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About the Role

Guggenheim Investments is seeking a Municipal Credit Analyst responsible for market coverage, security and portfolio-level analysis, and sourcing and reviewing investments. This collaborative, cross-functional role involves intermediating, aggregating, and disseminating market information to various teams and senior professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluation of specialized and complex investments utilizing all available sources of information.
• Analyze new issue and secondary market taxable and tax-exempt municipal credits to create reports, analyses, and recommendations.
• Create and maintain analytical models and tools that enhance credit research.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of the legal characteristics of security structure.
• Monitor portfolio holdings and municipal sectors for credit changes and material news and events.
• Formulate and manage sector investment thesis and strategy, incorporating firm’s macro views.
• Provide ongoing information about market sentiment, liquidity, volatility, and other market information about the sector to the team leader.
• Prioritize investment activities considering portfolio needs, desk resources, and market risk/value.
• Create and maintain desk tools that improve investment process and efficiency.
• Create and institutionalize credit research reporting, credit memo templates, and ESG analysis framework.
• Author the municipal sector team’s Quarterly Outlook thought leadership piece.
• Ensure adherence with firm policies and procedures with respect to investment underwriting, compliance, trading.
• Direct surveillance, research, and project activities in conjunction with the Team Leader.
• Develop project scope and set priorities for technology and research initiatives.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of marketing materials.

Requirements

• BA/BS in a quantitative discipline to include finance, business, economics or accounting.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in credit research and analysis.
• CFA or progress toward CFA is required.
• Experience with industry standard tools and data products such as Bloomberg, BRS, Ipreo, TM3.
• Strong credit, finance, economic, business, and technical skills.
• Advanced Excel skills are required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong commitment to performance and accuracy of work product.
• Ability to multi-task across analytical, administrative, and research activities in a detail oriented and timely manner.
• Team oriented individual with ability to work independently and work well with diverse groups in a market-paced environment.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without current or future visa sponsorship or transfer.

Skills

• SQL
• Python

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Minimum 5 years’ experience

Education Level

• BA/BS in a quantitative discipline
• Advanced degree (MFE, MBA) or equivalent educational background are desirable.

Salary/Compensations

• Annual base salary between $140,000.00-$145,000.00

About the Company

• We focus relentlessly on delivering results through innovative solutions.
• We relish opportunities to solve complex problems through exhaustive approaches.
• Every member of Guggenheim is expected to uphold our uncompromising standards for integrity and excellence and to be personally accountable for their actions and business results.
• Our principles entail engaging highly talented people, challenging them to think creatively, and encouraging them to achieve extraordinarily high standards in their fields of expertise.
• To succeed at Guggenheim, candidates should be a strong fit with our business principles, culture, and value system.
• We encourage you to review Our Firm page to learn more about how we seek to create value through our diversified businesses.
• We offer compelling opportunities for self-starters who take great pride in the quality of their work and seek to exceed expectations.
• We are looking for people who take ownership, adhere to the highest standards, and think creatively to realize opportunities.

Equal Opportunity

• Guggenheim is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.