Associate Credit Analyst (Atlanta, Georgia)

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About Invesco

As one of the world's leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

What's in it for you?

Our people are at the ver y core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:  

• Flexible paid time off

• Hybrid work schedule 

• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution 

• Health & wellbeing benefits 

• Parental Leave benefits 

• Employee stock purchase plan

Job Description

The Associate Credit Research Analyst will perform fundamental credit research within multiple sectors of the US investment grade corporate bond market, with a specific focus on utilities and industrials sectors. The ideal candidate will be deeply interested in markets and investing, intellectually curious, performance-oriented, collaborative, commercial, competitive, and highly driven.

The analyst is expected to become the sector expert, balancing in-depth knowledge of an expansive coverage universe with multiple other responsibilities supporting the broader success of the Invesco Fixed Income platform. Key responsibilities include generating well-supported investment recommendations, conducting in-depth fundamental investment analysis, developing fundamental credit opinions, using credit valuation analysis and sector knowledge to inform relative value views, assigning allocation ratings to each credit in the analyst's coverage universe, tracking and communicating corporate updates across the analyst's coverage universe and maintaining a constant dialogue with portfolio managers and investment colleagues across the Invesco Fixed Income platform. The analyst will also be responsible for monitoring broader market and sector risks and opportunities and proactively communicating these to the fixed income platform. This role requires an individual with a deep passion for markets and investing, a positive attitude, a team-focused & commercial mentality, extremely high standards of personal excellence & integrity and keen attention to detail. The analyst is expected to actively maintain and communicate proprietary investment ratings, sector views, investment recommendations and other risk assessments. The analyst will be expected to identify, assume and manage credit risks and work effectively with analyst team members, traders, portfolio managers, client relations teams, other internal colleagues as well as external partners. The analyst will be expected to contribute to the broader success of the Invesco Fixed Income platform, effectively participate in sector team presentations and be an active participant in client relations and marketing efforts.

Over time, this role offers the opportunity to grow into a trusted sector specialist whose views meaningfully impact portfolio positioning, performance and client outcomes across the US investment grade platform.

Key Responsibilities / Duties:

• Develop and articulate defensible investment recommendations, fundamental credit ratings and allocation ratings for each issuer in the analyst's coverage universe

• Conduct deep, fundamentally driven investment research on companies within the utility and industrial sectors

• Develop and communicate issuer level, sector level and broader market relative value assessments

• Produce well researched, concise investment reports for global investment professionals

• Be the subject matter expert on relevant regulatory developments that may affect coverage universe

• Recommend changes in holdings of assigned credits and changes in investment recommendations, both at the individual credit and sector levels

• Proactively identify emerging risks, opportunities and mispricing's within coverage universe and surface insights to portfolio managers

• Communicate effectively with investment teams and investment team partners

• Contribute to sector team presentations and other platform-wide events

• Make due diligence visits and attend industry conferences as appropriate

• Ensure all activities are consistent with Invesco's conduct principles and assigned training is completed on a timely basis

• Participate in client relations and marketing efforts

Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:

• Deep passion for financial markets and investing

• Financial & investment analysis skills including financial statement analysis and credit valuation analysis

• Decision making skills and high self-belief / conviction in investment recommendations

• Growth mindset - demonstrated intellectual curiosity, desire to learn and commitment to continuous improvement as an investor

• Effective communication, written & interpersonal skills

• Collaborative, commercial and team-focused mentality

• Extremely high personal standards and integrity

• Motivated, competitive self-starter with ability to work independently

Formal Education:

• Bachelor's Degree

Work experience:

• 2 - 5 years of buyside or sellside experience or experience in another finance and investing-related capacity

License / Registration / Certification:

• CFA or progress towards CFA preferred

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Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco's Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm's most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office. This reflects our belief that spending time together in the office helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more easily, and support each other's growth and development.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.