Municipal Bond Research Analyst

2 weeks ago


Chicago, United States Brookfield Asset Management Full time

Location

Chicago - 110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2700

Business - Public Securities

Brookfield’s Public Securities Group serves institutions and individuals seeking the investment advantages of real assets through actively managed listed equity and debt strategies. The Public Securities Group leverages Brookfield’s core real asset expertise across real estate, infrastructure, real asset debt, real asset solutions and opportunistic strategies through a variety of flexible and scalable investment mandates, including separate accounts, registered funds and private funds. Clients include financial institutions, public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth investors. The Public Securities Group has been investing in public securities for over 30 years and has over $22 billion of assets under management. For more information, visit


Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture. We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader: Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined. Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

**Job Description**:
The Position: Municipal Bond Research Analyst

Position Summary: The position involves conducting fundamental credit analysis and relative value assessments on public municipal debt issues.

**Responsibilities**:

- Utilizing both qualitative and quantitative research, provide fundamental research analysis on taxable municipal bond issuers. This includes conducting surveillance of existing holds.
- Provide timely and insightful credit and relative value opinions on municipal bond investment opportunities
- Provide written credit opinions of issuers, incorporating financial statement analysis, economic/market trends and sector developments
- Review offering memoranda for suitability of bondholder protections
- Work closely with all members of the Real Asset Debt team
- Participate in investment team meetings and offering research perspective
- Assisting other divisions within the Public Securities Group (Marketing, Client Service, Operations) for data analytics of portfolios/accounts.

Qualifications & Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance or related field.
- 5+ years of experience as a taxable municipal bond credit analyst.
- Demonstrated quantitative, data analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Independent thinker willing to challenge convention. Willing to present ideas with precision, passion and conviction.
- Desire to work in a team environment possessing strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
- Strong proficiency with Bloomberg, Excel, and PowerPoint required.
- The following would be considered assets:

- successful completion of, or current enrollment in the CFA program
- experience with databases (Access, SQL) and Python

Travel:

- Approximately 10-20% travel required.

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it. Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.



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