Analyst/Senior Analyst, Global Credit, Asia Pacific

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Choose a workplace that empowers your impact. Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best. We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 665,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do. Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work. Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us. Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply. Overview: We are looking for candidates with a credit structuring/investing background to join the OMERS Asia Credit team. This position offers an opportunity to be part of a well-established credit team focusing on the APAC private and public high yield credit markets. The candidate will be tasked with helping the team deliver absolute return performance by investing across the credit capital structure. Key responsibilities are centered around forensic and fundamental investment research, credit diligence and underwriting and post-investment asset management with a focus on credit investing in Asia. The applicant should be intellectually curious, and have experience in analyzing, modelling, and evaluating credit transactions in the Asia Pacific region especially in the non-public space. We welcome a strong team player to be part of a collaborative team which cherishes mutual respect and cognitive diversity. We value curiosity, candor and contrarian thinking. Our focus is investment results, our mission is to help secure the financial future for the beneficiaries of our pension plan. As a member of the OMERS Asia Credit team, you will: Help source credit transactions. Guide issuer and asset selection, perform diligence and build investment cases for credit transactions. Monitor and review positions in portfolio, including both private and public investments Have responsibility and accountability for assigned sectors and markets. Present and defend investment recommendations. Help with the due diligence and documentation process in private transactions Participate in, contribute to and encourage healthy and robust investment debate and challenge of investment ideas Collaborate with OMERS investment teams and offices globally and help institutionalize knowledge You will have: 4-6 years of relevant industry experience in leveraged finance, investment banking or buyside Strong credit skills and an ability to assess all parts of the capital structure. Familiarity with leveraged finance as an asset class is needed. Demonstrated track record of underwriting in private markets in Asia Experience in evaluating, parameterizing and recommending transactions. Ability to articulate clear, logical, convincing arguments Strong understanding of credit structures, covenants and asset coverage. Familiarity with loan markets required The ability to develop and nurture relationships with the capital markets community Strong interpersonal skills, team player, bias to action with a high degree of initiative University degree in economics, business, quantitative or engineering related discipline About OMERS Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with C$140.7 billion in net assets as at June 30, 2025. A jointly sponsored pension plan, with 1,000 participating employers, OMERS invests and administers pensions on behalf of almost half a million active and retired members. OMERS members include union and non-union employees of municipalities, school boards, transit systems, electrical utilities, emergency services and children’s aid societies across Ontario. Contributions are funded equally by members and employers. OMERS has employees in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe – originating and managing a diversified portfolio of high-quality investments. OMERS Global Credit invests in public and private credit strategies, including liquid securities and structured investments, both directly and alongside top tier asset managers and direct lenders. We leverage our scale, expertise and strong partnerships to pursue innovative investments. OMERS strives to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. Diversity and Inclusion at OMERS means we respect and value the broadest range of experiences, geographies, gender, ethnicities and perspectives as key elements of our culture. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve. From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.