Semi & Credit Strategist

**Join Our Team as a Semi & Credit Strategist**

Are you a financial professional with a talent for strategic analysis? Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) is on the lookout for a highly skilled Semi & Credit Strategist to elevate our funding and investment strategies.

If you're ready to make a significant impact and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you

**What You'll Do**:

- ** Semi and Credit Strategy**:

- Build and maintain high-level data sets, slide decks, and notes on key financial issuers.
- Create and manage a detailed database of spreads, liquidity, volatility, supply, and credit risk metrics.
- Collaborate with market strategists to gain insights and identify opportunities and risks.
- Develop and present strategies to capitalize on semi and credit market opportunities.
- Support fundamentals-based analysis, including fair value modeling, scenario analysis, and creating proprietary credit risk measures.
- ** Credit Analytical Support**:

- Deliver proactive research on economic, market, and regulatory developments impacting credit risk.
- Develop projections for key variables affecting bank profitability, credit risk, and HQLA demand.
- Provide timely credit analysis on market and issuer risks and opportunities.
- Contribute to expanding QTC's investment markets and segments.
- Support portfolio management with credit limit reviews and recommendations.
- Assist with management and Board reporting, investor relations, and external communications.
- ** State Rating and Semi-Government Issuer Analysis**:

- Provide timely coverage of state government budgets and developments impacting credit profiles.
- Analyze the semi-government credit environment and outlook to inform QTC's Funding and Investor Relations strategy.
- Offer state rating-related advice to stakeholders as needed.

**Technical Competencies**:

- ** Financial Expertise**: Experience in financial markets (especially fixed income) and credit risk analysis.
- ** Analytical Skills**: Strong problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative abilities; ability to assess financial statements and emerging credit trends.
- ** Communication & Collaboration**: Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to work autonomously and collaboratively, manage priorities, and influence relationships.

**Behavioral Competencies**:

- ** Integrity & Respect**: Upholding professional and ethical standards, maintaining confidentiality, and valuing individuals.
- ** Initiative & Accountability**: Personal drive, forward-thinking, continuous learning, and accepting accountability.
- ** Influence & Risk Management**: Influencing stakeholders, managing risks, and contributing to a strong risk culture.

**Qualifications**:

- ** Essential**:

- Tertiary qualification in finance, commerce, accounting, economics, econometrics, or a related discipline.
- 2-4 years' experience as a strategist or in a credit, financial, or fiscal analyst role.
- Strong knowledge of financial markets and analytical skills, including understanding financial statements, ratios, and risk assessment.
- ** Desirable**:

- Studying for a Post-Graduate Qualification or CFA.
- Experience in data collection, manipulation, and analysis, including financial and statistical modeling.
- Ability to present information and analysis clearly to support decision-making.

**Why Join Us**:

- Be part of a dynamic and supportive team.
- Contribute to impactful financial strategies.
- Engage with diverse stakeholders.
- Grow professionally with us.

**Build the future with QTC**:
QTC is the central financing authority for the Queensland Government and provides financial resources and services for the State. We manage the State's funding program in the global capital markets to deliver sustainable and cost-effective borrowings for the Queensland Government, local governments, and other related entities (our clients).

With a statutory role to advance the financial interests and development of the State, we help to deliver innovative, long-term solutions that contribute to the growth of Queensland's economy. We protect Queensland's financial interests and deliver better financial outcomes by centralising the management of our clients' borrowings, cash investments, and foreign exchange.

We do work that improves Queensland for generations. We are a leader in finance, creating meaningful solutions with profound outcomes. We set the standard in financial solutions. We address the challenges of today, with results for tomorrow.

Benefit from a best-in-class professional development program, flexible work, leadership programs, study support, paid-parental leave, salary packaging and a corporate wellbeing program (including discounts for you and your family to a range of fitness facilities close to home or work).