Title: Research Analyst

Firm: Mulit-billion distressed / event-driven HF

Location: NYC

Compensation: $200k salary + bonus

Responsibilities:

• Conduct deep fundamental analysis on companies experiencing financial distress, restructuring, or complex corporate events.
• Build detailed financial and restructuring models, including liquidity analysis, recovery scenarios, and valuation across the capital structure.
• Analyze legal and structural considerations such as credit agreements, bond indentures, intercreditor agreements, and bankruptcy processes.
• Evaluate investment opportunities related to restructurings, liability management transactions, recapitalizations, and event-driven situations.
• Prepare investment memos and trade recommendations for the portfolio manager and investment committee.
• Monitor existing portfolio positions, track catalysts, and update valuation and recovery analyses as situations evolve.
• Work closely with legal advisors, restructuring professionals, and industry experts to assess outcomes in complex situations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from top university
• 4-8 years of prior work experience with a preference for some buy-side stressed / distressed / specials situation experience
• Attention to detail
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as within a team