About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Team:

S&P Global Ratings is seeking a Director to join its Structured Finance practice, who will specialize in decentralized Finance (DeFi) related securitizations. This is a developing sector which combines DeFi principals with traditional structured finance techniques.  A strong understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystems would be preferable.

The Director will be a member or the Esoteric team, which provides credit ratings and opinions for securitizations backed by a wide variety of nontraditional assets.  In this role, the Director will be responsible for leading end-to-end rating process, research, cash flow, credit, legal, and structural analytics, and client-facing activities for new issue ratings and surveillance of Non-traditional ABS transactions.

The Impact:

This role blends proven leadership, research, quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, client-facing interactions, and project management. Daily tasks include leading and completing the end-to-end ratings process, reviewing documents, assessing the credit profile of collateral pools, and conducting cash flow analyses to determine the credit rating impact of stress tests to the structures and enhancement levels under various economic scenarios. The Director is expected to conduct credit rating committees and interact with bankers, issuers and investors on analytical matters, train analysts, identify and escalate analytical and process issues, help the team in problem solving initiatives and outreach, and support the pod lead, AM, Sector Leads, and LAM, as needed. The Director will also play an important role in improving our analytical tools and streamlining our processes by drawing on computer and data science skills.

What’s in it for you:

Structured finance is an important sector of the capital markets and is a key funding source and growth driver for many areas of the economy. If you are interested in helping to facilitate this growth while challenging yourself in a fast-paced environment, this is the right position for you. It offers the opportunity to work in a collegial culture with great potential for professional development and career growth. To succeed, you must be comfortable with quantitative analysis and have a knack for problem solving.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and complete the end-to-end ratings process for new issue and surveillance transactions.
• Understand and perform cash flow analysis, synthesize results, and present findings in a timely manner in committees for non-traditional assets, including transportation ABS, private equity, triple-net, data centers, whole business.
• Analyze credit, cash flow, and performance characteristics of collateral pools. Review third-party model output and reconcile with cash flow results from internal models.
• Review legal and operating documents to ensure consistency with criteria and identify issues with the transaction structure. Provide comments to external parties.
• Actively manage relationships with internal and external clients.
• Support the team by training analysts, attending conferences, engaging and leading outreach activities.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of ratings criteria and cash flow analysis and be able to handle clients’ analytical questions.
• Leading and actively contributing to our training and outreach efforts, including the completion of timely commentaries, podcasts, and webinars.

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 $170,000.00 to $240,000.00. 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:

Basic Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or Graduate degree.
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience
• Prior experience in structured finance
• Prior experience with data analysis and cash flows in esoteric assets including Aircraft, NNN, Container, Timeshare, Data Centers
  Experience with cash flow modeling for non-traditional assets
• Understanding of financial markets.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Excellent research skills.
• Ability to analyze and solve non-routine problems with ingenuity in a timely and insightful manner.
• Project management skills.
  Ability to manage multiple tasks and tight deadlines under time pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a collaborative team.
• Diligent and intellectually