Associate Analyst – Sovereign, Frankfurt recruitment
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The Department / Team:
The Sovereign Risk Group is a team of rating analysts that is responsible for the credit analysis of more than 110 sovereign governments and multinational development banks around the world. Team members’ work is focused on maintaining the currency of ratings, providing insightful credit analysis, and explaining the output of these analytical processes to market participants and other key stakeholders.
The Role
The associate will work closely with Senior Analysts and have the opportunity to attend meetings with issuers and contribute to rating committees. The key function of the role is to provide analytical, statistical and research assistance to Analysts covering Sovereign entities.
Responsibilities:
• Undertake fundamental economic research and quantitative analysis to support senior analysts in the rating process
• Prepare economic and financial spreadsheets
• Develop, monitor and maintain analytical databases
• Support rating analysts in: creating graphs, tables, spreadsheets, and presentations, collecting and presenting comparative statistics, formulating ratios, document management and special projects as needed
• Support rating analysts in monitoring a portfolio of countries forecasting macroeconomics and monitoring economic, financial and political developments
• Participate in internal credit discussions meetings with external parties
Qualifications
• Strong academic background – MSc degree, preferably in Economics or International Relations; Finance, International Business and/or Public Administration also acceptable
• Progress towards a CIMA/ACCA/CFA professional qualification would be highly beneficial
Experience
• Economic research experience is essential
• Relevant experience in the financial sector, government or consulting would be an advantage; previous macroeconomic analysis experience highly beneficial
Technical skills
• Strong MS Office skills: principally Excel (including use of macros), Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong knowledge of macroeconomic principles
• Good quantitative skills
• Financial/statistical research capabilities
Non technical skills and qualities
• Good communication skills – able to communicate clearly and succinctly, both verbally and in writing
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly organised and efficient
• Ability to consistently meet tight deadlines
• Ability to be proactive and exercise own initiative
• Ability to work effectively and contribute within a diverse team
Language skills
• Fluency in English and German essential
Equal Opportunities
Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package.