The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $60 billion in investment and committed capital as of December 1, 2023, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since our founding in 1988, our firm has earned an international reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management, and the quality and depth of our staff. We have a significant presence in the world’s capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments in both developed and developing economies.

We are looking for resourceful candidates to join our Financial Research team based in the firm’s offices in Hyderabad/Bangalore/Gurugram, India. The group works with the Private Credit (North America) front office to provide in-depth support to the investment research and decision processes of the firm’s proprietary trading in the Private Credit space. This role requires you to look at the private corporate credit opportunities across the cap stack, undertake fundamental credit analysis of corporate bond and loan issuers, and work with the Front Office to objectively define the credit risk for those companies.

What You’ll Do Day-to-day

You will be involved in helping the front office group in New York analyze and assess the credit quality of issuers in the private credit space. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, preparing detailed financial models and investment write-ups, performing investment due diligence, and forming an independent opinion about the attractiveness of the opportunity. You will be required to clearly articulate the findings and interact with key constituents, including senior management teams internally and prospective borrowers. You will also be required to perform independent research on companies and work across all sectors.

Who We’re Looking For

• The candidate should have a master’s in finance and/or a CFA/CA with more than 7 years of relevant experience in one of the following backgrounds – leveraged finance, debt advisory, and public/private credit
• The ideal candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to synthesize information and communicate it in an understandable format
• Candidates with excellent fundamental corporate credit analysis skills
• Candidates possessing exceptional technical and analytical skills – financial modeling, underwriting skills, company research, and investment memo preparation
• The ideal candidate should also have excellent analytical skills, high attention to detail, self-motivation, and the ability to effectively interact with trading desks and stakeholders

Interested Candidates Can Apply Through Our Website

https://www.deshawindia.com/recruit/jobs/Adv/Link/SnrAnaLdAnlAssBckSecJune2023

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The Firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working environment, and an attractive compensation package. For further information about our recruitment process, including how applicant data will be processed, please visit https://www.deshawindia.com/careers

Members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of sex, race, colour, caste, creed, religion, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.