Associate Manager - Research

We are One Sutherland — a global team where everyone is working together to create great breakthrough solutions. Our workforce has thrived in an environment of diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate our diversity and embrace it whole-heartedly. Sutherland is an equal opportunity employer. We promote a positive work environment by conducting ourselves professionally and helping each other achieve our goal of One Sutherland Team, Playing to Win. Sutherland was founded 35 years ago (1986). Since then, we have become a leading global provider of business process and technology management services offering an integrated portfolio of analytics-driven back office and customer-facing solutions that support the entire customer life cycle.

The candidate will be required to possess and undertake the following:

• Conduct thorough analysis of structured finance products to assess credit risk, cash flow characteristics, legal structure, and underlying collateral.

• Develop and maintain complex financial models to project cash flows and estimate losses.

• Determine the creditworthiness of issuers and underlying assets based on financial statements, market trends, economic indicators, and qualitative factors.

• Utilize rating methodologies and criteria to assign accurate and timely credit ratings to structured finance securities.

• Create comprehensive rating reports that articulate the rationale behind assigned ratings, highlighting key risk factors and mitigants.

• Financial modelling using programming languages like Python, VBA.

• MBA Finance from premier institute/CFA/CA or equivalent

• 6-7 years of experience in credit evaluation of structured finance products and/or other fixed income products

• Proficiency in financial modelling and programming languages (e.g., Excel, Python, R)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Database usage experience – Bloomberg, Microsoft Office. Working knowledge of Intex will be an added advantage.

• Attention to detail and ability to work independently is preferred

• Valid passport as candidate may be required to travel to UK for initial training. Valid UK visa is a plus