Credit Analyst

SUMMARY 

The Credit Analyst will report to a New York based Portfolio Manager and will focus on fundamental bottoms-up research to generate commercial trade ideas across the liquid High Yield universe.

JOB DESCRITPTION

• Conduct rigorous, fundamental bottoms-up credit research to identify attractive long/short investment opportunities. This will entail credit analysis, financial modelling, documentation reviews, etc.
• Analyze businesses and capital structures (Loans, Bonds, CDS) across High Yield, Distressed, and High-Grade credit markets and develop credit opinions working with the PM and other analysts in the team.
• Synthesize market information and develop thematic trade ideas across sectors.
• Develop differentiated investment views from consensus and push conviction or contrarian viewpoints.
• Monitor existing positions, including news flow, fundamental developments, and supply.
• Engage and maintain external relationships (with sell-side research, syndicate, company management, ratings agencies, etc.) to develop views on issuers. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in credit research on either the buy-side or sell-side.
• Outstanding skills in conducting fundamental credit research, including financial modelling and relative value analysis.
• High degree of familiarity with different credit securities, including bonds and CDS.
• Comfort dealing with uncertainty and ability to express conviction.
• Desire to take risk and accountability of their decisions.
• Self-motivated, team orientated, and highly collaborative.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

About Point72:

Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent.  We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here.