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About The Position

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree, Finance, economics, math, engineering, accounting, or related field.
• Five to seven years experience preferred at an asset manager or buy- side firm in a credit analysis role.
• Excel proficiency required.
• VBA and macro writing skills preferred.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg, Bridge, Trade Web.
• Requires reading and analyzing financial statements.
• Fundamental credit analysis and research.
• Requires understanding of Credit Default Swap spreads and their use in credit analysis.
• Requires extreme attention to detail.
• Requires strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Familiarity of securities regulations.
• Requires strong oral, written, and presentation skill desirable.

Responsibilities

• Surveillance and monitoring of all counterparties: Swap and repo Authorized Participants FCM’s Custodians Transfer Agents Firm technology vendors and data providers And any other firm who’s viability could directly or indirectly impact the financial condition of either PFG and its affiliates or any products it manages
• Development and Implementation of best practices with the goal of reducing firm wide risk.
• Ensure adherence to best practices.
• Create and implement an in house repository for all supporting data and files.
• Annual due diligence reviews and oversight of the firms’ internal credit team comprised of several portfolio managers.
• Assist in the monitoring of the money market fund sub advisory relationship.
• Daily surveillance of all counterparties and execution only brokers to ensure that they meet minimum credit standards.
• Daily surveillance of FCM’s to ensure that they meet minimum standards.
• Daily update of financial models.
• Daily monitoring of firm wide exposure and the distribution of reports to portfolio managers.
• Annual due diligence reports for all approved counterparties, FCM’s, and execution only brokers.
• Quarterly updates prepared for the credit committee.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive discretionary bonus
• Health care benefits (medical, dental & vision)
• Life, AD&D, supplemental life, disability, and legal benefit insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
• Spending accounts (Health Care, Dependent Care, and Transportation)
• Wellness programs — fitness reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program
• Education assistance
• Paid time off
• Peer recognition and corporate matching gift programs