Distressed Debt Reporter

We are hiring a Distressed Debt Reporter to join our team of experienced successful and highly motivated individuals in New York. This reporter will be responsible for breaking news on corporate restructurings and will collaborate with a team of journalists as well as financial and legal analysts.

The reporter will primarily cover corporate credit focus on leveraging market sources to identify companies with near-term restructuring triggers and those experiencing dislocation in the credit markets while providing Octus subscribers with value-add intelligence on stressed and distressed situations in-and out-of-court restructurings and post-reorg situations. Experience covering companies and credits associated with artificial intelligence software and data centers is a plus.

This position is in our New York office and is in-person at least three days a week.

Responsibilities

• Break news on stressed and distressed debt borrowers across America
• Work closely with a team of journalists financial analysts and legal analysts
• Develop and maintain contacts in the credit market as well as with financial advisors investment bankersrestructuring lawyers traders and opportunistic investors
• Identify market trends and write timely insightful pieces for a sophisticated readership 
• Attend relevant conferences and events

Requirements

• Motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Curiosity about corporate finance bankruptcy law and the professionals that drive the processes
• Strong communication skills to collaborate internally and build upon an already expansive source book
• Strong writing skills and attention to detail
• Familiarity with corporate financial statements a plus

At Octus we consider a range of factors in connection with compensation decisions including experience skills location and our business needs and limitations. As a result compensation may vary within and across similar roles and positions. Please note that the salary range information below is a good faith estimate for this position and actual compensation for any individual may fall outside this range if warranted by the circumstances applicable to that individual. If we identify a role that would be suitable for a broader range of skills and experience such that we would consider hiring at multiple levels then the range listed below may reflect that breadth.

The salary range estimate for this position is $80000 - $90000. 

The actual compensation will be at Octus's sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

What We Do

Octus was founded in 2013 with a simple conviction: credit decisions deserve clarity not chaos. Markets were fragmented. Intelligence was gated. Data lived in silos. Professionals were forced to stitch together incomplete pictures while the clock kept running. We built Octus to change that. Octus is the essential credit platform that tracks the entire credit lifecycle. From origination and underwriting to secondary trading refinancing distress and restructuring we follow every development across leveraged loans high-yield bonds private credit and special situations. We structure millions of documents surface risks benchmark performance and deliver expert reporting and analysis in real time. What began as a newsroom fused with legal and financial expertise has evolved into a unified ecosystem. Octus brings together proprietary data expert-driven intelligence and integrated workflow tools so credit professionals can analyze situations uncover opportunities manage portfolios execute trades and stay compliant without ever leaving the platform. Insight and action finally live in one place. Today nearly 40000 professionals across the world’s leading banks asset managers CLO managers law firms and advisors rely on Octus to move smarter and faster. They turn to us for breadth depth and rigor forged over more than a decade and for the speed integration and precision that define the future of credit workflow. Our mission is direct and ambitious: end fragmentation collapse the distance between intelligence and execution and transform insight into impact. Because in credit clarity isn’t just an advantage. It’s everything. Octus: Where credit becomes clear.

Why Work With Us

Octus is where real experts work together to cut through chaos and build clarity in credit. You feel your impact here. What you create shapes real decisions in the market. The problems matter. The people are sharp. If you want work that counts this is the place.

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