Lead Analyst - Credit Analysis of High Yield or Leveraged Finance

Key responsibilities:

• Independently lead and deliver detailed credit assessments for leveraged and non-investment grade issuers across sectors
• Build and review comprehensive financial models with projections, including scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Conduct thorough business and financial risk analysis, including capital structure, liquidity, and covenant assessments
• Write high-quality credit memos, investment recommendations, and risk summaries that meet client standards
• Review and quality-check outputs prepared by junior analysts, including financial models, draft memos and data inputs.
• Provide structured feedback and coaching to junior team members to improve analytical quality and consistency
• Lead case reviews and discussions with onshore stakeholders, including clarification of assumptions and credit positioning
• Contribute to periodic portfolio monitoring, early warning indicator tracking, and sector-specific deep dives
• Work effectively across multiple accounting frameworks, including IFRS, and US GAAP

Skill requirements:

• Preferred MBA or CFA
• Strong command of leverage finance structures, covenants and debt instruments
• Advanced financial modeling skills with expertise in 3-statement forecasting, cash flow analysis, and credit metric calcs
• Excellent credit writing capability able to distill complex inputs into clear, actionable narratives
• Confident communicator with ability to handle diverse corporate profiles and lead discussions with onshore teams.