Associate Analyst – CMBS recruitment

Responsibilities
Successful candidates will join our commercial real estate finance (CREF) team in New York, which is responsible for the monitoring of bonds backed by multi-billion dollar commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) pools of fixed and floating rate commercial real estate loans. The surveillance team is responsible for maintaining the outstanding ratings of CMBS securities as well as publishing in-depth research on relevant credit issues.

Responsibilities will include analyzing all credit aspects of CMBS transactions, such as; property specific cash flow analysis, financial modeling and formulating and substantiating a credit opinion. Duties include presenting transactions effectively and comprehensively to rating committees and writing accurate and insightful press releases. In addition, the associate analyst is expected to complete various special research projects, develop in-depth knowledge of the CMBS sector and take thought leadership initiatives to enhance our analytics and research impact; as well as analyze and complete Rating Agency Confirmation (RAC) requests.

Qualifications
Interested candidates should have a Bachelors or Masters degree in Finance, Economics, Real Estate, Accounting or related field, and be proficient in Microsoft Excel. The ability to manage multiple projects, work closely with others as well as independently to produce accurate, detailed work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment is a must. In addition, the individual should have well-developed analytical skills along with strong written and oral communication capabilities. Prior exposure to commercial real estate credit analysis or valuation is desired.

Working at Moody's

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