Structured Credit Junior Analyst

Company Profile
Founded in 1977, GMO is a global investment manager committed to delivering superior long-term investment performance and advice to our clients. We offer investment strategies and solutions where we believe we are positioned to add the greatest value for our investors. These include multi-asset class, public equity, public credit, and liquid alternative offerings.  We manage approximately $65bn for a client base that includes many of the world’s most sophisticated institutions, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Industry-wide, we are well known for our focus on valuation-based investing, willingness to take bold positions when conditions warrant, and candid and academically rigorous thought leadership. Jeremy Grantham, GMO’s Co-Founder and Long-Term Investment Strategist, is renowned as an expert in identifying speculative investment bubbles and also as a leading climate investor and advocate. GMO is privately owned and employs over 430 people worldwide. We are headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. Our company-wide culture emphasizes commitment to clients, intellectual curiosity, and open debate. We celebrate and respect our differences, while embracing and valuing what each of us brings to work, as we know that diverse teams in an inclusive, caring environment achieve higher engagement and better client results.
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Position OverviewGMO’s Fixed Income group is looking to hire a Junior Structured Credit Analyst for its Boston office.  The Analyst will have a knowledge of all aspects of the Structured Credit markets.  The Analyst will be expected to be a creative and critical thinker with an ability to generate innovative analytical tools to be used by the investment team on a broad range of areas within the market.  These would include, but not be limited to, CLOs and CDOs (both US and European), Investment Grade and HY Tranche markets (US and European), bespoke tranche markets and Investment Grade and High Yield Options Markets (U.S. and European).

Responsibilities

• Perform daily review of the fund’s, performance, NAV, and risk metrics.
• Act as liaison between the investment team and operations regarding all aspects of trade booking, PnL reconciliation, and fund analytics.
• Responsible for all reporting needed to satisfy clients’ requests.
• Perform surveillance work on existing GMO holdings in the various credit sectors. 
• Support the team in developing analytical tools for collateral analysis across structured product sectors.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1-3 years of experience working in Structured Credit or Structured Finance markets.
• Strong quantitative and modeling skills required.
• Programming experience in SQL, Python, or other data-analysis language strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with Intex, Blackrock Aladdin strong plus. 
• Credit training with a major financial institution and/or CFA a plus.
• Must be detail oriented, able to prioritize work, and manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Must be able to work independently, as well as collaboratively in a team atmosphere.

GMO is committed to the recruitment, employment, and promotion of all candidates equally, regardless of an individual's gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability (except where such disability is a bona fide occupational disqualification) or any other classification protected under federal, state or local law.
GMO will not offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity.