Senior Reporter, Private Credit

Octus•New York, NY

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics, serving tens of thousands of professionals across various financial and consulting verticals since 2013. The company is known for helping clients make informed decisions in fast-moving credit markets. Octus fosters a high-performing yet human-centric culture, guided by core values such as being Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel. This role is with Octus, a rapidly growing tech-powered financial news and data company, a leader in leveraged finance and distressed debt news and analysis. They are seeking highly motivated reporters to cover leveraged finance, private credit, and M&A activity. This is an opportunity to contribute to a new coverage model in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate should be curious, self-motivated, possess outstanding interpersonal skills, and have significant prior experience covering debt capital markets and debt origination. The position is based in Octus' New York City office, operating on a hybrid schedule requiring 3 days in the office per week.

Requirements

Experience writing about debt capital markets, and specifically leveraged finance and LBOs, M&A
Experience writing about fund raising, deal valuations, credit quality and its intersection with private equity and LP formation
Excellent interpersonal skills; self motivated; ability to multitask and work in a fast paced newsroom environment
Write clearly and concisely under deadline pressure and derive trends from issuance, pricing and other market patterns.
Scoop driven reporter with a stable of reliable sources in private credit, investment banking, fund and asset management industries
The candidate must be collaborative and enjoy working in a multicultural team environment.

Responsibilities

Help build out Octus’ coverage of private debt/capital markets, including private equity, credit secondaries, fund raising and M&A
Develop and maintain rapport with private credit shops, private equity firms, M&A bankers and leverage loan investor contacts
Identify and report on new trends and developments in private credit, the secondary private capital markets and M&A/LBOs
Collaborate with financial and legal analysts, and other reporters across multiple sectors