Description
Sr. Investment Grade Corporate Bond Analyst
Columbia Management Group
Boston, MA
Columbia Management Group (CMG), a group within Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management Division is the primary asset management business, and non-bank subsidiary, of Bank of America Corporation which includes Columbia Funds Distributor, Inc., member NASD, SIPC.
Columbia Management delivers proprietary investment products to clients, including equity, fixed income and money market separate accounts and CMG’s wide array of mutual fund offerings. The company’s mutual funds span asset classes and styles, with particular strength in large- and multi-cap growth, balanced funds, small- and mid-cap equity, international and specialty areas. CMG’s distribution channels include institutional sales and service teams, wholesaling teams dedicated to financial intermediaries (CFDI), and the liquidity strategies sales and service teams.
The Investment Grade Corporate Bond Analyst position will serve as one of five senior and one junior research analysts on the Corporate Bond Sector team. The Corporate Bond Sector Team is responsible for investing the corporate allocations across Columbia’s Core and Core Plus portfolios as well as providing insight and recommendations on the overall corporate market to Columbia’s Core Strategy Team. In addition to providing research for Columbia’s Core and Core Plus portfolios, the corporate analysts provide research used within our Short Duration strategies, various insurance portfolios and the Bank of America Private Bank. The position reports to the Head of the Corporate Sector Team. Specific responsibilities include:
· Develop value-added investment recommendations on investment grade corporate bonds based on fundamental research and relative value analysis.
· Continually scour assigned industries in search of attractive investment opportunities
· Prepare detailed financial and relative value analysis as necessary to support recommendations
· Document research in a timely and comprehensive manner
· Develop unique information sources to gain insights into industry sectors and specific credits
· Communicate ideas effective to portfolio managers
· Communicate actively and coordinate efforts as appropriate with Columbia’s corporate bond analysts, high yield analysts and equity analysts
Qualifications
The successful candidate for this position should have the following background and attributes:
- At least 5 or more years of experience as a credit analyst on the buy or sell side; or credit rating agency
- Passion for uncovering unique insights into companies and translating these into value-added bond recommendations
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly and succinctly
- Team player who proactively communicates across the department and broader firm
- Experience covering multiple sectors, a plus
- Strong educational background
- MBA and/or CFA preferred
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