Global Infrastructure Group Analyst

Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings is a global rating agency committed 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 across the fixed-income universe. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide help investors make important credit judgments with confidence. Dual-headquartered in New York and London, Fitch Ratings has 51 offices worldwide. Fitch Ratings is part of the Fitch Group, a majority-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A. headquartered in Paris, France. 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.

Fitch Ratings' Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Group is seeking a Credit Analyst with at least 2 years of relevant work experience or relevant educational work to cover the growth in the transportation and energy and industrials sectors.

Responsibilities:

- Assisting senior members of the group in gathering data and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information related to the financings of infrastructure assets and projects for the purpose of producing ratings.

- Assisting in the publication of transportation or energy credit reports

- Data collection for special research reports.

- Developing and/or maintaining financial models for proper surveillance of rated assets

- Assisting in the preparation of rating committee presentations

- Participating in rating committee discussions for both global and national scale ratings.

Successful candidates should be able to thoroughly review financial and cash flow models and relevant legal documents developed by debt issuers and financial advisors.

Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree (preferably Financial, Business/Economics, Engineering majors).
- Good sector knowledge of project finance (Oil Gas, Power, Industrials or transportation) and demonstratable credit skills (gained in a bank credit department, a rating agency, buy side credit department, etc) are a plus.
- Ability to meet deadlines and to organize work
- Solid writing and oral/written presentation skills
- Thorough familiarity with spreadsheet-based financial models; ability to read and summarize financing documents

October 30, 2013 • Tags: , • Posted in: Financial

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