Investment Grade Reporter

About 9fin

9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion.

Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets.

Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption.

We’re at a defining inflection point. With proven product-market fit and strong, global market pull, 9fin is accelerating toward becoming the category-defining platform for debt markets worldwide.

What you’ll work on

9fin’s team of financial journalists is looking for the newest member of the Investment Grade team, a hungry reporter who’s keen to learn the trade of reporting on fast-moving, opaque and complex financial markets. You’ll be expected to hit the ground running, building out your own source base and delivering market-moving insight and scoops. You will be given full support to develop into the role and learn about this highly specialized market that 9fin covers. Candidates should have experience in newsgathering, source building, writing, and interviewing skills.

Every day is different, but here’s an example of the kind of things you’ll work on:

• Source-building with bankers, investors, traders, lawyers and other key players in the credit markets

• Writing stories and investigative pieces covering markets

• Working with other members of our team of US- and UK-based journalists to confirm information and produce collaborative content

• Attending conferences, briefings, and other occasions to build and maintain source relationships

• Receiving formal and informal training in interviewing, source-building, news writing, media law and financial markets

About You

If you are a reporter working in the world of credit markets, specifically with experience covering Investment Grade companies, and have the following attributes, we are interested in hearing from you:

• Have experience in developing, reporting and writing stories for publication.

• Wish to join a rapidly-growing platform, winning market share, and attracting high-quality readership from financial professionals

• Proven interest in finance, economics, markets, and understanding of basic concepts and terminology

• Can work independently, with high accuracy and attention to detail

• Have a desire to build strong sourcing relationships across finance professionals and embed deeply as a crucial part of the market

• Can write concise and fluent English, making technical topics accessible and engaging

• Have ambitions to carve out a coverage area and build your own reputation as a financial journalist

Our benefits
Benefits

We’re a scaling start up, and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

Financial & Insurance

• Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)

• Equity

• Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness

• Group Life Assurance

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Time off

• 25 holiday days per year

• Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)

• Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work

• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year

• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

• Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available

Training & Culture

• Professional learning and development budget

• AI experimentation budget of £800 (UK) per employee to trial AI tools

• Quarterly team socials

• Summer and Winter company social events

A note from the hiring manager

You don't need to know the European investment grade market inside out to apply for this role. Helpful, yes — essential, no. We can teach you how the market works. What's much harder to teach is journalism: the hustle, the source work, the instinct for what's actually a story.

If you've picked apart an earnings report, worked the phones for a piece of information that isn't already sitting on a screen, or chased a syndicate banker for the colour behind a deal that's just priced, this is the role for you. 9fin puts a real premium on human source outreach. It's hard graft — cold outreach to bankers, investors, advisers and treasurers usually is — but when it lands, it lands properly: a scoop, a piece of context, a read on the market our competitors simply don't have. We want reporters who understand why that work matters.

IG credit is a complex market and it's all interconnected. So we are looking for people who aren't afraid to ask questions when they don't understand something, and keep asking until they could explain it simply to a friend. The best reporters on this beat sit comfortably in the detail and connect it to the themes moving the broader market — what's driving spreads, why issuers are picking certain windows, where the buyside is leaning in or pulling back.

This is a London-based role covering the European IG credit market end-to-end. There's a real opportunity here to shape how this asset class gets reported on. If that sounds like your kind of brief, I'd love to hear from you — Christopher Shiells, Editor.

9fin is an equal opportunities employer

At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we’re looking for — either for this role, or perhaps another.