Private Credit Researcher - Portfolio Analyst

Your Team Responsibilities

• Interact with Private Capital Solutions, and related business units to help support, enhance, and adjust credit portfolio assessment approach based on client feedback and market evolution
• Support product and coverage teams in communicating credit models and their outputs at individual name and portfolio level
• Maintain ongoing communications with business units and data functions to effectively guide data team and business in process of data collection, and recommend enhancements to data management processes to improve efficiency and accuracy of portfolio reporting processes
• Synthesize data and credit matters and develop research content for presentations and publications

Your Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of assessment system for credit portfolios, public and private, with focus on private borrowers.
• Assess developments in the private credit portfolios with respect to systematic credit derivers, idiosyncratic risk of a portfolio company, and portfolio manager approach
• Analyze risk of a portfolio and its limits as appropriate for specific industries, i.e. insurance sector LPs
• Engage with data management team to obtain relevant portfolio data, identify key trends and synthesize such data to develop a cohesive assessment of the credit portfolios and change in implied rating of individual private companies.
• Prepare presentations to convey contextual significance for both internal and external presentations and regulatory reporting.
• Produce credit portfolio automated reporting tools
• Develop analytical views on both internal portfolio and credit market trends to be incorporated in internal and external presentations and regulatory reporting

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

Role Objectives: Expertise

• Experience with credit assessment models, single name and portfolio level, CLO modelling and quantitative approaches to assess credit and market risk
• Familiarity with private credit space, vehicle structures and market trends
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen with a risk-reward control perspective
• Strong presentation skills to create visualized charts/materials for readers including regulators and senior management
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and successfully manage multiple priorities and stakeholders under pressure
• Ability to communicate appropriately at different levels of the organization to build collaborative relationships

Qualifications And Skills

• Former credit risk analysis, at induvial name, portfolio level or CLOs are preferred.
• The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field. Master’s degree a plus.
• 8 or more years of related work experience in financial services preferred.
• Former credit risk analysis and data analysis background a plus
• Strong technical and quantitative analysis skills with knowledge of programming languages
• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Salary range: $116,000 - $151,000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus
• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

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