Leveraged Finance Reporter

9fin$100K — $120K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven interest in journalism with experience writing for a publication
  • Desire to join a rapidly-growing platform in financial journalism
  • Demonstrated understanding of finance, economics, and market terminology
  • Team player capable of collaborating on stories
  • Ambition to develop sourcing relationships in finance
  • Ability to write clear and engaging content on technical topics
  • Eagerness to build a personal reputation in financial journalism

Responsibilities

  • Build a network of sources including bankers, investors, and lawyers
  • Write timely content covering various financial markets
  • Collaborate with team members to verify information and produce content
  • Attend meetings, conferences, and briefings to maintain source relationships
  • Receive formal and informal training in financial journalism and related skills

Benefits

  • Opportunity to share in the company’s successes and personal growth
  • Significant responsibility and opportunities for advancement
  • Equity options as part of compensation package
  • Comprehensive health benefits including dental and vision
  • Generous vacation and time-off policies including work abroad options
  • Budget for professional development and AI tool experimentation
  • Supportive company culture with team social events and enhanced parental leave
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

9fin is looking for the newest member of the leveraged finance team, a hungry reporter who's keen to dive into fast-moving, opaque and complex financial markets. You'll be expected to hit the ground running, building out your own source base and delivering market-moving insight and scoops. But you'll also be given full support and training in navigating the specialist financial landscape, developing your news-gathering, writing and interviewing skills, and understanding the markets 9fin covers.

What you'll work on

Every day is different, but here's an example of the kind of things you'll work on:
  • Source-building with bankers, investors, traders, lawyers and other key players in the credit markets
  • Writing on and off-diary content covering markets
  • Working with other members of our team to confirm information and produce collaborative content
  • Attending source meetings, conferences, briefings, and other occasions to build and maintain source relationships
  • Receiving formal and informal training in interviewing, source-building, news writing, media law and financial markets


About You

If you are a reporter working in the world of financial markets and have the following attributes, we are interested in hearing from you:
  • Have a proven interest in journalism, plus experience writing for a publication
  • Wish to join a rapidly-growing platform winning market share and attracting high quality readership from financial professionals
  • Proven interest in finance, economics and markets and understanding of basic concepts and terminology
  • Are a team player and can collaborate with other reporters on stories
  • Have a desire to build strong sourcing relationships across finance professionals and embed deeply as a crucial part of the market
  • Can write concise and fluent English which can make technical topics accessible and engaging
  • Have ambitions to carve out a coverage area and build your own reputation as a financial journalist


Our benefits

We're a scaling start up and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

Finance & Insurance
  • Salary: $100,000-$120,000
  • Equity options
  • 401(k) (9fin pay 3%, employee contributions are uncapped)
  • Private Health Insurance, with Dental and Vision
  • Paid sick leave
  • Disability Insurance (New York)
  • Commuter Benefit

Time off
  • 25 vacation days per year
  • Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)
  • Hybrid working model
  • Work abroad for up to 3 months a year
  • 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
  • Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available

Training & Culture
  • Professional learning and development budget
  • Bi-annual team socials
  • Summer and Winter company-wide social events
  • AI experimentation budget of $1,000 per employee to trial AI tools

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