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Your New Role
The Defensive Assets team is responsible for managing Aware Super’s defensive assets including Australian Fixed Income, Global Fixed Income and Credit Income investment strategies.Managing approximately $30 billion across Australian and global public and private debt markets, across a combination of active, passive, internally and externally managed strategies.
As an Investment Analyst, you’ll support investment decisions across domestic and international credit markets. You’ll combine fundamental credit research, financial modelling and issuer monitoring to generate actionable investment insights, while contributing to the continued development of the team’s independent credit research capability. Your role will include:
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Undertake fundamental, bottom-up research across financial and corporate issuers, analysing business fundamentals, capital structures, sector dynamics and key credit risks.
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Develop financial models, forecasts and independent credit recommendations, translating your analysis into actionable portfolio insights.
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Build and maintain issuer coverage, participate in due diligence meetings and monitor financial performance, markets and industry developments for emerging risks and opportunities.
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Contribute to investment and portfolio discussions, presenting research findings and constructively challenging assumptions. Help evolve the team’s credit research and monitoring capability, including responsibly using AI and automation to improve research and analytical workflows.
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How do you exceed our expectations?
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The idea of being part of our growth is exciting and you want to play a pivotal role in making super simple.
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Previous experience in investment management, banking, treasury, consulting or asset advisory, with recent graduates demonstrating excellent academic results also encouraged to apply.
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Experience in financial and/or corporate credit analysis, with a sound understanding of accounting, corporate finance, macroeconomics and debt markets.
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Strong financial modelling and data analysis capability, complemented by excellent attention to detail, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking.
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Clear and confident communicator, able to articulate credit and investment views and collaborate effectively across investment teams, issuers and external research partners.
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Relevant tertiary qualifications in finance or a related discipline, with curiosity and practical capability in using AI or advanced analytical tools to improve investment research highly regarded.
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You are balanced in accepting risk in any decision you face. You are curious to understand risk context and choose to speak up as we simplify, learn and grow.
Employee Experience
We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.
Why you’ll love working at Aware Super:
- Have a super impact: You’ll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
- Be part of something super unique: You’ll work to reshape super and retirement. We’ll invest in your growth and give you the opportunity to work on career-defining projects.
- Work with super humans: You’ll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
- Feel super cared for: We’ll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.
The Aware Super difference
At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.
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