Industry Research Team – Vice President / Director

Industry Research Team – Vice President / Director

BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT OVERVIEW
Bain Capital Credit is a leading global credit specialist with approximately $51 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2024. We invest across the full spectrum of credit strategies, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, direct lending, structured products, non-performing loans, and equities. Through our numerous funds, we have the ability to invest in every level of a company’s capital structure from secured debt to equity, and we can also provide capital to growing companies with unique financing needs.

Our investment process is characterized by detailed business and financial analysis and a culture of vigorous debate.  We combine a consulting-based approach to industry, competitor, and business analysis with an in-depth examination of a target company’s financial performance and capital structure.  Our goal is to select the best industries, the best companies, and the best relative value among the many securities each company offers.

Bain Capital Credit has a world-class team of over 100 investment professionals with extensive experience analyzing and managing high-yield investments. 

INDUSTRY TEAM OVERVIEW

Bain Capital Credit’s US industry team covers over 16 sectors. Investment professionals apply their industry-specific knowledge and networks to identify and evaluate investment opportunities across the capital structure and for all Bain Capital Credit funds and accounts. Team members spend their time reviewing investment opportunities and selecting securities, conducting due diligence, preparing investment recommendations and monitoring the universe of names they follow. Industry team members interact regularly with the Credit Committee, Portfolio Management teams, and Trading Desk to communicate and refine their recommendations.

We are looking for a Vice President or Director to join the Credit team. This individual will be based in our Boston office.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

• Lead a team that analyzes, evaluates, and monitors investments across our strategies.

• Conceive and execute in-depth industry, competitive, and financial analyses in order to formulate and test differential investment hypotheses 

• Perform company and industry research: visit company management, do field research (with customers, suppliers, and others likely to have unique insight into a company’s or industry’s fundamentals), and attend appropriate industry/Wall Street conferences

• Make proactive buy/sell recommendations and communicate investment views effectively with appropriate team members

• Identify and evaluate attractive investment ideas, primarily in the public markets, but also selective private market investments

• Manage the workload, responsibilities and development of analysts/associates.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong academic credentials and a demonstrated track record of successful work experience

• 6+ plus years of professional experience ideally in an investment management firm, investment banking, sell-side research, public or private investing, and/or management consulting role

• A fundamentals-driven, “bottom up” investing style with strong analytical/modeling capability

• Experience interacting with and assessing senior management teams; demonstrated relationship-building and networking skills 

• Ability to anticipate and identify company, industry, and market developments and support insights with research and analysis

• Excellent communication skills; able to synthesize complicated analyses concisely and to articulate insightful conclusions compellingly.  Open to spirited debate over ideas.

• A passion for investing

• Proven ability to work collaboratively in team environments

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