Job Description:

Investment Analyst - High Yield Credit

Downtown Columbus, Ohio

Target Salary Range: $87,568 - $109,470.40 Annually

Are you an investment professional with a passion for fundamental credit analysis? Do you have the ability to analyze historical data and make assumptions about future trends to formulate your investment thesis about a company? The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System may be looking for you!

The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) has a 60-person investment staff that manages a $100 billion portfolio of diversified assets across public and private markets. Our division works to ensure the long-term financial health of the Plan, which benefits over one million Ohioans who have dedicated their careers to public service. We seek someone with solid research and analytical abilities to join our High Yield Credit team. You will help maintain, grow, and oversee certain sectors and companies in our bond portfolio. You will work with a team of knowledgeable investment professionals in an exciting and stable environment where no two days will ever be alike!

 

What you’ll do

• Conduct thorough research of issuers in assigned sectors to understand key drivers of performance and risk
• Develop tools and processes to analyze individual securities or portfolios in order to maintain sound investment opinions of relative valuations of securities and assigned sectors
• Monitor performance and risk of securities
• Assists the High Yield Portfolio Manager with sector allocation decisions based on relative value assessment of assigned sectors
• Maintain positive relationships with company management, rating agencies, sell-side analysts, and other key contacts to evaluate current and future company performance.
• Learn and specialize in covered sectors, providing industry expertise to others within the Fixed Income department
• Build and maintain working relationships with other investment professionals in the Investment Division to share ideas and information on industries and companies jointly covered

What you’ll bring

• A bachelor's degree is required with a master's or MBA being preferred
• At least 3 years of investments experience
• Must be proficient with basic to intermediate experience with Internet Web Browsers (e.g., Edge or Chrome) and MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Experience with Bloomberg
• The CFA is strongly preferred
• The ability to become licensed as a State Retirement System Investment Officer (SRSIO) within six months of hire and to abide by the OPERS Personal Trading Policy is required

What makes you successful in this role

• Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to function in small and large groups while building strong working relationships both internally and externally
• Developing a thorough understanding of OPERS current investment activities and terminology
• Strong collaboration skills

What we offer

• A collaborative, team-oriented atmosphere with an opportunity to work with other areas of our investments team
• A competitive target salary range of $87,568 - $109,470.40 / annually with opportunity to participate in the OPERS Incentive Compensation Program
• Professional growth through development opportunities and continuing education
• Excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability and life insurance
• Pension with 457(b) company match opportunity
• Onsite fitness center, cafeteria and free onsite, covered parking
• Generous time off accruals and 12 paid holidays per year

Who we are

Since 1935, OPERS has provided security and peace of mind to Ohio's retired public workers and their families by offering retirement, disability, and survivor benefits programs for public employers. Our office is in downtown Columbus, minutes from the historic German Village neighborhood and the bustling Short North District. Columbus is a city that never stops innovating, thriving, or shaping tomorrow. Those attributes align perfectly with our core values. At OPERS, we never stop working for our members and investing in their futures.

As OPERS associates, we make a difference in our members’ lives from the moment they join the Plan, throughout their careers and well into retirement. When you join the OPERS family, you'll become part of a dynamic, diverse community that shares a passion for serving others. And you’ll become a member too - the work we do as OPERS associates directly impacts our own futures.

Build your career by joining the largest state pension fund in Ohio which proudly serves over 700,000 public employees and retirees. Benefit from a competitive Total Rewards Package that includes access to financial and personal wellness tools and resources. Be part of a dynamic, diverse community that shares a passion for serving others. Apply today!

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