Senior/Lead Analyst - Financial Research Team - Asset Backed Securities

We are looking for resourceful candidates to join our Financial Research team based in the firm's office in Hyderabad, India. This role involves working closely with the firm's Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

- Build and maintain end-to-end financial models, including financial statement/corporate restructuring modeling and liability waterfall/granular portfolio pool modeling

- Undertake financial forecasting, capital structure analysis, covenant analysis, peer group, and industry analysis

- Provide support during live deals and investment research for live opportunities by interacting directly with the onshore Investment team

- Execute credit analysis of European credit markets

- Generate credit investment ideas across products (direct lending, NPLs, structured credit, corporate credit, FIG investing)

- Work closely with internal technology teams in building underwriting platform and supporting and participating in automation projects

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

The ideal candidate will have:

- A finance degree or equivalent qualification along with four to eight years of work experience in managing distressed corporate debt or ABS/structured credit

- Experience with modeling significant financial transactions, managing data in Excel or python, and data operations

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; and attention to detail is a must

- Robust analytical skills, the ability to lead a project while working independently with limited direction and guidance, and self-motivation

- Working knowledge of ABS securities, European Non-Performing Loans (NPL), the European high-yield market, or the direct lending markets will be an advantage