Credit Analyst needed at Coronation Fund Managers

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Liaise with arrangers, issuers and ratings agencies on upcoming and existing bond issuances.
• Investigate new entrants to the bond market and conduct research on similar organisations globally if necessary.
• Investigate creditworthiness of banks and other lenders, corporate and government-related issuers.
• Analysing financial statements to assess the creditworthiness of the entity
• Advise on appropriate through-the-cycle pricing for new and currently held instruments on a total return basis.
• Analysing legal documentation relating to bond issues and if required, following up with internal legal counsel.
• Reporting to internal credit committee on credit exposures and developments.
• Assisting other members of the credit team with operational tasks and analysis.
• Contribute to investment decisions made by the team
• Analyse and understand economic cycles and interpret economic variables.
• Valuation and dealing in fixed income assets.
• Perform quantitative analysis on various assets and markets.
• Analyse yield curves and calculate break-even levels.

Ideal Experience    
Credit analysis

• Strong accounting experience – articles
• Experience in presenting themselves articulately
• Experience within the debt investing environment
• Exposure to financial markets
• Experience requiring a strong attention to detail
• Investigative work experience

Ideal Qualifications    
Chartered Accountant

• BCom Accounts
• Business Science – finance, economics, actuarial, quantitative management
• Chartered Financial Analyst
• Most Important Attribute    
• Smart, insightful, passionate about markets, self-starter.
• Must be willing to travel around the country to meet with issuers if necessary.
• Systems Knowledge    
• Excel, Bloomberg

Closing Date    
2025/11/30