Company Description Elmwood Asset Management (Elmwood) is a leading independent alternative investment manager formed in 2018. Elmwood specializes in long-only investment strategies in performing credit markets. Elmwood has $25 billion in assets under management. The firm is based in New York City. The firm has grown to over 50 full-time professionals across investment, operations, legal, and technology verticals. Elmwood runs a flat, inclusive and merit-based organization.
Role Description This is a full-time, hybrid Credit Analyst role based in New York, NY, with flexibility to work from home part of the week. The analyst will partner with a senior analyst focusing on Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) credit. The role involves supporting Elmwood’s investment process from new idea generation to monitoring existing positions. Junior analysts also perform industry- and market-level analyses, participate in credit discussions with investment team colleagues and external counterparties, and assist Elmwood’s broader investment team in a variety of special projects and supporting tasks.
Key Responsibilities
- Support a senior analyst in coverage of existing portfolio investments through quarterly tracking and modeling, initiating market deep dives, and interacting with management teams and buy/sell-side counterparts
- Assist or lead underwriting of prospective credit investments through fundamental research, financial modeling, and relative value analysis — including historical financial compilation, forecasting, and valuation to frame risk/return
- Monitor covered sectors and present on key industry trends and developments
- Contribute to team-wide projects spanning market themes, risk analysis, and business development initiatives
- Participate in the investment team’s regular strategy discussions on portfolio optimization, credit performance, and risk management
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in buy-side investing, sell-side research, investment banking, or financial advisory
- Exceptional character, work ethic, and ability to learn
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly in written reports and verbal discussions
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet time-sensitive deadlines with a high level of accuracy
- Comfortable in an entrepreneurial and team-oriented environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Bachelor’s degree required
