Fitch Ratings: Graduate Trainee Analyst – Structured Finance
Please note this role is based in London.
Fitch Ratings, one of the World's leading Ratings agencies is inviting applications to their graduate trainee analyst October 2013 intake from recent graduates who have a flair for financial analysis and an interest in credit, fixed income and industry analysis. We have a number of openings across our analytical functions: Structured Finance, Corporates, Financial Institutions, Insurance, Sovereigns and Global Infrastructure within their respective development programmes.
As a Trainee Analyst at Fitch you can expect rapid exposure, challenge and career progression. Fitch offers first class training delivered by our highly experienced analysts as well as external and internal training courses. You can also expect support in attaining further professional qualifications such as your CFA subject to your performance. We will train you in the fundamental skills of credit analysis and develop you into an effective credit ratings analyst within a global leader in Credit Ratings.
Structured Finance:
We are committed to bringing our legacy of transparency and openness to bear in all areas of the structured finance market. We have developed new investor-focused surveillance tools and Fitch’s European Structured Finance team maintains existing ratings and assigns ratings to new structured finance transactions. Fitch currently rates Structured Finance transactions across four main asset classes: Asset Backed Securities, Residential Mortgage Backed Securities, Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities and Structured Credit. Fitch Ratings maintains surveillance on over 1,500 European structured finance transactions
We are committed to bringing our legacy of transparency and openness to bear in all areas of the structured finance market. We have developed new investor-focused surveillance tools and enhanced our existing offerings to ensure that a security’s risk is clearly identified and that our opinions continue to be objective and forward-looking. In the complex field of global securitization, Fitch Ratings explores every angle of a transaction so that investors have the additional insight and context necessary to make timely and informed business decisions.
Requirements:
You will have a strong academic track record and be a recent graduate in a numerate subject, ideally related to finance or economics. However, we also welcome applications from candidates from other disciplines such as engineering and sciences. You must have excellent communication skills and be able to deliver clear and concise analysis. Fluency in Dutch is desirable.
Rewards Benefits:
• Competitive salary
• Discretionary performance related bonus
• 25 days annual leave
• Medical cover
• Pension
• Subsidised gym membership
Application instructions:
To apply to this positions please submit your resume with a covering letter stating:
In no more than 250 words stating why you want to pursue a career as a credit analyst with Fitch within the Strcutued Finance group.
The closing date for the receipt of initial applications is Tuesday 27th August 2013.
Due to the volume of response we may only be able to respond to successful applicants only.
Fitch is an equal opportunity employer that employs people across the full spectrum of society. Fitch works hard to create a workplace with an emphasis on inclusion, innovation and merit. By valuing diversity and equality in our workplace, we believe it adds strength to our business.
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