Structured Finance - Credit Analyst, Senior Director - Specialized Structured Credit - New York

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Structured Finance – Credit Analyst, Senior Director – Specialized Structured Credit

Fitch Ratings is adding an experienced and highly motivated professional to the Structured Credit team as a Senior Director based in either of our New York or Chicago office locations. The position will report directly to the Head of Structured Credit and lead a team of individuals focused on new transaction proposals that incorporate securitization principals of various types of corporate debt, including corporate synthetic risk transfer, structured credit loan facilities, CLO lite structures, and other private credit transactions backed by corporate debt.

 

What We Offer:

• Fitch is a team-oriented work environment, so excellent communication skills are essential, as is a high productivity work-ethic and results oriented mindset.
• An opportunity to be a lead coverage analyst at a global rating agency;
• A role that helps the debt capital markets make more informed decisions via timely, insightful and forward-looking rating actions and research.

We’ll Count on You To:

• Supervise analytical teams to analyzing critical credit, legal, and structural elements of transaction proposals;
• Contribute to dynamic rating workflows by leading rating analysis on a portfolio of specialized structured credit transactions and engaging regularly with issuers, originators, and investors;
• Form analytical views and recommendations while coordinating a consistent rating approach across a broad group of internal constituents;
• Assist in the development of rating criteria, including forming recommendations to bolster analysis and iteratively improve existing frameworks;
• Lead and/or support sector trend research reports and projects.

What You Need to Have:

• Exceptional level of personal responsibility, appropriate initiative, and self-management;
• Ability to communicate complex subjects accurately and succinctly;
• Analytical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and attentiveness to detail;
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline (finance, economics, engineering, etc.);
• 10+ years of experience in financial industry, preferably but not necessarily related to CLOs and Structured Finance.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Demonstrated success in building and managing a growing business;