Ratings Analyst
Our client, a prestigious European Bank is looking to hire an experienced ratings Analyst (VP/Director level) to operate in the capacity of an in-house rating expert.
You will have specific responsibility of doing rating assessment for transactions being led by Structured Acquisition Finance, Debt Capital Markets and Event Finance.
The successful candidate will also be responsible for the development and mentoring of junior members of the team.
Key responsibilities:
Technical
*Rating Analysis - Supervise and review work prepared by deal teams across commercial Bank. Input views and make recommendations related to potential rating outcomes for various structures being considered and how the opportunity should best be approached.
*Pitching - Play a leading role in and/or support deal teams in preparing raying related pitch work for marketing/origination efforts for the key stakeholders.
*Structuring - Review financial model outputs, and form a view on the rating based on the credit dynamics of the business and other market comparables as part of the overall structuring exercise.
*Legal - Assess the key terms of the legal documentation which may impact the instrument rating of various parts of the capital structure.
*Due Diligence - Consider due diligence findings are appropriately considered for rating assessment and accurately incorporated into the sensitivity analysis to get a high degree of comfort with regards to the internal rating assessment.
Management
*Deal Management - Act as lead on transactions where there is a rating advisory mandate being executed.
*People Development/Management - Development of the rating team through training initiatives and also expand rating horizon of the team members within the key stakeholder teams.
*Financial modelling - Recommend rating assessment related changes to various department model templates and assess the accuracy for the same across the key stakeholder teams.
Network
*Establish a regular dialogue with the three rating agencies and keep abreast with any changes in the trends and methodologies in general. Maintain up to date details and databases on wider universe of rated companies.
*Establish and maintain a network of contacts with the rating advisory teams of other banks.
*If you currently work at one the leading Rating Agencies please contact me to find out more information
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