Associate/vice President, Ig Credit Research Analyst - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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2 weeks ago

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About this role

Investments at BlackRock

BlackRock offers a range of investment products-equity, fixed income, liquidity, and alternative investment-each managed by a dedicated investment team of portfolio managers, research analysts and traders.

Focused portfolio management and proprietary researchare the cornerstones of our investment philosophy, and portfolio construction is based on each team's market outlook.

BlackRock's investment teams are staffed with professionals who have significant experience within their respective markets. Our portfolio teams manage assets for institutional and individual investors alike. Accordingly, all our clients benefit from our portfoliomanagement expertise and risk management analytics.

All our portfolio managers leverage the expertise of other investment teams through the strength of a shared research, trading, and risk management platform.

Our investment professionals benefit from the resources of a world-class firm that continually investsin its business and is differentiated by a team approach and integrated research and risk management.

The Fundamental Fixed Income team offers an array of fixed income products designed to meet specific client risk and return profiles.

Incorporating the expertise of BlackRock's sector specialists, each client portfolio is tailored to reflect specific investmentguidelines and objectives with respect to interest rate exposure, sector allocation and credit quality.

Job Purpose/Background:

Key Responsibilities will include:

Responsibility as a primary analyst (with mínimal supervision) for a portfolio of approximately 4045 corporate issuers across several sectors (i.e., some combination of Housing Associations, General Industrials, Support & Services, Transport & Logistics, Paper& Packaging and/or Corporate Securitizations)
Providing real time, forwardlooking fundamental credit views and investment recommendations (including relative value opinions across the capital structure) to the investment team within strict deadlines
Acting as inhouse sector expert and fundamental "thought leader", presenting sector views both internally and at client meetings
Participating in a variety of daily, weekly, and monthly investment team meetings
Collaborating with senior analysts on crosssector research projects
Providing adhoc briefings and research to portfolio managers
Leading regular issuer meetings as the primary contact handling the analytical relationship
Conducting fundamental credit research, analyzing, and explaining economic, competitive, and sectoral drivers that impact an issuer's creditworthiness
Building and maintaining Excelbased forecast models to track actual and expected performance, against baseline expectations and key trigger points for potential rating actions and/or spread movements

Experience and knowledge required:

Previous primary analyst experience (minimum 3+ years) in a fundamentally focused research environment
Thorough understanding of credit rating agency methodologies
Strong corporate credit background (including bond technical factors, documentation, CDS) preferred
Experience in interacting at "board level" (i.e., CEO, CFO and other senior management) of large international companies is a plus
Knowledge of impact of ESG factors on credit quality
Prior experience with covering Housing Associations, General Industrials, Support & Services, Transport & Logistics, Paper & Packaging and/or Corporate Securitizations is a plus

Competencies required:

Strong interest in the career credit research analyst path and fixed income investing
Willing to and capable of confidently and decisively underwriting investment risks in dynamic situations of imperfect information and ambiguity under short timelines
Selfdriven desire for expertise, thirst for sector knowledge and keen attention to detail
Intellectual curiosity for new products or businesses to analyze, and strong commercial acumen
Willingness to work in a strong teamoriented environment
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including the ability to distill complex and comprehensive analyses into succinct summaries
Advanced financial analysis and modelling skills
Well organized and detail orientated with the ability to maintain accuracy whilst complying with deadlines
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel are a minimum requirement; computer programming/coding skills including Python, SQL, Tableau are a plus
Fluency in English is required. Fluency in a second language is a plus.

Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources tosupport your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there