Credit Analyst

Your team

Pictet Wealth Management combines more than 200 years of Swiss banking heritage with global investment expertise. The Partner-owned financial services group offers a comprehensive range of services for wealthy individuals and families, including discretionary and advisory investment solutions and family office services.

You will work as a credit analyst covering various sectors, especially TMT, Chemicals and Metals & Mining (both IG and HY) in developed markets, focusing on identifying selected opportunities that offer the right balance of return and risk.

Your role

•    To monitor the major trends and risks in the industries/sectors for which you are responsible. 
•    To maintain and publish a credit outlook regarding the fundamentals for these industries, together with a view on the drivers of their credit valuations.
•    To conduct fundamental research on the core issuers that fall within your remit, including performing financial analyses, meeting company managements, carrying out industry analysis, attending conferences and interacting with various teams.
•    To issue high-conviction and executable bond recommendations that reflect a range of risk appetites and investment strategies, from core-holdings in defensive portfolios to more opportunistic or risky instruments (corp hybrid, not rated) in more offensive portfolios.
•    To present the most significant recommendations and sector views to PWM’s internal constituents and clients.
•    To actively market your recommendations and contribute to credit publications. 
•    To contribute to the credit team’s discussions on individual ideas, with a view to setting convictions within the wider research team.  
•    To assist portfolio managers in assessing various instruments and private client portfolios.
•    To contribute with other research team members to efforts to develop and articulate a clear Credit Strategy, including help the CIO office strengthen PWM’s view on credit positioning.

Your profile

•    Extensive credit experience, ideally as a buy-side analyst for an asset or wealth manager and, if not, as a sell-side analyst for an investment bank or as a ratings analyst for a ratings agency. 
•    At least 5 years’ experience covering non-financial investment-grade corporates, ideally with good knowledge/experience of HY issuers and hybrid debt. 
•    Experience of bond and bond index analysis, and of covenant analysis. 
•    Postgraduate degree in finance, economics or a business-related field, ideally complemented by a Master’s degree in Finance, an MBA or a CFA (can be in progress).  
•    Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written/Excellent public-speaking and presentation skills.
•    Ability to work effectively as part of a team, and to meet demanding deadlines.
•    Excellent knowledge of the methodologies used by ratings agencies. 
•    Proficient user of the credit-focused tools and functions of Bloomberg. 
•    Strong IT skills (knowledge of VBA and ACCESS would be a plus).
•    Fluent French and English. Command of other languages would be an asset.
•    Resident in Switzerland or ready to relocate.

ref: CA/AJ/AC

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Diversity & Inclusion

Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.