About the Role:

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The Role: 
The Senior Analyst undertakes rigorous analytical work and is proficient in conducting research and fundamental credit analysis, analyzing financial statements, building financial models and forecasts, and writing analytical reports on rated corporate entities.

The successful candidate works effectively both in a team and individually, possesses strong interpersonal and communication skills, is customer-oriented, and demonstrates solid presentation skills in front of internal and external audiences. 

We offer a supportive and flexible work environment within a team of about 20 analysts (per sector) with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We work in a hybrid environment with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote.

The Career Opportunity: 
As a Senior Analyst, you are working as part of the Corporate Ratings Group at S&P Global Ratings, within one of our specialized sector teams. Under the guidance of a director, a qualified senior analyst typically maintains direct analytical responsibility for a portfolio of 15-20 rated corporate issuers. These responsibilities include ongoing surveillance and rating recommendations, repeat analytical contact with rated entities’ senior management, and presentation of analytical findings to internal and external constituencies. A high performing senior analyst is likely to be considered for rating more complex and higher profile issuers, as well as for investor outreach. We prepare our most successful Senior Analysts to become our future Associate Directors and Directors that act as spokespersons and senior analytical leaders within sector teams.

The Impact:

• At S&P Global Ratings, your analytical opinion truly matters and each person who works here has an essential role in S&P Global Ratings reputation of integrity, transparency, and ratings excellence.
• S&P Global Ratings plays a vital role in bringing transparency and comparability to the financial markets and helps investors and others measure and manage credit risk.
• By supporting capital markets, S&P Global Ratings helps people to start and grow businesses, cities and states to build highways and hospitals, and manufacturers to build factories and create jobs.
• With offices in 26 countries, rating $47.5 trillion in debt, and with nearly 1,400 credit analysts, S&P Global Ratings is an important part of the world’s financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than 150 years in providing investors and financers the information they need to more easily, quickly and efficiently provide capital to businesses and governments.

The Team / The Business: 
When you join S&P Global Ratings, you join one of the world's leading providers of independent credit risk research and benchmarks. You are part of a team that produces high quality fundamental research based on established criteria, you have the opportunity to ask probing questions to senior corporate executives and interact with the global investor community.

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $85,700.00 to $170,400.00. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

What We’re Looking For:

Your Skills:

• A minimum of 3+ years of solid, demonstrable experience within a large commercial bank, investment bank, investing institution/asset manager, rating agency or an audit company.
• Progress towards an advanced education, an MBA in Finance, Economics, Accounting/CPA, Engineering, Mathematics. A CFA is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of financial statement analysis, accounting concepts and financial modelling.
• Proficiency with numbers and the ability to maintain accuracy and be detail oriented while complying with deadlines.
• Strong Excel/Word/PowerPoint and database application skills.
• Ability to prepare forecasts based upon reasoned assumptions will be required.
• Ability to deal with multiple priorities is key to success in this role.
• Solid communication skills, verbal and written, as well as the capacity to expand, learn, and make a contribution.
• Self starter, motivated, intellectually curious.

Successful candidates must have authorization to work in the U.S indefinitely. Sponsorship is not available for this position