CLO Data Journalist

9fin•New York, NY

2d•$100,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion. Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets. Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption. We’re at a defining inflection point. With proven product-market fit and strong, global market pull, 9fin is accelerating toward becoming the category-defining platform for debt markets worldwide. The opportunity We’re looking for an ambitious, relationship-driven data journalist to maintain our best in market coverage of the $1 trillion+ CLO market, based in New York. This is a front-line analytical role in one of the most sophisticated and fast-moving areas of credit. You’ll be embedded in the market, speaking daily with the CLO market and producing analysis heavy content backed by data. Success in this role depends on your ability to work with large datasets, maintain strong relationships, and turn insight into analytical and trend coverage. You should be energised by meeting people, comfortable engaging senior market participants, and motivated by working with data. Just as importantly, you’re collaborative, generous with colleagues, and someone who contributes positively to a team environment. The role is New York–based and includes opportunities to travel for industry conferences.

Requirements

Experienced – 2+ years of experience in financial journalism. Experience with structured credit or debt capital markets is a strong positive but not essential.
Personable – A natural ability to connect with a wide range of sophisticated market participants. Confident in engaging senior investors, bankers, and asset managers
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

Responsibilities

Identifying trends – You’ll regularly find trends by speaking to the market and backing those findings with data
Feature writing – You’ll identify emerging trends in issuance, pricing, structuring, and investor activity with monthly long form data trend pieces
Monitoring markets – You’ll expand your knowledge and connect the dots with the wider debt market to collaborate with colleagues across verticals in distressed debt, leveraged finance, and private credit.
Maintaining databases – You’ll work 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

Benefits

Competitive Salary: $100,000 - $120,000 (our salary bands are benchmarked at 75-90th percentile of market)
Equity options
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
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