Your key responsibilities:

Desk Analyst roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Analysis-related tasks:

• Fully understand the credit under analysis along with all related regulatory/legal issues and risks involved
• Take primary ownership for the credit assessment and act as interface between Sourcing, Execution, Trading & Sales, and Credit Risk Management
• Identify profitable business opportunities e.g. under/overvalued companies
• Produce complete and accurate analysis using approved excel templates (1 Pagers) (and updated regularly)
• Present Risk 1 Pagers at internal risk meetings
• Fully understand legal and regulatory risk and the implication of the company's jurisdiction on creditors/stakeholders interests
• Share information with other Desk Analysts on relevant names within the same industry / client / legal regime

Trading related tasks:

• Assist Sourcers to exchange desk views with existing lenders/creditors
• Agree a strategy for approaching clients and salespersons with the Risk Manager
• Help Traders manage the risk on the book by providing timely and accurate credit information
• Attend to credit limit approval correspondence and discussions with MRM/CRM
• Send email/call report to respective traders and salesperson after each client call summarizing topics discussed and client views
• Update Trader/Sales/Sourcers in the morning meeting on your credits (e.g. credit updates, new business ideas, conversations with accounts)
• Provide Desk Execution and Desk Operational/Risk Management with a summary of any corporate actions / voting events
• Work with sourcing to develop list of creditors for each credit

Your skills and experience:

• At least 4-5 years of credit analysis experience, preferable with a focus on distressed debt / illiquid credit (alternatively, strong and relevant leverage finance or capital markets advisory experience will be considered)
• Strong analytical skill set with sound accounting and financial modelling understanding
• Experience dealing with senior finance executives of external counter parties especially large corporations/issuers and institutional investors like hedge funds and/or banks
• University degree, preferably with a focus on finance, accounting, and/or engineering
• English fluency required, additional languages a plus

How we'll support you:

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• Training and development to help you excel in your career