Credit Consultant

Summary

Join our team as a Corporate Credit Analyst and contribute to the success of Guidepoint's Institutional investment and corporate clients. As a key member of our Insights product, you will monitor single name corporate credit situations, conduct bottoms-up company research, and create original content for teleconferences. With a strong background in sell-side or buy-side analyst experience, you will be able to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment and collaborate with colleagues to achieve common goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree
• Minimum 10 years of sell-side or buy-side analyst experience
• Must follow a bottoms-up, fundamental approach to investment research focusing on individual companies
• Has prior experience covering single name corporate credit across both bank and high yield markets; must be proficient in corporate credit analysis, with an emphasis on Distressed credit
• Ability to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Outgoing personality with the ability to speak with people at all professional levels
• Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to work both individually and as part of a team; must be willing to train and mentor junior professionals

Responsibilities

• Monitor single name corporate credit situations in North America including distressed, restructuring/re-orgs, and price dislocations in both leveraged loan and high yield markets
• Conduct bottoms-up company research including reviewing earnings releases, reading investor presentations and analyzing SEC filings
• Review and analyze credit agreements, bond indentures and court filings
• Create original content and moderate teleconferences on timely topics featuring an expert from Guidepoint’s network with the goal of producing actionable insights for buy-side clients
• Generate ideas and follow key investor views among relevant strategies within North America credit

Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $150,000 - $200,000
• Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on performance
• Free snacks and beverages
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) match, life insurance, commuter benefits, corporate gym rates, paid time-off and parental leave plans
• Friday happy hour and “Summer Fridays”
• Year-round corporate athletic league
• Casual work environment