Corporate Credit Research Analyst

Job Description:

Job Title: Corporate Credit Research Analyst

Corporate Title: Vice President to Director

Location: London

Company Overview

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Role Description

You will be responsible for analysing both industry risk and individual company credit risk across the capital structure (including corporate hybrids) and maturity curve in your defined coverage sectors. You should be comfortable modelling companies’ financial statements. You are expected to make differentiated relative value recommendations on your broad coverage universe, in written reports which will be published and sent to our global client base. You will present your viewpoints to our internal and external clients. You will be a part of our highly ranked Credit Research team which has an excellent reputation and track record with our clients.

Responsibilities

• You will leverage insights gathered from your research to provide recommendations on the purchase, sale, or holding of securities to institutional clients.
• Collecting information related to the prices, sales, government programs, and market trends and develops sales strategies accordingly.
• You will analyse the organization's capital structure and prepare reports and presentations for institutional clients and industry groups to communicate future performance of the company's securities or capital markets.
• Collaborating with the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) research team to analyse implications of ESG attributes in investment processes.
• You will develop and maintain databases and indicators for critical research products, while producing collaborative reports with analysis findings.
• You will work closely with our internal partners in Sales and Trading to optimise our service to our investing client base.

What we are looking for

• Proven ability to produce written research that meets the firm’s standards for the basis of recommendations and risk management.
• Previous experience covering corporate credit or corporates, regardless of asset class is highly preferred.
• Credit Research
• Research Analysis
• Financial Forecasting and Modelling
• Financial Analysis
• Profitability Analysis
• Trading and Investment Analysis
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Technical Documentation
• Business Intelligence
• Client Management
• Data Quality Management
• Relationship Building
• Causation Analysis
• Data Visualization

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment are crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.