Junior Fixed Income Trader at CI SBH Asset Management in Chicago, IL

Summary: CI SBH Asset Management is seeking a Junior Fixed Income Trader to join their Fixed Income Team. This role involves supporting trading and analysis across investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, providing an excellent opportunity for early-career professionals to develop expertise in credit markets alongside experienced portfolio managers and traders.

Responsibilities:
- Support execution of trades across investment-grade, high-yield corporate bonds, treasuries, and agency MBS, including new issues and secondary market trading
- Engage with counterparties, share market related color, trading priorities, and views to identify market opportunities and to improve trade execution
- Interact with Portfolio Managers regarding client and portfolio needs and execute to meet those objectives
- Assist in credit analysis on issuers and sectors, including spread, ratings, and covenant review
- Monitor credit spreads, CDS levels, and new issue calendars relevant to portfolio positioning
- Build and maintain quantitative tools (Python, Excel/Bloomberg) to track total returns, spread duration, and sector/issuer relative value
- Prepare daily market commentary and portfolio performance summaries for senior PMs
- Assist with trade settlement, reconciliation, and risk reporting
- Maintain accurate trade records and support trade settlement processes

Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Economics, Math, Accounting or a related quantitative field
- 0-2 years of experience in fixed income markets, credit trading, or portfolio analytics (internships count)
- Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects on an ongoing basis in a fast-paced changing work environment
- Effective problem identification, analytical and resolution skills
- Strong interpersonal, oral, written communication skills
- Basic proficiency in Excel, and an ability to learn and apply new software programs (Bloomberg, Market Axxess, Tradeweb, Python, etc.)
- Solid grasp of fixed income fundamentals (duration, convexity, credit spreads, yield curves)

Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of Python for data analysis
- Exposure to credit analysis or CDS

Required Skills: Fixed income markets, Credit trading, Portfolio analytics, Python, Excel, Bloomberg, Market Axxess, Tradeweb, Credit analysis, Credit default swaps, Convexity, Credit spreads, Yield curves