Credit Analyst/in Jobs in der Schweiz

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, entrepreneurial, empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Join our CIO Office Global Fixed Income team and take a pivotal role in driving our quality high yield credit strategy. Based in Zurich, you will join our Global Quality High Yield desk and step into a dual capacity as both a portfolio manager and a credit analyst, becoming a co-manager of the Julius Baer Global Quality High Yield fund and taking primary responsibility for high yield issuer selection across our entire discretionary mandate business.

• Co-manage the Julius Baer Global Quality High Yield UCITS fund and implement investment strategies across funds and mandates according to specific guidelines, with a primary focus on US and European high yield markets and a potential moderate allocation to emerging markets.
• Drive the fund’s risk-adjusted performance against benchmark and peers, take accountability for resulting performance, and represent it internally and to clients.
• Take ownership of high yield issuer selection for the Bank’s discretionary managed mandates.
• Perform bottom-up analysis, issuer and bond selection, and relative value analysis, including financial modelling, scenario analysis, and covenant analysis on complex credits and corporate actions.
• Formulate regional and sectoral positioning, as well as rates, duration, and credit overlay strategies.
• Actively manage risk exposures, including credit risk, currency and rates hedging, and the use of credit default swaps (CDS/CDX).
• Hold a seat on the fixed income credit selection sub-committee and collaborate closely with model portfolio and fixed income mandate portfolio management teams. Provide strategic and tactical input on the high yield asset class to senior management.
• Contribute to internal and external communications, including fund manager reports, strategy updates, investment proposals, and prospective client meetings.
• Maintain strong collaboration with the fixed income dealing desk for primary and secondary execution. Build and maintain relationships with financial counterparties, corporate debt issuers, and analysts through roadshows and due diligence meetings.

• A university Master’s degree; the CFA designation is advantageous.
• A minimum of five years of experience as a fixed income high yield fund manager and/or credit analyst.
• Meaningful, in-depth experience in credit, sector, and economic analysis within global high yield markets.
• A passion for investing and a buy-side mindset grounded in a thorough understanding of risks and solid judgement, with a relentless focus on investment performance.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, an established market network, and experience in client interaction.
• An entrepreneurial mindset, thriving on the opportunity to contribute to the further development of the Julius Baer CIO Office Global Fixed Income franchise.
• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills, with a detail-oriented approach and the ability to think critically and form independent opinions.
• A flexible, independent, and structured working style, with the capacity to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment under pressure.
• Excellent written and spoken English; additional languages are advantageous.
• The ability to quickly establish credibility and trust, combined with strong teamwork and a client-oriented personality.
• Proficiency with Bloomberg (including Asset and Investment Manager systems) is a must, together with advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills.
• Additional IT skills such as Python or other programming languages are a plus.

Julius Baer is a leading wealth management group, with a CIO Office Global Fixed Income team responsible for managing the Bank’s global fixed income funds and discretionary mandates. The team combines institutional and private wealth management processes, talent, and execution, fully aligned with client interests, and has delivered strong risk-adjusted returns.

The CIO Office Global Fixed Income team consists of 16 specialists based in Switzerland, managing fixed income mandates, investment funds, and certificates within a performance-focused group. The Global Quality High Yield desk holds performance responsibility for the high yield fixed income asset class, focusing on liquid, quality high yield bond markets globally, and collaborates closely with investment grade and global emerging markets desks.