CLO Analyst

U.S. Bank Global Corporate Trust Services is one of the largest providers of corporate trust services in the world. Our clients look to us for trustee, agency, escrow, document custody and money market issuing services via our 48 domestic offices and three international offices. We are currently hiring into our market leading CLO business and into the CLO Analytics team in London.

The team is one of the most client facing teams in the business and the CLO Analyst role is dynamic, fast paced and offers a good mix of analytical and calculation-based activities in addition engaging with our clients, dealing with investor queries, rating agencies and numerous internal teams to ensure the highest client service levels are delivered.

• Develop value-added partnerships with Relationship Management and Deal Administration to assist in client deliverables and define processes and techniques to improve efficiency and delivery.
• Manage ongoing transaction deliverables, including waterfalls, investor reports, and hypothetical test trades.
• Calculate various portfolio statistics, ratios, and thresholds for use in hypothetical trading scenarios and periodic reporting.
• Read and interpret trust indentures regarding reporting requirements and create technical report specifications from indenture language.
• Set up payment calculations in a variety of in-house systems.
• Receive, map, and reconcile periodic collateral data.
• Liaise with business partners (Technology, Legal, Compliance, Trustee, Relationship Management, Deal Administration, and Sales) to ensure the highest client service levels in compliance with US Bank standards.
• Provide innovative client solutions.
• Use SQL and other software to manipulate the considerable amount of collateral-related information maintained in the US Bank database.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, accounting, or a related field, or the equivalent work experience.

• 3-5 years of relevant experience, preferably with exposure to or understanding of CLOs / Syndicated bank loans / Fixed income securities / Securitisation / Debt capital markets.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with financial models and advanced Excel skills (advantageous).
• Ability to identify and resolve exceptions and interpret data accurately.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment with minimal supervision.
• Market awareness and strategic thinking.
• Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Client-centric approach with strong partnership-building skills (internal and external).
• Complex analytical transaction skills.

• This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.
• This role could be based in our London Office