CLO Data Journalist

About the role

The role is New York–based and includes opportunities to travel for industry conferences.

Responsibilities

• Maintain best-in-market coverage of the $1 trillion+ CLO market
• Identify trends by speaking to the market and backing those findings with data
• Generate feature writing on emerging trends in issuance, pricing, structuring, and investor activity with monthly long form data trend pieces
• Monitor markets to expand knowledge and connect the dots with the wider debt market to collaborate with colleagues across verticals in distressed debt, leveraged finance, and private credit
• Maintain databases by working closely with the CLO data team to source private information from the market and contribute in expansions to new datasets
• Generate ideas and deliver clear, concise reporting under deadline pressure

Requirements

• Experienced – 2+ years of experience in financial journalism
• Personable – A natural ability to connect with a wide range of sophisticated market participants
• Driven – Endlessly curious, self-motivated, and passionate about doing a good job
• Organised – Able to maintain a deep network of sources, stay on top of story pipeline, and deadlines
• Communicative – Clear and concise in your written and verbal language, and able to explain complex ideas in simple terms
• Analytical – Comfortable handling large datasets to help draw conclusions, and have a proficiency in excel and PowerBI

Qualifications

• Experience with structured credit or debt capital markets is a strong positive but not essential

Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerBI

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: $100,000 - $140,000 (our salary bands are benchmarked at 75-90th percentile of market)
• 401(k) (9fin pay 3%, employee contributions are uncapped)
• Private Health Insurance, with Dental and Vision
• Paid sick leave
• Disability Insurance (New York)
• Commuter Benefit
• Time off: 25 vacation days per year
• Local public holiday
• Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work
• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year
• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
• Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available
• Professional learning and development budget
• AI experimentation budget of $1,000 per employee to trial AI tools
• Bi-annual team socials
• Summer and Winter company social events

Pay

Competitive Salary: $100,000 - $140,000 (our salary bands are benchmarked at 75-90th percentile of market)

Schedule

Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work

Company

At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment.