Senior Credit Analyst, Market‑Facing (Distressed & Special Situations)

We are partnered with a New York-based alternative investment manager to hire a senior, market‑facing credit professional for its flagship global value credit strategy. The fund focuses on stressed, distressed, and special situations across leveraged finance and broader credit markets.

This is a role sitting at the intersection of markets, trading, and fundamental credit research, working closely with the Portfolio Manager and investment team. This position is designed for a credit investor with strong street connectivity, market judgment, and idea‑sourcing instincts, who enjoys being deeply embedded in real‑time credit markets.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a primary market interface with brokers, investment banks, and market participants
• Maintaining an active network across the sell side and buyside (hedge funds, relative‑value funds, credit specialists)
• Sourcing, filtering, and triaging investment ideas across stressed, distressed, and idiosyncratic credit situations
• Providing the team with market color, including:
  • Flows, liquidity, and positioning
  • Trading dynamics and technicals
  • Creditor behavior, cooperatives, and evolving capital‑structure situations
• Conducting ongoing diligence on credits being monitored, including situations initially passed on but that may re‑price or evolve
• Working closely with the PM, traders, and research analysts to translate market intelligence into actionable investment opportunities
  
  

Requirments:

• 5-10+ years of experience in credit markets
• Background from:
  • Buy‑side credit investing and/or
  • Sell‑side HY / leveraged loan / distressed trading
• Deep familiarity with high yield, leveraged loans, distressed credit, and special situations
• Strong, existing relationships with brokers and street desks
• Established buyside network spanning hedge funds and relative‑value credit managers
• Solid financial modeling and analytical foundation
• Naturally inquisitive, commercially minded, and comfortable forming independent credit views
• Collaborative, detail‑oriented, and able to operate in a fast‑moving, team‑based investment environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills