Senior Desk Credit Analyst

Your area of responsibility

• Senior desk analyst within a fixed income portfolio management team
• General coverage of the global fixed income markets (rates, credit & emerging markets), including country, sector and bond relative value analysis
• Bottom-up fundamental credit analysis and creation of credit research reports
• Timely production of ad-hoc research related to current market topics
• Active participation in shaping the team's investment strategy
• Development & maintenance of quantitative portfolio and market screening tools in collaboration with our financial engineering team

Your profile

• At least 5 years working experience as a senior analyst or portfolio manager for global credits (focus on IG in developed markets; EM & HY experience a plus)
• Bachelor or MA in Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field
• CFA charter holder or equivalent post graduate degree
• Ability to independently conduct in-depth financial analysis of companies and document the results
• Confident and convincing team-player with strong communication skills
• Highly fluent in English, German and French are a plus
• Proficient user of Bloomberg and Microsoft Excel -Programming skills a must (R and/or Python, SQL)

Opportunities for development

You will take on responsibility from the outset and, with considerable room to manoeuvre, have the opportunity to grow continuously with each new challenge. You will also be able at any time to improve and expand your personal and professional skills. We promote active exchange among employees with varying cognitive and experiential backgrounds.

Benefits

We set great store by our ability to offer you first-class conditions of employment. These include:

• A basic salary keyed to performance and the market as well as a performance-related bonus
• Flexible working time models
• Between 25 and 30 days holiday
• Diverse preferential conditions on a variety of Swiss Life products, such as single-premium insurance (3rd pillar) and investment products
• Support for child and family care
• Sport and health offerings

Find out more about conditions of employment at Swiss Life Asset Managers Introducing Swiss Life Asset Managers We are a successful Swiss asset manager and part of the European insurance industry. Working with us is a dynamic experience in a stable environment. Our employees make the difference. People count. As Swiss Life Asset Managers we provide asset management services in Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom. We manage the insurance assets of the Swiss Life Group and invested assets of major investors and investment funds.

Swiss Life enables people to lead a self-determined life, so they can look to the future with confidence. Swiss Life Asset Managers pursues the same goal. As an asset manager and leading institutional real estate investor with profound asset management expertise and over 160 years of risk management experience, we strive for stable and long-term investment returns. That's how we lay the groundwork for our clients to make solid, long-term plans - in self-determination and with financial confidence.

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Your contact:

Anna Ambrosetti, +41 43 284 46 16