Fund and Asset Manager, Director
Fitch
Dual-headquartered in New York and London, Fitch Ratings is a global rating agency dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, research, and data. Offering a world of knowledge and experience behind every opinion, we transform information to deliver meaning and utility to investors, issuers, and other market participants. Fitch Ratings' global expertise draws on local market knowledge and spans the fixed-income universe. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide help investors make important credit judgments with confidence.
Fitch Solutions provides a range of industry-leading products and services to the global financial community. In addition to offering proprietary market-based content, we distribute the ratings, research, and financial data of Fitch Ratings through a variety of flexible platforms. With innovation and experience behind every solution we bring to market, our offerings are designed to meet the diverse needs of the fixed-income markets.
Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions, along with Fitch 7 city Learning, are part of the Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services. Fitch Group is a jointly owned subsidiary of Paris-based Fimalac, S.A. and New York-based Hearst Corporation.
Fitch complies with all laws governing employment in each jurisdiction in which it operates, and provides equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. All applications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, and other status protected by applicable laws.
The Fund and Asset Manager Rating Group (FAM) is focused on providing the market with timely, prospective and informative ratings and related research on funds and asset managers. The Group currently maintains close to 1,000 fund and asset manager ratings worldwide.
Job Description
The successful candidate will be in charge of conducting in-depth analysis and ensuring regular monitoring in order to rate asset managers and funds. He/she will also establish a working relationship with relevant officials, update databases, write rating reports, present a rating committee and prepare reports for publication, including press releases. It is important that the candidate should be able to work independently while also being a good team player and be able to cope with time pressure and deadlines.
Person Specification
We are looking for an analyst with a first hand experience in asset management (front office, internal control, fund selection, client servicing, RFPs), banking or in audit firms and a good educational background, including strong results at degree (or equivalent) level.
You must have a balance of incisive numerical and analytical skills, together with an ability to speak and write concisely in Portuguese and English (additionally, Spanish language skills viewed as a plus) combined with an ability to work to tight deadlines and display a strong degree of flexibility to take on additional responsibilities, as required.
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