Asset Backed Securities Analyst

Janus Henderson Investors

$90K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with structured-finance focus.
  • Proficiency in Excel, Bloomberg, and Intex for analysis.
  • Working knowledge of programming languages like Python, SQL, or VBA.
  • Solid understanding of fixed income and credit analysis.
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate with a team.
  • Detail-oriented with skill in synthesizing large information volumes.

Responsibilities

  • Support portfolio managers and the investment team by providing ABS analysis and insights.
  • Generate investment recommendations prioritizing risk-adjusted returns and capital preservation.
  • Analyze key return drivers such as carry, duration, volatility, and credit risk.
  • Perform detailed cash-flow and structural analysis using industry-standard tools.
  • Build and maintain relative-value and sector models, updating them regularly.
  • Partner with risk teams to develop and refine portfolio risk measurement tools.
  • Conduct ongoing performance monitoring for existing portfolios.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working arrangements and reasonable accommodations.
  • Generous holiday policies.
  • Paid volunteer time for community engagement.
  • Support for professional development and tuition reimbursement.
  • Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services.
  • Complimentary subscription to mindfulness app Headspace.
  • Corporate membership to ClassPass and health/wellness benefits.
  • Engaging employee events and programs, including a 14er challenge.
Full Job Description
Your opportunity

In this role, you will support portfolio managers and the securitized products investment team by providing analysis, insights, and investment recommendations across the capital stack, with a primary focus on Asset-Backed Securities (ABS). Covered sectors include autos, equipment, data centers and a range of esoteric ABS, requiring deep sector expertise and strong structured-finance analytics. The role focuses on identifying risk-adjusted investment opportunities in both Total Return and High Income portfolios. In addition, the position offers opportunities to contribute to the development, launch, and management of new ABS strategies across public and private markets.

  • Act as a Securitized Products analyst with a primary focus on ABS, while maintaining the ability to evaluate opportunities across other securitized sectors as needed.
  • Generate and communicate investment recommendations focused on attractive risk-adjusted returns, income generation, and capital preservation.
  • Analyze and articulate key drivers of return, including carry, duration, volatility, liquidity, optionality, and credit/default risk.
  • Perform detailed cash-flow, structural, and scenario analysis using industry-standard tools, including Intex and Bloomberg.
  • Build, maintain, and monitor relative-value and sector models, updating assumptions and outputs on an ongoing basis.
  • Partner with internal risk and analytics teams to develop, monitor, and refine securitized-portfolio risk measures and reporting tools.
  • Conduct ongoing portfolio surveillance and performance monitoring for existing holdings.
  • Carry out other duties as assigned


What to expect when you join our firm

  • Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
  • Generous Holiday policies
  • Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
  • Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
  • Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
  • Complimentary subscription to Headspace - the mindfulness app
  • Corporate membership to ClassPass and other health and well-being benefits
  • Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
  • Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours


Must have skills

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, including structured-finance cash-flow and scenario analysis.
  • Proficiency in Excel, Bloomberg, and Intex.
  • Working knowledge of programming or scripting (e.g., Python, SQL, VBA) used for data analysis, automation, or portfolio surveillance.
  • Solid understanding of fixed income markets, structured products, and credit analysis.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to synthesize large volumes of information quickly.
  • Commitment to building and supporting the investment platform.


Nice to have skills

  • Post-graduate degree such as MBA, and CFA and/or CPA helpful
  • Strong creativity, initiative, and drive.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate articulately, concisely, and persuasively.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships internally and externally.


Investment areas

  • Has responsibility for supporting portfolios that are covered by the Fixed Income research team.


Supervisory responsibilities

  • No


Potential for growth

  • Mentoring
  • Leadership development programs
  • Regular training
  • Career development services
  • Continuing education courses


Compensation information

The base salary range for this position is $90,000-110,000. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different. This position will be open through July 31, 2026.

Colorado law requires an estimated closing date for job postings. Please don't be discouraged from applying if you see this date has passed.

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Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.

Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page here.

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