Credit Analyst – Corporate & Government Ratings – London or Moscow recruitment

Credit Analyst - Corporate Government Ratings - London or Moscow

Standard Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the world's foremost provider of financial market intelligence, including independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With approximately 7,500 employees, including wholly owned affiliates, located in 21 countries, Standard Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than 140 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions.

We are looking for a highly skilled individual to join our Corporate Ratings group as an analyst at Associate or Rating Specialist level, based in either our London or Moscow office (Other locations will also be considered, i.e. Frankfurt/Paris). The individual will join the corporate ratings team covering issuers in the Transportation and Infrastructure sector. An understanding of complex corporate and whole business structures would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will possess the ability to undertake rigorous analytical work and will be proficient at doing research and writing analytical reports with a track record of fundamental analysis. An industry expertise in the transportation sector would be preferable, but not essential. An ability to quickly absorb, analyze and act upon information is required, as well as a flexible and positive attitude to supporting the wider corporate ratings team if and when required.

The individual will be comfortable in an environment which stimulates continuous improvement and innovation, and the highest customer service standards whilst adhering to established ratings criteria, methodology, policies and procedures. The individual will be able to demonstrate analytical excellence, and maintain and enhance the quality and timeliness of our analysis. Moreover, you must demonstrate an ability to represent Standard Poor's in a highly professional manner to both issuers and global investors. You will be required to prepare and perform meetings with multi-national, senior management teams to extract and assess information relating to credit quality and to explain our credit rating opinions. Strong presentation and organizational skills are also required to present detailed information and reasoned opinions to our credit rating committees.

Due to the nature of the role, strong written and oral communication skills in English (and Russian for the Moscow based role) are essential.

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