring to identify risks to holdings while also enhancing surveillance tools and processes
- Develop models to enhance investment analysis and forecast performance for RMBS, CMBS, and consumer assets
- Aggregate and analyze large sets of data to develop and test investment opinions
- Build and maintain relationships with both internal and external participants, including portfolio managers, investment specialists, issuers, rating agencies, and broker-dealers
- Serve as an effective mentor and coach to younger talent, fostering their professional development and growth within the firm
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- 10+ years of securitized credit experience with ABS or CMBS products
- Extensive knowledge of Intex and/or Trepp.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate concisely under typically stringent time constraints
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment and manage multiple tasks
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Programming skills are a plus
- Ideal experience as a research analyst, portfolio manager, or banker