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# Head of EMEA Credit Research at Octus

- **Company:** Octus
- **Location:** London England, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/octus/jobs/5216131007

## Job description

Octus

Octus is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Octus to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets. For more information, visit: https://octus.com/

Working at Octus

Octus hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Octus employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, and much more.

## Role

We are seeking an experienced credit analyst as Head of Credit Research to lead our European leveraged finance research, with a focus on high yield performing and distressed credit coverage. This senior leader will be responsible for a third of Octus’ trifecta, meaning the leader will work closely with senior lawyers and reporters with cross border experience and expertise, to create our best-in-class research and analysis. The head of credit research will manage a team of nine analysts, shaping research coverage, establishing best practices and KPIs, and driving collaboration across the Editorial department and with commercial and marketing teams.

The Head of Credit Research will be a driving force in originating actionable investment ideas for our clients so they can stay ahead of the curve. The successful candidate will oversee the publication of timely and insightful credit research reports in touch with market trends. The role requires expertise in fundamental credit analysis, relative value, valuation, and restructuring as well as a proven ability to innovate and deliver value to our subscribers. You will play a key role in developing and mentoring junior talent, ensuring high analytical standards, and improving time to market for research outputs.

This is a highly visible, client-facing role, offering exposure to top institutional asset managers, hedge funds, investment banks, trading desks, and financial and legal advisors.

The ideal candidate will be expected to have a combination of the following:

- track record of successful investment ideas,
- deal making (from pitch to execution),
- an existing network in the credit market,
- ability to convey a clear pitch in writing
- experience in team leadership (hiring, training, managing skills, managing career development)

What we offer:

- Senior leadership role in a fast-growing, collaborative research environment
- Opportunity to shape best-in-class credit research and coverage
- Generous benefits package
- Hybrid remote work flexibility
- Progression opportunities

## Responsibilities

- Drive collaboration with other Editorial managers, legal analysts, and reporters to deliver cross-disciplinary research and analysis
- Lead and develop a team of analysts covering European high yield and distressed credits, including training, mentoring, and performance management
- Shape research coverage strategy for performing and distressed credits, including leading restructuring and recovery analysis supported by valuation models
- Originate and oversee the publication of credit research reports with actionable investment ideas, ensuring timeliness and quality
- Establish and monitor best practices and KPIs for research output and team performance
- Work closely with commercial and marketing teams to maximize the impact of research content and foster relationships with subscribers
- Maintain active dialogue with industry contacts and clients, representing the team at industry events and meetings
- Monitor industry trends and drive thought leadership within the team and wider research group
- Continuously seek and implement new ideas to enhance value for subscribers and improve time to market

## Requirements

- Minimum 5+ years of credit analysis experience, with significant time in a client-facing or decision-making role
- Minimum 3+ years of managerial experience, including direct team leadership, mentoring, and performance management
- Demonstrated experience leading coverage of credits and sectors, including primary market/new issues, covenants, distressed debt opportunities, recovery estimates, and restructuring proceedings
- Advanced skills in financial modeling, cash flow projections, and valuation
- Excellent technical, analytical, written, and oral communication skills
- Strong collaborative approach and ability to work cross-functionally with legal, editorial, commercial, and marketing teams
- Track record of innovation and delivering value to institutional clients

## Equal Employment Opportunity

Octus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.

## About Octus

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Octus is the essential credit intelligence, data, and workflow platform that powers the global leveraged finance and private credit markets for buy-side firms, investment banks, law firms, and advisory firms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Permira in 2022)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Kent Collier (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Fintech / Credit Intelligence
- **Target customers**: B2B — Enterprise (investment banks, buy-side firms, law firms, advisory firms)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: Deliver rigorously verified intelligence at speed to create a complete picture for professionals across the entire credit lifecycle, empowering confident, market-defining decisions.

## Products & Services
- **CreditAI by Octus**: Agentic AI platform layered on the world’s largest validated library of leveraged finance, legal, and credit intelligence, trained by leading financial, legal, and data experts.
- **FinDox Document Management**: Trusted document management with the largest repository of searchable documents (5M+ source data documents), aggregated and indexed by AI-integrated technology.
- **Fundamentals Data**: The only fundamental data service with complete market coverage across all stages of credit (deal origination to distressed debt) covering leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, and private credit.
- **Excel Add-ins, REST APIs, and Snowflake Data Shares**: Workflow tools designed to streamline research processes and optimize investment, compliance, portfolio, and data management workflows.
- **News & Intelligence**: Breaking news and intelligence from a global team of 250+ financial analysts, legal analysts, and expert financial journalists.
- **LevPro + Sky Road (Post-Acquisition)**: A vertically integrated, AI-powered portfolio management and trading solution for CLO and private credit managers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (acquired by Permira in 2022; prior total funding of ~$1.3M in seed rounds)
- **Key Metric**: 40,000+ global subscribers trust Octus for credit intel and data; 60,000+ stories published globally every year; 9.3M+ deal documents covering 25k+ issuers and 53k+ deals
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Susquehanna Growth Equity (lead investor in 2016), Permira (acquiring entity). Key acquisitions include LevPro, Sky Road, FinDox, Debt Explained, LoansIntel, and Aggredium Finance Ltd.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (603 employees across 20 countries including UK, Pakistan, Romania, Colombia, Lithuania); completed acquisition of LevPro in 2025; expanding AI capabilities with CreditAI; category creator across research, data analytics, and intelligence.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unmatched market coverage**: The only fundamental data service with complete coverage across all stages of credit — from deal origination to distressed debt — across leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, and private credit.
- **World’s largest library**: The largest repository of leveraged finance intelligence, data, and deal documents going back 9+ years across 25k+ issuers and 53k+ deals.
- **Human + AI “trifecta”**: A unique combination of 250+ financial analysts, legal analysts, and journalists working alongside proprietary AI models (CreditAI) for the most accurate and holistic analysis across credit.
- **Trusted by elite clients**: 100% of the top 10 asset managers and CLO managers are clients; trusted by the world’s leading investment banks, law firms, and advisory firms.
- **Proven acquisition strategy**: Aggregated multiple niche players (FinDox, Debt Explained, Sky Road, LevPro) to build a vertically integrated platform.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first innovation**: Layering agentic AI (CreditAI) on validated credit intelligence to automate workflows and deliver faster, more accurate insights.
- **Vertical integration**: Completing the acquisition of LevPro and Sky Road to deliver an end-to-end AI-powered portfolio management and trading solution for CLO and private credit managers.
- **Global expansion**: Operating in 20 countries with a growing presence across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.
- **Data and workflow unification**: Continuing to unify credit intelligence, research, and portfolio management into a single essential platform.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a “ridiculously successful rocket ship” with a growth-mindset, customer-first focus, and a culture of equity, opportunity, and access. Employees are driven, action-oriented, and effective team players.
- **Hybrid/Remote Policy**: Flexible, hybrid working policy with home office reimbursements.
- **Benefits**: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), generous PTO (including vacations, sick leave, and parental leave), employee referral bonuses, manager training programs, Kudos recognition program, gym subsidies, and reimbursements for career development and continuing education.
- **Engineering/Data Culture**: Strong emphasis on AI, data science, and engineering — roles include Senior AI Engineer, Senior Data Scientist, Lead DevOps Engineer, and Quantitative Analyst. The team includes a Chief Scientist & Head of AI Innovation (Sreekanth Mallikarjun) and a Global Head of Data (Tejs Broberg).
- **Growth Opportunity**: A rare category creator across research, data analytics, and intelligence — employees can “turn expertise into customer impact” and level up their career in a market-moving growth story.

## Sources
1. [octus.com](https://octus.com/)
2. [octus.com/about-us](https://octus.com/company/about-us/)
3. [octus.com/careers](https://octus.com/company/careers/)
4. [Greenhouse Jobs](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/octus/jobs/5114966007)
5. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/octus-credit1)

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