Guidepoint is hiring a
Senior European Credit Analyst

Summary

Join our team as a Corporate Credit Researcher 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 in European markets, create original content, moderate teleconferences, and generate ideas for buy-side clients. With a focus on bottoms-up company research and corporate credit analysis, this role requires strong analytical skills, effective time management, and the ability to work individually and as part of a team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree
• 7 years or more 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 loan and high yield markets with a European focus; must be proficient in corporate credit analysis, with an emphasis on either loan / High Yield or Distressed strategies
• 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

Responsibilities

• Monitor single name corporate credit situations in European markets including new issues, distressed, restructuring/re-orgs, and price dislocations in both leveraged loan and high yield markets
• Create original, sell-side type content on these topics
• Conduct bottoms-up company research including reviewing earnings releases, reading investor presentations and analyzing regulatory filings
• 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 European credit

Benefits

• Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
• Excellent medical coverage through BUPA
• Excellent professional development opportunities
• Supportive culture that celebrates and rewards success
• Friday happy hour and “Summer Fridays”
• Year round company sponsored sports and team building events
• Informal work environment
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Volunteer days