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Senior Credit Analyst

Cognitive Credit
Washington, DC Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 3/6/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/6/2025

We are looking for an experienced Senior Credit Analyst hire based in the United States to help build our US credit data set and be a main point of contact into US high yield and leveraged loan markets. The position will report to the Head of US Data located in New York, NY.

Primary job responsibilities include :

  • building and maintaining the suite of US credit products across US HY, IG and Leveraged loan issuers
  • serving as a primary contact for our US clients – the world’s largest investment banks and asset managers
  • acting as the Company’s eyes and ears on the ground in US credit markets – US HY and leveraged loans
  • contributing to product development and innovation, in addition to new sales deal flow

We seek passionate, innovation-minded finance professionals who want to expand their career in a high-growth setting and gain exposure to the fintech industry.

An ideal candidate for this position will have professional experience in the asset management or sell-side analyst capacity, with a focus in credit markets and financial analysis.

This job is for you if :

  • you have a financial analyst background in either asset management or as a sell-side research analyst
  • you have experience specific to credit markets and / or credit analysis and can answer test questions on both
  • you are comfortable interacting with financial market participants as evidenced by specific experience
  • you believe that there ‘must be a better way’ with respect to automating the repetitive tasks in your current job
  • you enjoy explaining the difference between IFRS 16 and Topic 842
  • Required Education / Experience / Skills :

  • Financial statement and credit analysis experience; familiarity with creating financial models from scratch
  • Finance qualifications such as CFA preferred
  • Strong academic track record, with a background in finance and credit markets
  • US GAAP experience is essential; IFRS experience is extremely useful
  • Strong Excel knowledge plus experience with data management
  • Passion for technology and learning new tools
  • Fluent in English and eligible to work in the US
  • Typical Day :

  • Growing our US data set by processing financial reports using the Company’s proprietary ML technologies
  • Owning responsibility for data quality of the US data set of financial credit models
  • Responding to client requests in a timely and efficient manner
  • Monitoring the US credit market to support live data updates
  • Discussing product priorities and strategic objectives with a management team that has many decades of buy-side and sell-side experience working in institutional credit markets
  • Sales calls and demos with prospective clients
  • Compensation : __

    Competitive pay, subject to individual experience. 20 days PTO. Healthcare and 401k.

    Work Environment : __

    Dynamic, innovative, analytical, and collaborative.

    Location :

    The position can offer a high degree of remote working flexibility. The parent company is based in London, UK.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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