Credit Operations Analyst
About Fortress
Fortress Investment Group LLC is a leading, highly diversified global investment manager with approximately $55 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2025. Founded in 1998, Fortress manages assets on behalf of approximately 2,000 institutional clients and private investors worldwide across a range of credit and real estate, private equity and permanent capital investment strategies. Investment performance is our cornerstone - we strive to generate strong risk adjusted returns for our investors over the long term. For additional information on Fortress, please visit www.fortress.com.
About Credit
Fortress’s Credit business was launched in 2002 by Pete Briger. Today, the Fortress Credit team consists of over 525 professionals and is focused on investing globally, primarily in undervalued assets and distressed and illiquid credit investments. We manage assets on behalf of many of the world’s most prominent and sophisticated allocators, including public and private pensions, sovereign wealth funds, large institutions and private clients.
Credit Operations Analyst
About the position
We are looking for an Operations Analyst with public securities product knowledge. The candidate will be responsible for a wide variety of operational tasks including but not limited to:
- Support all operational aspects of the trade lifecycle post execution: trade capture, confirmation, clearing, settlement, reconciliations, corporate actions, proxy voting, etc
- Book daily trading activity, and setup and maintain security masters in Wall Street Office
- Coordinating with fund administrators and outside service providers to ensure proper trade instruction has been transmitted to the fund’s prime brokers and custodians
- Ensure timely settlements, with a proactive approach to identification of settlement breaks, escalation and remediation of issues
- Researching daily trade related cash and position reconciliation exceptions in fund level and SPV bank accounts
- Resolving daily cash and position exceptions between fund administrator, counterparty and our internal books and records
- Ensure corporate actions and proxy votes are submitted prior to deadlines, book related restructuring activity in Wall Street Office, maintain proxy calendar, coordinate with asset management on voting options, etc
- Daily interaction with various internal departments such as Accounting, Treasury, Valuations, and IT
- Daily interaction with trading desk and asset managers to ensure accurate positions are reflected on our books and records, identify and resolve any issues, etc
- Participate in a broad range of operational projects, and assist with ad hoc reporting and other requests for management / front office personnel
- Collaborates effectively in human-AI environments, understanding when to delegate tasks to AI tools versus applying independent professional judgment, particularly in high-stakes or client-facing scenarios.
- Utilizes AI-powered workflow automation tools to streamline trade settlement, loan administration, covenant monitoring, and counterparty data management, reducing operational risk and processing time.
- Leverages AI-driven anomaly detection capabilities to identify exceptions, breaks, or data quality issues in operational processes, escalating findings for timely resolution.
Covering these products:
- Asset Backed Securities
- Corporate Bonds
- Convertible Bonds
- Listed Equities (domestic and international)
- Listed Options and Warrants
Qualifications:
- Strong Excel and Bloomberg skills
- Outstanding attention to detail with the ability to identify errors and recommend process enhancements
- A willingness to learn and work independently as well as within a group
- Thrives in a fast paced dynamic environment with the ability to manage time effectively while still meeting deadlines
- Proven at managing processes with various levels of automation, and ability to re-engineer manual processes with a focus on automation
- Proven communicator – written, verbal, and presentation
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Proactive and highly motivated
- Assertive personality that is able to grasp detailed concepts quickly and operate within a collaborative and time sensitive environment
- Possess organizational skills with the ability to prioritize while working under pressure
- Ability to multi-task, accommodating varying levels of volume without deterioration in quality
- Demonstrates working proficiency with AI and generative AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to enhance day-to-day workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and accelerate output quality and turnaround times.
- Maintains a continuous learning mindset with respect to evolving AI capabilities, actively seeking opportunities to upskill and apply new tools relevant to their function.
The base salary range proposed for this role has been set forth to comply with local law, but salary is only one element of the total compensation for this role. The base salary range suggested above does not include compensation elements such as bonuses, overtime and deferred cash (each of which are applicable in certain roles), benefits, perquisites, and company contributions to employee 401(k) accounts. Such other pay components often result in total compensation materially exceeding base salary for a particular role. Total compensation as well as base salary for a role depend in part upon individual performance, years of service, experience, geographic considerations, the performance and the needs of particular business units, company performance, and general market conditions.
Fortress Investment Group LLC collectively with its subsidiaries and operating affiliates is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.