As a Research Analyst on the Securitized Credit team, you will conduct fundamental research and drive investment performance across the various securitized credit sectors for GFICC’s strategies using both quantitative and qualitative analysis.
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/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 consumer or real-estate related 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
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills
- Minimum of 3 years of securitized credit experience across one or more sub-sectors
- Knowledge of one or more securitized sectors including ABS, CMBS, RMBS and CLO
- 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, banker, structurer, or trader