Asst Director-Lead Consultant recruitment

The Company
Moody's Analytics is a leading provider of research, data, analytic tools and related services to capital markets participants and risk management professionals worldwide. The company's products and services provide the means to assess and manage the credit risk of individual exposures as well as portfolios; price and value holdings of debt instruments; analyze macroeconomic trends; and enhance customers' risk management capabilities and practices. Moody's Analytics is a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO), which reported revenue of $1.8 billion in 2009, employs approximately 4,000 people worldwide, and maintains a presence in 31 countries. Additional information about the company is available at www.moodys.com

Responsibilities
As an Assistant Director with the RMS Group, you will be an active member of a team that works with leading banks, insurers, and other financial institutions in North and South America to solve their foremost challenges related to financial risk, including loan origination, deal underwriting, portfolio management, and regulatory compliance.

Functionally, you will play the role of lead consultant within RMS consulting engagements. You will have a leadership position within project teams, helping design and deliver customized solutions to senior executives (typically chief risk officers or chief financial officers) at client organizations. During a typical advisory engagement, you will assist the project's Engagement Manager in planning the scope of work. You will determine which analyses are most relevant to the task at hand, coaching the team of consultants to produce appropriate outputs. You will also take a prominent role in helping clients implement the team's recommendations.

The position requires a strong understanding of debt instruments, lending and underwriting practices, and credit risk measurement. Assistant Directors also need to demonstrate deep understanding of at least one topic of relevance to potential RMS clients while also possessing a high level understanding of the ideas, research, and products developed within Moody's Analytics.

Qualified applicants should have prior experience in commercial banking, investment banking, consulting, audit, or financial regulation. They should also enjoy interacting with clients, sharing knowledge, and contributing in a team environment. Qualified applicants should also be comfortable working in a close-knit, highly entrepreneurial environment. Assistant Directors are expected to move into more advanced roles such as Engagement Manager (with responsibility for leading larger teams and projects) within 2-3 years.

-As a key member of client-focused project teams, assist Engagement Managers in scoping projects and planning relevant end-to-end analyses to solve issues of importance to clients
- Provide guidance to junior consultants and help them understand their individual responsibilities to projects as well as their analytical activities
-Assist in developing project plans, determining staffing needs, and managing day-to-day project schedules
-Help plan and create content for proposals, interim reports, and final presentations
-Meet with client employees, managers and other stakeholders to explain analyses and recommendations
-Support business development efforts and contribute thoughts and ideas to pre-sale teams
-Liaise with other product and service delivery groups within Moody's Analytics such as the Training Services Group, the Implementation Services Group, and the Credit Strategies Group
-Contribute intellectual capital and support research efforts, culling ideas from prior projects and writing white papers and presentations
-Develop a broad understanding of Moody's Analytics offerings and capabilities, and then take advantage of Moody's intellectual assets as appropriate during client engagements

Qualifications
-Track record of working well in team environments and contributing innovative ideas
-Strong, proven analytical skills
-Clear written and verbal communication skills with an ability to communicate complex concepts to a senior audience
-Strong client-orientation with commitment to client satisfaction
- Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of database systems (e.g., Access) and modelling platforms (e.g., Matlab) a plus
-Fluency with the operation of financial systems and financial institutions
-Strong evidence of being self disciplined, highly organized, able to multi-task, and attentive to detail
-Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, approximately 30-60% of the time, with necessary clearances / permissions for travel outside the United States
-Minimum fluency in English; Working knowledge of Spanish, French, or Portuguese a plus

Experience
-Minimum five (5) years of combined experience with a commercial bank, investment bank, insurer, management consultancy, audit firm, rating agency and/or national financial regulator
- Experience conducting advanced analyses of a financial nature, including design of collection strategies, planning of empirical techniques, and presentation of findings
- Prior experience in credit risk modelling, analysis and/or credit risk management a plus
-Track record of successful project management, preferably larger scale and within a commercial banking or capital markets environment
-Minimum master's level degree from an internationally recognized institution, or showing steady progress towards achieving a master's level degree; CPA, CFA, PRM, or FRM a plus
-Demonstrated comfort with quantitative disciplines, with evidence of prior academic studies in finance, accounting, economics, statistics, and/or engineering
-Demonstrated understanding of debt instruments, commercial lending, and/or underwriting processes
-Practical experience with Basel, Solvency II, or IFRS a plus

Equal Employment Opportunity

Moody's Corporation is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its recruitment practices. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of potential and existing employees, candidates and clients regardless of sex, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other characteristic protected by law.