Position Title: Corporate Portfolio Finance Research Senior Analyst (NY)(NY)

Entity: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: New York, NY 

Summary/Overview:

KBRA is seeking a Senior Analyst to join its Corporate Portfolio Finance Group, a highly visible and interconnected team responsible for producing market-facing, data-driven research focused on the private credit ecosystem. The role sits at the center of KBRA’s access to proprietary data and focuses on translating complex datasets into credit-oriented insights used by decision makers including investors, issuers, and internal stakeholders.

About the Job:

• Develop research in collaboration with sector experts using years of proprietary data, including:
  • Corporate research that leverages KBRA’s access to financial statements, lender investment memoranda, and credit agreements for more than 5,300 sponsor-backed middle market companies.
  • Fund research derived from rated note feeders, collateralized fund obligations, private equity net asset value loans, and asset-based finance reporting and performance.
  • Structured credit research, including analysis of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and related structured products
• Build a deep understanding of the variables that impact credit, including how private markets function, power the economy, manage risk, and generate investment returns.
• Interface with senior members across the firm on research, database development, and analysis.
• Participate in diligence meetings with fund management teams to understand key themes emerging in private markets.
• Track defaults and recoveries, and research the underlying drivers.
• Write quarterly reports on corporate credit, structured credit, and fund-related topics, as well as intermittent updates based on recent trends or news.
• Develop presentations used internally and for public conferences.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• A keen curiosity about private markets and credit with a demonstrated capability and willingness to learn.
• Attention to detail.
• Proven ability to collect, clean, normalize, and analyze datasets.
• Demonstrated initiative to explore ideas and develop original, defensible, data-driven views.
• Strong Excel capabilities (chart building, pivot tables, modeling).
• Some understanding of either corporate or fund credit analysis.
• Writing experience, familiarity with Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, and coding / programming skills are a plus.
• Two (2) or more years of experience in credit, research, investing, or structured finance.
• A bachelor's degree.
• Familiarity with Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT for research, data insights, and general productivity is a plus.

Salary Range:

The anticipated annual base salary range for this full-time position is $85,000 to $105,000. Offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience, skills, geography, and other job-related factors.

Benefits:

• A hybrid work schedule (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays in the office)
• Competitive benefits and paid time off
• Paid family and disability leave
• 401(k) plan, including employer match (100% vested)
• Educational and professional development financial assistance
• Employee referral bonus program

About Us

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA) is a full-service credit rating agency registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an NRSRO. Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited is registered as a CRA with the European Securities and Markets Authority. Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK Limited is registered as a CRA with the UK Financial Conduct Authority pursuant to the Temporary Registration Regime. In addition, KBRA is designated as a designated rating organization by the Ontario Securities Commission for issuers of asset-backed securities to file a short form prospectus or shelf prospectus. KBRA is also recognized by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a Credit Rating Provider.

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