Mortgage Investment Analyst (Ensign Peak Advisors)

Ensign Peak Advisors is an affiliated organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In support of the Church’s global mission, Ensign Peak Advisors manages the financial reserves of the Church and provides cash management services to fund Church operations.

The Fixed Income Mortgage Investment Analyst will support mortgage-backed securities, structured credit, and commercial real estate debt portfolios. The analyst will be responsible for analyzing mortgage bonds and CRE loans, performing relative value analyses, and reviewing, analyzing, and summarizing data and research in support of the MBS and CRE Debt portfolio managers.

Responsibilities

• Create and update complex Excel spreadsheets to produce analyses, include prepayment model comparisons, portfolio and index total return analyses, and relative value analyses across fixed income sectors with a focus on MBS and CRE Debt
• Track bond prices, analyze bonds, and recommend prices for MBS
• Gather, analyze, and report on CRE loan performance using metrics such as Occupancy, Debt Yield, DSCR, and LTV
• Interact with outside managers, including summarizing insights from update calls and gathering and reporting data on portfolios
• Review Wall Street analyst research, produce summaries, and identify key insights for portfolio managers
• Serve as a backup to MBS and CRE Debt portfolio managers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, or related field; Master’s is preferred
• CFA is preferred (analyst will be expected to complete the CFA program if not currently a CFA Charterholder)
• 6+ years of experience in fixed income analysis or related field
• Experience with mortgage-backed securities and/or CRE debt is preferred
• Excellent analytical skills
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (knowledge of VBA programming a plus)
• Experience using Bloomberg (including Excel Add-in), BlackRock Aladdin/Anser, and YieldBook a plus
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including ability to summarize complex topics
• Ability to work independently; self-starter

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah

Requirements

Worthy to hold a temple recommend

Requested Documents

Resume

Work Authorization

Currently holds permanent U.S. work authorization (US Citizens, Permanent Residents, Other Permanent U.S. Work Authorization Holders)

Contact Information

David Cook

[email protected]

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.