Director, Market Research & Commentary recruitment

Responsibilities include: Developing and maintaining an active research opinion and monitoring industry trends and contributing to team strategy discussions; Managing and participating on client calls discussing credit trends and specific security attributes; Producing concise written research and verbally articulate credit strengths and risks to risk analysts and executive management, which will involve writing up commentaries on sectors that incorporate the assessment of market events, credit risk, and stress scenarios; Developing financial estimates, analyzing earnings reports and market moving events; and Interacting with various groups of the company including Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Systemic Risk, Product Management, Compliance, and Legal. 8+ years of experience; exposure to various trading products, with strong working knowledge of equity and fixed income markets and Risk Management experience is required.

Qualified candidates should send resumes to ws@rockwood-search.com. Please put your Name and "Fixed Income Research Analyst” in the subject line and attach your resume in Word document form. Also include contact information; compensation history; and any other applicable information in the body of the email.