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Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/
Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more.
Role
You will be a champion for our existing client base, working to act on their behalf to centralize the data collection efforts to meet both regulatory reporting requirements and investor demand. You will play a key role as we continue to refine and perfect an industry standardized approach to ESG data for the leveraged loan market.
You will play a key role in supporting the operations team with data collection for ESG analysis, ensuring accuracy and consistency in the data sets. Your attention to detail will help standardize the data and contribute to its value across our operations. With your strong communication skills, you’ll collaborate with internal teams to ensure the ESG data is properly utilized and promoted as a valuable resource.
Responsibilities:
- Data Collection: Gather and organize ESG and financial data from various sources, including public reports, databases, and financial statements, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Research: Conduct research to identify and analyze ESG performance indicators and financial metrics for companies, supporting the overall analysis of ESG.
- Self-Review: Review your own work to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and alignment with team standards before submitting for further review or integration.
- QA Support: Assist with basic quality assurance tasks, ensuring data integrity, flagging discrepancies, and escalating any issues to other team members for resolution.
- Collaboration: Work closely with analysts and other team members to support data-driven decision-making, offering insights based on your research and data collection.
- Reporting: Prepare simple reports or summaries of collected data, assisting in the preparation of more detailed analysis as required by other analysts or managers.
- Excel Proficiency: Utilize Excel to manage, analyze, and manipulate large data sets, ensuring the smooth integration and processing of ESG and financial data.
- Continuous Learning: Actively participate in training and development opportunities to enhance your knowledge of ESG, LevFin, data collection techniques, and analytical tools.
- Communication: Communicate effectively with team members and supervisors to ensure the accuracy of data, share research findings, and contribute to team discussions.
- Fresh graduate of ASE, SNSPA – Political Science or Biology Faculty
- A strong interest in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) topics, sustainable finance, and leveraged finance (LevFin)
- Understanding of key industry, policy, and market developments that continue to shape ESG investing
- Knowledge or interest about broader financial markets, and specific subject matter in ESG
- Excellent data collection and research skills, with a focus on gathering and organizing information in a methodical and accurate manner.
- Ability to be office based 3 days a week in our Bucharest office.
- A high level of attention to detail and thoroughness in ensuring data consistency and reliability.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities to navigate and interpret complex data.
- Effective communication skills to collaborate with internal teams, share insights, and ensure smooth data flow.
- A proactive, organized mindset with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage time efficiently, and meet deadlines.
- A positive attitude and a willingness to learn and grow in the field of ESG and LevFin.
- Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and support colleagues in a fast-paced environment.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
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Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/
Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more.
Role
Octus's Fundamentals Analyst program offers a structured entry point into financial data and credit markets for hard working, intellectually curious, and motivated candidates. Working within the Fundamentals platform, you will spread and standardise financial statements from debt issuers into Excel-based models, build and maintain capital structures, calculate credit metrics, and ensure data quality and consistency across our coverage universe. You will develop a solid grounding in financial statement analysis, accounting, capital structure mechanics, and credit metrics through hands-on, detail-oriented work. You will contribute to a collaborative and action-oriented team environment.
Responsibilities
- Analyse financial reporting documents including earnings reports and presentations, offering memorandums, lender presentations, credit agreements and other
- Prepare detailed financial models including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Capital Structure, Relative Performance metrics and Ratio Analysis.
- Build and maintain a coverage universe of financial models that are updated quarterly or monthly and for key events
- Leverage AI tools to improve workflow efficiency, automate repetitive tasks, and support problem solving in day-to-day analytical work
- Participate in ad hoc projects to improve the quality of the data set and our data products
Requirements
- Graduates with degrees in economics, accounting or finance
- An ability to interpret financial statements to evaluate business performance and understand the relationship between business drivers and financial performance, including the ability to model out these relationships quantitatively
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the tenacity to resolve complex issues
- Strong interest in credit market or financial markets in general
- Desire to learn and apply your newly acquired skills to grow professionally and personally
The salary range estimate for this position is 2,800 - 3,000 EUR monthly. The actual compensation will be at Octus’ sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for an additional annual discretionary bonus.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
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Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/
Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more.
Role
Octus Fundamentals delivers comprehensive financial data for informed credit decisions, covering reported and standardised financials, KPIs, tear sheets, and complex capital structures for more than 3,000 corporates globally across both publicly listed and privately held companies. Our dataset encompasses corporates across the sub-investment-grade liquid credit and private credit universe.
We are looking for a Data & Analytics Analyst to join our Fundamentals EMEA team. The successful candidate will play a central role in building and maintaining market-wide datasets that enable our subscribers – professionals across hedge funds, investment banks, and management consulting firms – to benchmark issuers across sectors, regions, instrument types, and company sizes. The role sits at the intersection of financial analysis, data engineering, and product development.
This is a hands-on, high-impact position offering direct exposure to how leading credit market participants use data in their workflows, with meaningful opportunities to shape how our products evolve.
Responsibilities:
Fundamentals Data Analytics
- Own and regularly update the Market Data file, maintaining accuracy and completeness of aggregated metrics across Octus's non-investment-grade liquid credit coverage universe
- Launch a similar Market Data file for the private credit universe
- Respond to ad-hoc client data requests, running custom analyses and extracts to meet specific benchmarking or screening needs. This entails producing anonymised benchmarking analyses across sectors, regions, instrument types (bonds, loans) and company sizes.
Data Quality & Mapping
- Develop and enhance the financial data quality control framework, with the goal of minimising data errors and providing feedback and training to financial analysts on best practices.
- Collaborate with the Fundamentals financials and capital structure analyst teams to resolve data discrepancies and maintain dataset integrity
- Support internal and external mapping exercises, ensuring consistency between company identifiers, instrument references, and data sources across systems
Automation & AI
- Identify, design, and implement automation solutions to streamline repetitive data operations and reporting workflows across the Fundamentals department
- Leverage AI tools and large language models to enhance data extraction, classification, and analysis pipelines
- Build and maintain dashboards and query templates to support the broader analyst team with scalable, self-serve data access
Cross-functional Support & Product Development
- Assist the Fundamentals analyst teams with ad-hoc internal data requests, query setup, and analytical tasks
- Develop a deep understanding of how Octus clients use the platform and contribute ideas for improving data products and user experience
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience in a data analytics, financial data, or credit research role
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
- Knowledge of financial reporting and accounting standards, and the ability to interpret financial statements and assess financial performance
- Familiarity with credit instruments and credit market dynamics; understanding of investment banking and credit analysis workflows is a strong advantage
- Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas, pivot tables, macros, Power Query, and large-dataset manipulation
- Proficiency in Python and/or SQL for data manipulation, automation scripting, and workflow optimisation
- Experience with Microsoft automation and visualisation tools: Power Automate, Power BI, or equivalent platforms
- Working knowledge of AI tools and large language models (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) for data extraction, document analysis, or process automation; experience building AI-assisted workflows is a plus
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
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Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/
Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more.
Role
Octus Fundamentals delivers comprehensive financial data for informed credit decisions, covering reported and standardised financials, KPIs, tear sheets, and complex capital structures for more than 3,000 corporates globally across both publicly listed and privately held companies. Our dataset encompasses corporates across the sub-investment-grade liquid credit and private credit universe.
We are looking for a Data & Analytics Analyst to join our Fundamentals EMEA team. The successful candidate will play a central role in building and maintaining market-wide datasets that enable our subscribers – professionals across hedge funds, investment banks, and management consulting firms – to benchmark issuers across sectors, regions, instrument types, and company sizes. The role sits at the intersection of financial analysis, data engineering, and product development.
This is a hands-on, high-impact position offering direct exposure to how leading credit market participants use data in their workflows, with meaningful opportunities to shape how our products evolve.
Responsibilities:
Fundamentals Data Analytics
- Own and regularly update the Market Data file, maintaining accuracy and completeness of aggregated metrics across Octus's non-investment-grade liquid credit coverage universe
- Launch a similar Market Data file for the private credit universe
- Respond to ad-hoc client data requests, running custom analyses and extracts to meet specific benchmarking or screening needs. This entails producing anonymised benchmarking analyses across sectors, regions, instrument types (bonds, loans) and company sizes.
Data Quality & Mapping
- Develop and enhance the financial data quality control framework, with the goal of minimising data errors and providing feedback and training to financial analysts on best practices.
- Collaborate with the Fundamentals financials and capital structure analyst teams to resolve data discrepancies and maintain dataset integrity
- Support internal and external mapping exercises, ensuring consistency between company identifiers, instrument references, and data sources across systems
Automation & AI
- Identify, design, and implement automation solutions to streamline repetitive data operations and reporting workflows across the Fundamentals department
- Leverage AI tools and large language models to enhance data extraction, classification, and analysis pipelines
- Build and maintain dashboards and query templates to support the broader analyst team with scalable, self-serve data access
Cross-functional Support & Product Development
- Assist the Fundamentals analyst teams with ad-hoc internal data requests, query setup, and analytical tasks
- Develop a deep understanding of how Octus clients use the platform and contribute ideas for improving data products and user experience
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience in a data analytics, financial data, or credit research role
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
- Knowledge of financial reporting and accounting standards, and the ability to interpret financial statements and assess financial performance
- Familiarity with credit instruments and credit market dynamics; understanding of investment banking and credit analysis workflows is a strong advantage
- Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas, pivot tables, macros, Power Query, and large-dataset manipulation
- Proficiency in Python and/or SQL for data manipulation, automation scripting, and workflow optimisation
- Experience with Microsoft automation and visualisation tools: Power Automate, Power BI, or equivalent platforms
- Working knowledge of AI tools and large language models (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) for data extraction, document analysis, or process automation; experience building AI-assisted workflows is a plus
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
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Apply to Octus
Octus
Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets.
For more information, visit: https://octus.com/
Working at Octus
Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more.
Role
Octus is seeking a data analyst for the Bucharest office to help build out our financial data offering. In short, you would be tasked with gathering and analyzing fundamental investment data (financial statements / legal documentation) for public and private companies in Europe and the US.
This would be a great opportunity for someone who has been an investment banking credit analyst, or someone with a background in accounting, audit or investment research, who is interested in transferring their skills and experience into the fintech sector and becoming part of a growing team that analyses and provides investment data to credit asset managers in Europe and the US.
Requirements:
- 1-3 years of experience in credit / financial statement analysis, either within a bank, asset manager or auditor OR a university degree in Accounting, Economics or finance
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Strong analytical, research and problem-solving skills, including the tenacity to resolve issues which may be complex.
- Keen attention to detail, particularly with regards to the ability to accurately handle data.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines with challenging
- Strong PC skills, particularly Microsoft
Equal Employment Opportunity
Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.
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