BlackRock is seeking to improve its municipal credit research capabilities to provide better investment recommendations and solutions to its clients.
Requirements
- 2-5 years credit research experience
- Undergraduate degree; progress towards Master’s degree or CFA
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Critical thinker, detail oriented and experienced in financial statement analysis
- Proficient in MS Office suite with technical expertise necessary to enhance productivity
- Knowledge of Creditscope and Bloomberg a plus
Responsibilities
- Conduct fundamental credit analysis and review bond documents of various issuers
- Monitor credit quality of client investments across a broad range of US Public Finance sectors, provide written credit opinions and market analysis utilizing issuer financial statements, bond pricing and other available resources
- Understand economic, social, and political trends with an emphasis on identifying factors affecting municipal credit quality
- Make buy, hold or sell investment recommendations based upon comprehensive research in consideration of both short-term and long-term time horizons, with an understanding for upside/downside estimate
- Perform due diligence, market analysis, and cash flow projections for rated and non-rated issuers
- Implement new technology capabilities to create department efficiencies and improve best practices
- Work with Senior Municipal Leadership on special projects
Other
- Demonstrated history of working on a highly collaborative team
- Ability to multi-task while working under pressure with limited supervision
- Deep passion for financial markets
- Curious: You like to learn new things and have a self-starter personality
- Travel requirements: site visits as necessary
