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Evaluator - Municipal Bonds-High Yield
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The primary responsibility of this position will be to evaluate complex Municipal bond securities on a daily
basis. Evaluations represent our good faith opinion as to what a buyer in the marketplace would pay for a
security in a current sale. The process entails the assessment of municipal bond market trading conditions via
trade activity, newly priced deals, bid/wanted and offer listings, and market sector contacts. Once assessed, the
conditions are used as inputs into security evaluation models to determine an opinion of value. Model inputs
also consider issuer secondary market material events including issuer credit quality actions and issuer or
project financial reporting
The applicant must have the ability to facilitate the evaluation process while supporting time critical evaluation
inquires and customer challenges. Thorough knowledge of current municipal market conditions and trends is
essential. The ability to work within a credit sensitive market sector facilitating the evaluations on bonds with
transitional credit quality is required. Must have thorough knowledge of the municipal high yield, distressed
and defaulted sector.
Responsibilities:
Maintain regular contact with market makers, brokers, dealers, buy-side firms, and analysts to gather
information on current trades, bid-wanted lists, and offerings, along with general information on market
movement, direction, trends, and specific data on specialty issues.
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Use software tools to build internal yield curves based on bellwether issues, established trading spreads
between similar issuers or credits, historical trading spreads over market benchmarks, new issue scales,
and verified bid information received from clients.
Assess underlying issue credit quality based on Analyst reports, material events and financial filings.
Support quality and compliance control objectives and procedures involving the evaluation process.
Extensive customer contact.
Provide input and direction to the evaluation team.
Desired Skills and Experience
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5 yrs of experience working with municipal high yield, distressed and defaulted sector.
Looking for backgrounds with trading and sales
Ability to facilitate superior client relationships.
Ability to perform sector or issue analysis and determine changes in trading patterns.
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work in a time critical environment, multi-task and prioritize workload.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Equal Opportunity Employer/Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disability
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Please forward all resumes to [email protected]