Corporate Credit Analyst recruitment
Vanguard, one of the world¿s largest investment companies, is seeking a Senior Credit Analyst to join the Fixed Income Credit Research Group, which analyzes and evaluates investment grade corporate bonds and trends in the context of economic, political, regulatory, and capital markets developments, and contributes to investment decision making and strategy.
You will provide the Fixed Income Group with coverage of Industrial Sectors, with a focus on the Retail, Consumer Goods, and Food and Beverage sectors. You will interact regularly with portfolio managers, and will need to develop and maintain productive relationships with these individuals, as well as with investment banks, issuers, rating agencies, and fellow analysts. Based on your timely and accurate assessments of the current and projected credit quality of issuers, you will recommend to portfolio mangers the purchase and sale of securities in your assigned coverage universe.
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree; Graduate degree in a related field, Finance or Economics, or CFA preferred.
- A minimum of 8- 10 ten years of progressive analytical experience in the financial industry, with a minimum of five years of credit research experience in investment grade corporate bonds.
- Exposure to capital markets via lending, trading, underwriting, or research.
- Demonstrated record of initiative/career advancement.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to make prompt assessments of new information.
Note: Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. Additionally, employment is contingent on a successful drug-screening result.