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Full time

As Portfolio Manager High Yield Credit (f/m/d) you will work in an international team managing leveraged loans globally for internal and external institutional clients. The team is responsible for the credit analysis, portfolio strategy & trading and the communication with internal and external clients. You will assume fundamental research coverage of several sectors and will manage exposures in the assigned sectors. The investment process includes top-down and bottom-up elements, which you will use to provide input to the formulation of the Credit house view. There is an intensive interaction with other credit teams (investment grade, infrastructure debt, money markets) as well as with other asset classes such as Rates & Emerging Markets, Equities, and FX. Your office is located in Zurich directly on lake Zurich.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed fundamental credit analysis for Leveraged Loan issuers

• Coverage of selected sectors & conduction of relative value analysis

• Perform financial modelling including forecasting and scenario analysis, review of legal documentation and covenants in particular for complex leveraged credits.

• Identify and present investment opportunities and execute trades

• Share and cooperate in the research effort with other High Yield portfolio management teams

• Build/maintain relationships with trading counterparties (syndicates, sales desks), corporate debt issuers as well as analysts

• Meet and visit issuers in roadshows, conferences

• Timely production of ad-hoc research related to current market topics

• Contribute and lead internal and external communications, e.g. fund management reports, investment proposals, prospective client meetings

• Active participation in shaping the investment strategy

• Collaboration with Investment Grade and Infrastructure Debt Team

Experience

• 5+ years of working experience as an analyst or portfolio manager for global leveraged finance credits, Leveraged Finance origination or Rating Agency (focus on HY in developed markets)

• Bachelor or Master degree, CFA charter holder or equivalent post graduate degree is a plus

• Programming skills in Python or Power BI are a plus

• Ability to independently conduct in-depth financial analysis of companies and present the results

• Confident and convincing team-player with strong communication skills

• Interest in ESG topics

• Proficient user of Bloomberg and Microsoft Excel

• Native speaker or fluent in English; German is recommended. French is a plus

Swiss Life Asset Managers

We are a leading European asset manager and institutional real estate asset manager with locations in Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the UK and Norway.

With a strong client focus, here at Swiss Life Asset Managers, success is driven by expecting the unexpected, prioritising sustainability and inclusion, fully investing in our jobs and people, and being on the lookout for new business opportunities \\xe2\\x80\\x93 all since 1857.

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