Fixed Income ESG Investing Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Support credit research and the integration of ESG analysis across the Investment Grade and Non-Investment Grade corporate credit research teams
• Work directly with senior fixed income research analysts to assist in the ongoing credit process and maintenance of the team’s research systems
• Identify emerging ESG related industry topics which may become material to credit risk and work with credit analysts and portfolio managers to evaluate the impact on issuers and portfolios
• Research sector and issuer specific topics and provide support to the research analysts
• Monitor changes in industry and portfolio company disclosure practices and benchmark how these practices compare to peer issuers
• Prepare investment materials for presentation to senior analysts and portfolio managers

Qualifications:

• Intellectually curious self-starter with a strong aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Proven initiative and ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a global team, performing multiple job functions with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including synthesizing research and conceptual work into actionable and presentable deliverables across all levels of the organization
• Ability to independently manage multiple projects in a collaborative manner with multiple stakeholders through to completion in a dynamic and changing environment
• Strong sense of professionalism and integrity
• Interest in financial markets and investing
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and aptitude for quickly learning new skills and technologies
• Undergraduate Finance, Accounting, Economics or business related degree with strong academic credentials