Structured Credit Associate

Structured Credit Associate Fixed Income Portfolio Management Team Full-Time Boston, MA The Opportunity

The Structured Credit Associate will be responsible for the evaluation, structuring, diligence and ongoing monitoring of structured credit investments for Mass Mutual’s General Investment Account (GIA). The associate will also help manage relationships with Mass Mutual’s public and private asset‑backed managers and will work closely with internal Portfolio Managers and the Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Management. This role will have direct responsibility for the secondary coverage of assigned sectors of the GIA.

The structured credit portfolio consists of a portfolio of diverse assets, structures and managers; the assets are often complex, bespoke and under negotiated terms. The role will report to the Head of Asset‑Backed Finance.

The Fixed Income Portfolio Management (FIPM) team has responsibility for asset allocation, fundamental credit underwriting and monitoring, ESG investment strategy, and macroeconomic research. A small and highly collaborative team, FIPM works with other teams in Investment Management to manage the product segment portfolios and the approximately $250 billion GIA. The team pairs fundamental investment analysis and asset allocation skills with quantitative and asset/liability management expertise.

This high‑profile group works across all of Investment Management as well as with our other internal stakeholders including product, actuarial, treasury, accounting, risk, legal and compliance.

The associate will support the continued growth of the structured credit portfolio and the GIA more broadly with the structuring, underwriting, monitoring and closing of asset‑backed transactions and Investment Management Agreements. This work will assist the investment management department’s goal of providing Mass Mutual policy holders’ financial security.

• Act as a thought leader for designated areas of concentration.
• Execute fundamental credit analysis of individual holdings within various structured asset classes and recommend actions where necessary.
• Research, underwrite, analyze and monitor multiple fixed‑income asset classes, including bringing names and/or strategies through Investment Committees.
• Conduct in‑depth macro research into various investment‑related topics to support the evaluation of potential investment opportunities and the surveillance of current GIA holdings. The insights generated are intended to be additive to performance relative to benchmark and pricing assumptions. Deep, thorough and original structured credit research results in actionable, real‑time investment decisions across assigned sectors.
• Work with owned and/or outside asset managers to review their respective GIA fixed‑income portfolios, strategy and performance to provide recommendations to senior leadership of FIPM.
• Contribute to Mass Mutual Investment Management’s collaborative investment process by sharing views with Investment Management leadership (PMs and Analysts) and providing critical input to the team related to their analysis and associated buy/sell recommendations.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Three or more years of relevant experience structuring and underwriting complex structured credit investments in an investment banking role, a junior portfolio management role for an asset manager, or similar.
• Three or more years of experience modeling complex investments across asset‑backed securities markets.

• Advanced degree in finance, MBA or CFA designation preferred.
• Experience working with transaction counsel and analyzing complex structures.
• Systematic and deep thought process with the ability to understand and articulate portfolio implications of individual ideas.
• Comfort with basic concepts in structured finance, such as structural leverage, LTV & attachment and detachment points, triggers, covenants, collateral types, speeds, default curves, average life, structure types and performance metrics.
• Ability to underwrite, structure and act as diligence‑lead on private asset‑backed securities transactions.
• High degree of…