Reporter, Private Credit

As a member of the Editorial team, you will spend each day immersed in the private markets, aiming to help our customers be better investors, advisors and market participants. The work you will do plays a direct role in the evolution of the industry!

Everyone on our team is supported by a flexible work environment and a culture that promotes curiosity, collaboration and professional development. We prioritize recognition and respect across all roles and have a high level of camaraderie. The fast-growing nature of our organization provides ample opportunity to advance in your career and explore what interests you.

As we continue investing in the talent of our group, our coverage has evolved rapidly over multiple industries and geographies. Our insights are routinely cited by top-tier publications and sought after by prominent players in the financial markets. In addition to publishing timely market insights, we also partner closely with our Product, Engineering and Data Operations teams to continually enhance our datasets and develop unique tools that have a material impact on our customers’ workflows. There is no better time to join us!

Leveraged Commentary & Data (LCD) provides news and research on the leveraged finance markets to 80,000 plus subscribers worldwide. The News Team offers real-time and analytical coverage of the leveraged loan, high-yield bond, collateralized loan obligation and distressed debt markets. The Private Credit Reporter at LCD tracks loan issuance and trends in the fast-growing private credit, direct lending and middle market loan space, reporting on deals as they emerge via LCD’s market-leading real-time news and analysis platform.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Produce real-time stories detailing a rapidly growing type of financing: private credit, along the sometimes rocky path from issuance mandate to repayment or bankruptcy
Follow trends, market moves, industry developments and the personalities behind deal activity
Produce in-depth analytical pieces detailing trends in the leveraged loan and leveraged finance marketplace and how these segments interact relying on sources/interviews and LCD research
Weekly and quarterly analytical content
Cultivate and maintain market sources and other sources of content (internal databases, web scraping tools, etc.)
Contribute to other subscriber/public-facing news and analytical content, such as webinars, videos, question and answers with market leaders and more
Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

Skills and Qualifications:

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required
2+ years experience covering financial markets, ideally with knowledge/background in leveraged finance, debt, structured finance or equivalent experience
Proficiency with handling and parsing large of amounts of data, quickly and accurately
Strong writing/editing skills
Ability to work under real-time deadlines
Financial Services reporting
Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in-depth knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel and the ability to pick up new systems and software easily

Benefits + Compensation at PitchBook:

Physical Health

Comprehensive health benefits
Additional medical wellness incentives
STD, LTD, AD&D and life insurance

Emotional Health

Paid sabbatical program after four years
Paid family and paternity leave
Annual educational stipend
Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
CFA exam stipend
Robust training programs on industry and soft skills
Employee assistance program
Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days and volunteer days

Social Health

Matching gifts program
Employee resource groups
Subsidized emergency childcare
Dependent Care FSA
Company-wide events
Employee referral bonus program
Quarterly team building events

Financial Health

401k match
Shared ownership employee stock program
Monthly transportation stipend
Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment.

Compensation

Annual base salary: $64,800-$112,000
Target annual bonus percentage: 7.5%
Starting pay will be based on several factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. We also have a location-based compensation structure; there may be different ranges for candidates by location.