Investment Risk Manager - Corp Credit

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INVESTMENT RISK MANAGER – CORPORATE CREDIT

This is a HYBRID position which requires 3 days per week in our Ft. Lauderdale office.

About the Department

Investment Risk Management provides independent oversight and forward-looking guidance across fixed income. The team partners with investment professionals, senior leaders, and client-facing colleagues to strengthen portfolio construction and risk governance. This senior role covers public and private credit, including collateralized loan obligations. You will gain broad exposure to global credit strategies while influencing investment, client, and governance decisions.

How You Will Add Value

• You will lead monthly and ad hoc credit risk reviews.
• You will evaluate concentration, liquidity, leverage, spread duration, and downside exposure.
• You will develop stress tests for defaults, recoveries, refinancing, and liquidity shocks.
• You will connect issuer-level risks with macroeconomic themes and funding conditions.
• You will assess mandates, risk budgets, guidelines, benchmarks, and portfolio peers.
• You will provide credible challenge during client, investment, and governance discussions.
• You will improve risk dashboards, attribution, monitoring, and model-output validation.

What Will Help You Be Successful in This Role

Experience, Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree: a technical field is preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant investment or credit risk experience.
• Demonstrated deep corporate credit expertise and strong investment judgment.
• Advanced credentials are strongly preferred, including an MBA, CFA, and/or FRM.

Technical Skills

• Apply advanced credit, capital structure, and credit derivatives knowledge.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Aladdin, Bloomberg PORT, and/or comparable platforms.
• Experience with Structured Query Language, Python, or visualization tools is preferred.

Soft Skills

• Communicate complex risks clearly to senior investment professionals and clients.
• Exercise sound judgment, attention to detail, and independent ownership.
• Prioritize effectively while managing risk coverage from beginning to end.

Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require sponsorship of a visa for employment in the United States.

Franklin Templeton offers employees a competitive and valuable range of total rewards, monetary and non-monetary — designed to support their well-being and recognize their time, talents, and results. Along with base compensation, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, a 401(k) plan with a generous match, and recognition rewards. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes a range of competitive healthcare options, insurance, and disability benefits, employee stock investment program, learning resources, career development programs, reimbursement for certain education expenses, paid time off (vacation / holidays / sick / parental & caregiving leave / bereavement / volunteering / floating holidays) and a motivational wellbeing program. We expect the annual salary for this position to range between $145,000 - $170,000 depending on location and level of relevant experience.

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At Franklin Templeton, we believe your benefits should support your life, your goals, and your future. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to help you thrive both personally and professionally.

Highlights of our benefits include:

- Paid Time Off: Three weeks of PTO in your first year

- Health Coverage: Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance to support your well-being

- Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with an 85% company match on pre-tax and/or Roth contributions, up to IRS limits

- Equity & Investing: Employee Stock Investment Plan (ESIP) with discounted share purchase opportunities

- Learning Education Assistance Program (LEAP): To support your ongoing growth and career advancement

- Employee Investment Benefits: Opportunity to purchase company funds with no sales charge

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.

Artificial intelligence or automated tools may be used to assist in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.