Vanguard
Financial Services
ActiveCreditStructuredProductsInvestmentAnalyst(ABS/CMBS/RMBS)
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“Active Credit Structured Products Investment Analyst (ABS/CMBS/RMBS) at Vanguard. Skills: Structured products, Credit analysis, Risk management. Maintain sector expertise. Expand sector expertise”
Industry & Context.
Process improvements; Analytics improvements; Automation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8 years in investment, 4+ years specializing in active credit structured products, Bachelors in finance, economics, mathematics, or computer science, Advanced SQL, Advanced Python, Comfort with large datasets, Deep quantitative skills in credit modeling, Deep quantitative skills in risk analytics, Ability to simplify complex ideas for senior audiences, Ability to build durable relationships
Nice to Have
Graduate degree (MBA/MS), CFA preferred, Team leadership experience strongly preferred
What You'll Do.
Maintain sector expertise
Expand sector expertise
Track market developments
Track regulatory developments
Track economic developments
Translate impacts into investment opportunities
Translate impacts into desk insights
Build purchase recommendations
Build sale recommendations
Integrate credit fundamentals
Integrate prepayment behavior
Integrate relative value
Integrate risk analytics
Lead ongoing surveillance of issuers
Lead ongoing surveillance of sectors
Systematize monitoring of credit quality changes
Systematize monitoring of prepayment trends
Systematize monitoring of risk
Deliver timely updates to the desk
Leverage advanced analytic skills
Champion improvements
Scale data integration
Accelerate decision making
Present views to senior leadership
Present strategies to senior leadership
Present views to internal partners
Present strategies to internal partners
Build relationships with PMs
Build relationships with banks
Build relationships with issuers
Build relationships with rating agencies
Build relationships with peer analysts
Contribute to special initiatives
Contribute to cross-functional efforts
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Fixed income desk; Senior leadership; Internal partners; PMs; Banks; Issuers; Rating agencies; Peer analysts; Cross-functional efforts
Communication Scope
Simplify complex ideas; Present views; Present strategies
Full Job Description
**Make it count.** Help shape Vanguard’s structured credit strategy by delivering rigorous analysis and actionable recommendations across CMBS and RMBS. You’ll collaborate across the fixed income desk by providing research that optimizes value and manages risk through fundamental analysis and cutting edge research technology. **What you’ll do** * **Own coverage.** Maintain and expand sector expertise across CMBS/RMBS, track market/regulatory/economic developments, and translate impacts into investment opportunities and desk insights. * **Drive decisions.** Build purchase/sale recommendations that integrate credit fundamentals, prepayment behavior, relative value, and risk analytics. * **Monitor what matters.** Lead ongoing surveillance of issuers/sectors; systematize monitoring of credit quality changes, prepayment trends, and risk factors; deliver timely updates to the desk. * **Elevate the process.** Leverage advanced analytic skills to champion improvements and automation—streamline workflows, scale data integration, and accelerate decision making. * **Influence and represent.** Present views and strategies to senior leadership, internal partners, and clients; build relationships with PMs, banks, issuers, rating agencies, and peer analysts. * **Lean in to projects.** Contribute to special initiatives and cross‑functional efforts that strengthen Active Credit. **What it takes** * **Experience.** 8 years in investment management; 4**+ years** specializing in active credit structured products focused on commercial/residential real estate and/or data centers. Team leadership experience strongly preferred. * **Education & credentials.** Bachelors in finance, economics, mathematics, computer science, or engineering; graduate degree (MBA/MS) and **CFA** preferred. * **Technical edge.** Advanced SQL, Python, Tableau; comfort with large datasets. Proficiency with **Aladdin, Intex, Trepp, Yield Book**. * **Analytical strength.** Deep quantitative skills in credit modeling
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