Research Analyst

At Aviva Investors, our expertise is in matching the right investment approach to each client’s unique needs. As the global asset management business of Aviva plc, we bring together our broad investment capabilities to deliver client-focused solutions worldwide. Managing £253 billion in assets, our 1,000‐strong team across nine countries is brilliantly connected, collaborative, and focused on delivering outcomes that truly matter.

Working together and acting responsibly are central to how we operate. We take time to understand what our clients want to achieve and design solutions that last - strengthening every portfolio with diverse perspectives and integrated thinking. Our long track record in sustainable investing reflects our commitment to doing the right thing for clients and communities alike.

Everyone at Aviva Investors plays a part in creating an exceptional client experience. With the scale and influence to make a real difference, we take our responsibility seriously. Join us and you’ll find an inclusive, supportive environment where your contribution is valued, high performance is recognised, and you’re empowered to shape your development.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Analyst to develop their career within a high-performing research environment. As the team continues to grow, we are seeking individuals with either emerging market corporate or developed market sovereign research experience to join the Global Sovereign and Emerging Markets Corporate research team. In this role, you will take ownership of fundamental credit research, producing robust bottom-up credit views and generating investment recommendations across the fixed income platform.

You will undertake in-depth analysis of issuers to form clear and well-supported investment opinions, supported by developing and maintaining financial models, including sensitivity, scenario, and stress testing, to assess credit risk. You will be responsible for producing written research, assigning ratings and outlooks, and identifying trade opportunities across your coverage. Alongside this, you will monitor credit developments and provide timely updates, ensuring insights remain current and relevant. Collaboration will be key, as you will work closely with broader fixed income research teams, portfolio managers, and ESG colleagues to incorporate both financial and non-financial considerations.

The role also involves presenting issuer views at internal forums, contributing to team discussions, and communicating effectively with stakeholders. In addition, you will build and maintain relationships with issuers, sell-side analysts, banks, and industry experts to strengthen insights and challenge assumptions.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Confidence to challenge constructively
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across functions.
• Experience integrating ESG or non-financial risk into credit conclusions (or strong interest in doing so).
• Strong fundamental analysis, including a demonstrable process for assessing credits
• Experience producing clear written recommendations and communicating views succinctly to investment stakeholders.

In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Competitive salary (depending on skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Discretionary bonus opportunity - depending on individual performance and Aviva Investors’!
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days!
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
• Make your money go further with up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 annual volunteering days to help others.

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva, take a look here. We’d love it if you could submit your application online but if you require an alternative method of applying, please email us at GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.com.