Income Analyst Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of income analyst. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for daily management and reporting of cash reports and provides support to portfolio managers in allocating fixed income new money to closely align with line of business indexes.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and comfortable working with all levels of an organization’s technology and business groups
• Demonstrated understanding of operational processes and internal process flows is an asset, especially familiarity with trade lifecycle, settlement, and custody
• Knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word,), VBA, Bloomberg OMS, and Visio is an asset
• BS or MS in Business, Economics or Engineering/Mathematics
• Knowledge of Fixed Income analytics and Investment Strategies
• Experience with BlackRock Solutions Aladdin system
• In depth knowledge and experience with Fixed Income instruments, including foreign exchange, derivatives and structured products
• Basic knowledge of capital markets including fixed income/bonds, equities, real estate

In response to your job posting for income analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for support in daily management and oversight of fixed income portfolios.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Sound business financial experience in a Corporate environment
• Understanding of basic bond math
• Working experience in fixed income / Bond asset class is preferred
• Bonds and bond indices
• Strong understanding of the various income documentation types – paystubs, bank statements, tax returns, tax transcripts, and business tax returns
• Solid analytical, excellent problem solving and oral and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of computer applications - mainframes, stand alone tools, email, web applications
• In depth knowledge of Fixed Income markets functioning and links between various macroeconomic indicators and their impact on fixed income instruments Government bonds, corporate bonds, high yield bonds and index linked bonds

I am excited to be applying for the position of income analyst. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for proactive and direct compliance support to the Fixed Income & Currencies (“FIC”) business, including support of the Firm’s registered Swaps Dealer.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Basic/Intermediate knowledge of both the theory and practice of performance measurement, attribution analysis and ex-post risk
• Basic/Intermediate knowledge of GIPS
• Basic/Intermediate understanding of front office and marketing requirements
• Working experience of an Operations / Back Office environment with a focus on data and reporting
• Some experience of project environments is helpful
• A great team player who will get involved – willing to help and mentor others
• Solid understanding of Fixed Income
• Charter Financial Analyst Accreditation (CFA) or currently working towards the CFA

In response to your job posting for income analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for level2 functional support to users of the Forex, Fixed-Income and Credit activities’ information system.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Intellectual curiosity for new products or businesses to analyze and strong commercial acumen
• Knowledge of features and characteristics of different Fixed Income and Equity security types
• Experience with portfolio management and trading data entities and concepts (portfolios, holdings, trades, securities, analytics, benchmarks, etc)
• Experience in producing portfolio and benchmark comparisons around characteristics and breakdowns
• Some experience with portfolio returns and attribution
• Experience with at least one specific market data feed provider (Bloomberg, Factset, Axioma, Yieldbook, Barclays POINT, BondEdge)
• In depth knowledge of financial instruments, preferably interest rate derivatives , or fixed income securities
• Word processing, spreadsheets and databases

I would like to submit my application for the income analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for project leadership to accomplish fixed income technology objectives.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Focussed on providing high level of customer service
• Proactive, willing to use initiative in keep abreast of developments in global economies and fixed income markets
• Understanding of relational databases, XML and SQL is an advantage
• Demonstrates urgency, energy, drive and enthusiasm
• Logical, organized and self-initiate
• Computer science minor or equivalent programming experience
• Good working knowledge of Matlab, Excel/VBA, and relational databases
• Municipal credit analysis experience is preferred