Credit Research Analyst

Key Responsibilities Perform credit analysis using credit metrics (liquidity, coverage, solvency etc.) and help with investment recommendations. This includes conducting fundamental credit research on corporate issuers, sovereigns, and other credit products across various industries with a focus on the APAC region). Creating and maintaining Excel based financial models with forecasts and benchmarking companies on financial and operating metrics, including industry research, capital structure analysis, peers’ comparison, and recovery analysisIncorporate acquisition/merger announcements (merger models) or long-term business plan projections in the existing model of the portfolio companiesReviewing credit agreements and bond indentures for the covenant package and incorporating them in models for covenant testingPublishing quarterly and annual write-ups on portfolio companies that includes investment recommendations based on past trends and financial model projectionsExplaining the rationale to clients/onshore team behind industry drivers, company KPIs, business strategy, model assumptions, and investment recommendationsListening to and summarizing earnings conference calls on a quarterly basisResponsible for writing credit reviews, including Credit Ratios Analysis, Covenant Analysis, Capital Structure Analysis ,Credit Comparables ,Impact of Macro factors (Economy, Industry) and qualitative factors including Business/Asset Quality, Management etc. on the creditworthiness of a company ,Identifying credit strengths and weaknessesWriting sector summariesPreparation of financial models using financial statements, debt schedule, and financial forecastExtraction of debt related information, e.g. price, maturity, Yield, Z-spread, CDS etc. from databases Skill Set and Required: Excellent understanding of credit research / analysis concepts Experience with financial modeling and writing credit reports is preferableComfort with databases like Bloomberg, Capital IQ etc. Excellent communication skills; Experience in handling client calls and other client communicationExcellent attention to detail with ability to ensure high quality of deliverablesAbility to work under pressure and manage strict deadlines