What are the responsibilities and job description for the Structured Assets Credit Analyst position at Securian Financial Group?
**Structured Assets Credit Analyst Role**
We are seeking a skilled Structured Assets Credit Analyst to support the growth of our structured assets portfolios. This role is accountable for helping the structured assets team achieve the investment objectives of various portfolio strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversight of primary and secondary structured asset markets, including timely new issue recommendations with both structural and underlying asset analysis, considering relative value across structured assets and broader investment options.
- Presenting secondary ideas based on relative value.
- Responsible for trading approved trade ideas.
- Ongoing surveillance of current holdings, aiming to right-size risk to align with current fundamental viewpoints.
- Updated investment sector thesis with regular positioning.
- Internal rating assessment.
- Evaluation of underlying asset performance metrics compared to a benchmark.
- Maintenance of asset analytics and modeling.
- Recurring sector-level analysis and overview to identify inflection points within an analyst's sector coverage, expressed through fundamental sector outlook and recommendation.
- Sector evaluation incorporating elements of ESG to highlight relevant ESG options within an analyst's sector coverage.
- Projects/experiments to enhance and improve the research process, including leveraging technology platforms.
- Cross-sector support and debate, providing analytical support and participating in relative value discussions.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated investment research success in a liability-driven and/or total return environment in a structured analyst role, with 5 years of experience.
- Current CFA and/or MBA qualifications or working towards them.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make objective recommendations and defend viewpoints.
- Strong math and analytical skills, including a solid understanding of structural nuances and modeling capabilities.
- Able to distill and communicate critical issues and assumptions.
- Broad understanding of financial markets and risk models, supported by a background in math, economics, or statistics.
- High level of curiosity, attention to detail, and a strong commitment to teamwork.
- Experience using research tools like Bloomberg, Intex, Excel, and Tableau.
Securian Asset Management believes in hybrid work as part of our culture. Associates benefit from working both virtually and in our offices. This position requires being within a commutable distance (90 minutes) of our Home Office in St. Paul, MN. You'll join us 3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships.
We offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to enhance your professional growth, well-being, and work-life balance, including paid time off, leave programs, company-funded pension plan, health insurance, volunteer time, and associate resource groups.
