Corporate Credit Research Analyst

Job Description:

Job Title: Corporate Credit Research Analyst

Corporate Title:  Vice President

Location:  London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Location Overview

Our London office is based just a stone’s throw from the magnificent St. Paul’s Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you’ll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space. In addition, we’re proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind. Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London. Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical center.

Role Description:

You will be responsible for analysing both industry risk and individual company credit risk across the capital structure (including corporate hybrids) and maturity curve in your defined coverage sectors. You should be comfortable modelling companies’ financial statements. You are expected to make differentiated relative value recommendations on your broad coverage universe, in written reports which will be published and sent to our global client base. You will present your viewpoints to our internal and external clients. You will be a part of our highly ranked Credit Research team which has an excellent reputation and track record with our clients.

Responsibilities

• Cover both high yield and high grade corporates as part of their role
• You will leverage insights gathered from your research to provide recommendations on the purchase, sale, or holding of securities to institutional clients and internal clients such as sales and trading
• Collect information related to all relevant inputs and market trends and to develop innovative insights into companies under coverage
• You will analyse covered companies’ capital structures as part of your due diligence and be ready to present to institutional clients and industry groups your conclusions, opinions and recommendations
• Where needed and relevant, incorporate Sustainability themes into your investment processes
• You will develop and maintain databases and indicators for critical research products, including financial statements and market valuation indicators
• Collaborate with colleagues across the research group including our equity analyst peers to deliver innovative cross-asset insights
• You will work closely with our internal partners in Sales and Trading to optimise our service to our investing client base.

What we are looking for

• Proven ability to produce written research that meets the firm’s standards for the basis of recommendations and risk management. 
• Previous experience covering corporate credit or corporates, regardless of asset class is highly preferred.
• Credit Research
• Research Analysis
• Financial Forecasting and Modelling
• Financial Analysis
• Profitability Analysis
• Trading and Investment Analysis
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Technical Documentation
• Business Intelligence
• Client Management
• Data Quality Management
• Relationship Building
• Causation Analysis
• Data Visualization

Benefits of working at Bank of America: United Kingdom

• At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work.
• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum 
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc.
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services
• Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause and pregnancy & parenthood
• Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment are crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.