US Fixed Income Strategy Analyst - Research & Mentorship

The Group

Morningstar’s Research group provides independent analysis on individual securities, funds, markets, and portfolios. The Research group also provides data on hundreds of thousands of investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on millions of equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar is one of the largest independent sources of fund, equity, and credit data and research in the world, and our advocacy for investors’ interests is the foundation of our company.

The Group

Morningstar’s Research group provides independent analysis on individual securities, funds, markets, and portfolios. The Research group also provides data on hundreds of thousands of investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on millions of equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar is one of the largest independent sources of fund, equity, and credit data and research in the world, and our advocacy for investors’ interests is the foundation of our company.



The Role

The Analyst role on US manager research fixed income team is responsible for producing high-quality strategy-level analysis and broader asset class research that helps investors make better decisions. This role also serves the team through covering select asset management firms as a parent lead and when appropriate mentoring newer analysts.

This position is based in our Chicago office. We are in-office 4 days/week.

Responsibilities

• Be part a collaborative team culture that aims for and prizes high-quality research, resulting in analyses that are insightful, ratings that are good calls for investors, and broader research that helps investors understand the fixed income managed products landscape
• Continue to pursue general fixed income subject matter expertise while striving to specialize in one or more bond sectors
• Engage with the external market (media, wealth managers, regulators) to strengthen understanding of Morningstar capabilities
• Contribute to thought leadership and/or the development of analytical tools using Morningstar Intellectual Property that improve fixed income strategy analysis.
• Mentor and help train new analysts

• Bachelor’s degree; an MBA, CFA, CFP or other advanced degree/accreditation a plus.
• Two to four years of experience in manager research or a related role.
• Fixed income subject matter expertise with specialization in a particular bond sector a plus
• Demonstrated expertise in strategy level analysis.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to speak professionally with investment management teams and institutional clients.
• Strong planning and time-management skills.
• The ability to make good decisions under tight deadlines, sometimes with incomplete information.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without a sponsorship agreement.
• Familiarity with programming languages (i.e. Python, R, MATLAB) a plus.

• Financial Health
• 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
• Stock Ownership Potential
• Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
• Physical Health
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision)…