Cigna
Fixed Income Securities Investment Lead Analyst - Cigna Investment Management - Hybrid
Bloomfield, CT
Sponsorship not specified$89k-$149kDetected 7 days ago
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Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- This role influences portfolio construction, credit selection, sector strategy, and team effectiveness while serving as an analytical resource across the investment team.
- We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality buy, hold, sell, or avoid recommendations supported by disciplined credit analysis, sound judgment, and a clear investment rationale.
- Use internal expertise, external research, analytical tools, data, and market resources to support recommendations.
- Document analysis thoroughly, defend conclusions, and contribute actively to investment review and challenge processes.
- Develop clear views on credit quality, valuation, and relative value in standalone and portfolio contexts.
- Manage routine underwriting assignments with limited direction and engage senior investment professionals on complex, uncertain, or material matters.
- Support credit events through analysis, coordination, and recommendations, escalating higher-risk or more complex situations appropriately.
- Build and sustain effective working relationships with analysts, traders, portfolio managers, and senior investment leaders.
- Support onboarding and integration of new team members by sharing relevant institutional knowledge and investment-process expertise.
Requirements
- Relevant experience in investment management, fixed income, credit analysis, investment research, portfolio management, underwriting, or related discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate moderately complex debt investments using independent judgment, established analytical frameworks, and appropriate escalation.
- Strong understanding of credit fundamentals, financial statement analysis, industry dynamics, valuation, capital structure, and risk assessment.
- Working knowledge of relative value analysis within and across sectors.
- Experience participating in portfolio reviews, risk discussions, amendments, restructurings, or other credit events.
- Familiarity with investment platforms, market data tools, external research providers, and portfolio-monitoring resources.
- The successful candidate will become an Access Person of CII required to comply with the personal trading requirements and restrictions contained in CII's Code of Ethics.
- Experience evaluating securities across public or private bond markets and developing investment recommendations.
- Ability to develop and defend well-supported investment recommendations and communicate credit views clearly to senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated capacity to manage assigned coverage with limited oversight while appropriately engaging senior leaders on complex or material decisions.
- This position supports Cigna Investments, Inc., an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The successful candidate will become an Access Person of CII required to comply with the personal trading requirements and restrictions contained in CII's Code of Ethics. These requirements and restrictions apply to the Access Person and all securities transactions in accounts in which an Access Person has a Beneficial Interest.
- If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
- For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 89,400 - 149,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.
- This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.
- At The Cigna Group, you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.
Compensation
- For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 89,400 - 149,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.
Benefits
- Proactively identify emerging risks and opportunities within assigned coverage and assess potential portfolio implications.
Company info
- At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve.
- Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients.
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