Income Research + Management is a Boston-based, privately owned, fixed income asset management firm. IR+M delivers strong performance and consistent results through a rigorous, bottom-up security selection process and strives to provide best-in-class client service to our 700+ institutional and private wealth clients.    

Founded in 1987 and located in the heart of Boston’s financial district, IR+M employs 200+ full time professionals and currently manages $100+ Billion in assets. We offer industry-leading benefits, as well as a challenging, collegial, and rewarding workplace with high levels of employee engagement.  

Job Description 

The Investment Team seeks an individual to join as a Securitized Research Analyst focused on Securitized products with dedicated sector coverage in a subset of asset classes with an ability to expand over time.  The Research Analyst will work closely with the full Securitized team including Traders and Portfolio Managers on recommending Securitized investment opportunities for our full suite of products and portfolios.

Summary of essential job functions

·       Provide dedicated sector coverage within a subset of Securitized markets

·       Assist and provide support to Senior Securitized Research Analysts through new issue reviews, issuer due diligence meetings, surveillance reports and presentations

·       Analyze and stress new Securitized investment ideas alongside Senior Research Analysts and the Director of Securitized

·       Identify Securitized investment opportunities via new issue and secondary markets with the goal of keeping portfolios fully invested in our best ideas

·       Model cashflow scenarios at the deal level using Bloomberg and other third-party, cashflow modeling software and/or proprietary excel spreadsheets

·       Maintain and create content for IR+M’s Research Management System (RMS) to ensure bond and deal-level opinions are up to date in a timely manner

Key Competencies

• 7-10yr years of financial industry experience with 3-5 years in a Securitized Research capacity
• Strong presentation skills for both internal and external audiences
• Flexibility to juggle multiple priorities and projects for different end users
• Ability to work and communicate with other areas of the Firm

·       Critical thinker and proactive problem solver

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Enjoys working collaboratively
• Self-starter – ability to be productive and suggest logical solutions
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Bloomberg, Intex and/or Python skills a plus

Education Requirement 

·       Bachelor’s degree required

·       CFA/ MBA or significant progress towards achieving

Base Salary Range: $140,000 - $180,000

Annual Performance Bonus

·       This role is eligible for an annual performance-based bonus. 

Location

·       Boston, MA