Corporate Credit Assessment - Director / Senior Director (NY)

<p><strong>Position: Corporate Credit Assessment - Director / Senior Director</strong></p> <p><strong>Entity: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC</strong></p> <p><strong>Employment Type: Full-Time</strong></p> <p><strong>Location: New York, NY</strong></p> <p><strong><u>Summary/Overview</u></strong><strong>:</strong></p> <p><strong>KBRA</strong> (Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC) is seeking a <strong>Director/Senior Director</strong> in the <strong><u>Corporate Credit Assessments</u></strong> Group in the <strong>New York</strong> office. The candidate must have a strong <u>accounting, corporate finance</u> and high yield credit analysis background to assume a management role in a growing group, including, but not limited to, serving as a senior credit analyst, managing junior credit analysts and contributing to the work process behind credit estimates and credit assessments. The candidate will also focus on conducting and reviewing credit assessments of private companies based on financial statements, creditor agreements and Investment Committee Memos. Solid prior experience at analyzing creditor agreements and an interest in writing and presenting research are key job requirements.</p> <p>The Director/Senior Director will work in a highly collaborative team that liaises with internal and external stakeholders in order to produce high quality and timely corporate credit opinions. The Director/Senior Director will also help conduct credit research on a variety of industrial and service sectors along with developing industry/sector expertise, including key rating factors and credit metrics. Further, the candidate will also have direct involvement in KBRA’s corporate credit assessment process with significant interaction to senior management and executives at leading financial institutions.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Job Responsibilities:</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Analyze financial statements and creditor agreements to identify key strengths and weaknesses and use findings to inform credit assessments.</li> <li>Provide and review credit assessments on corporates based on an analysis of their financial statements. Write rationale to defend assessments and present analysis to internal and external stakeholders.</li> <li>Assist senior team members with key initiatives in areas including methodology development and research.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Collaborate on writing and publishing timely research about corporate credit trends, markets, and any other topics relevant to KBRA clients. Analysts are encouraged to bring ideas to their managers on an ongoing basis. You may see your work published on the KBRA website!<