Senior Associate-Account Mgr recruitment
Responsibilities
The Senior Associate - Account Management (Commercial) proactively services, retains and grows revenues from a portfolio of MIS Issuer Accounts.
As a Senior Associate - Account Management responsibilities will include:
- Liaise with existing and prospective clients using judgment to determine appropriate rating applications to send to issuers for new ratings.
- Will need to send, track and receive ratings applications (extensive follow-up required).
- Handle various aspects of business development and account management while driving revenue maximization with existing issuers within given portfolio.
- Must exercise discretion and good judgment
- Participate in direct issuer calls/visits warranted by building account relationships and potential fee discussions
- Prepare Issuer Value Statements and issuer presentations used for issuer calls/visits
- Back-up other Account Management associates in periods of absence
- Work closely with analytic group management (LOB) to ensure a high level of support on all non-analytical issues including fee related issues, while avoiding any specific fee discussions with the analytical team
- Partner with Collections team when requested to resolve any outstanding issues and to enable issuers to pay outstanding invoices
- Cooperate with billing department to enable them to send invoices in a timely manner (FIP Hold, Billing Hold)
- Exercise discretion/judgment to communicate customer requests and concerns to upper management as needed.
- Relay feedback to customers in a professional manner
- Prepare and obtain new deal pricing exception approvals from senior management (when necessary) and create pricing structures for unique deals
- Manage the ratings withdrawal process in those instances where necessary
- Actively participate in annual pricing review including consolidating fee schedules, updating fee schedules with new pricing and notifying issuers of revised fees.
- Participate in various ongoing and ad hoc projects as necessary
- Gather and track details regarding all pending transactions in RAST/Pipeline system
- Responsible for attending weekly meetings intended to brief management regarding pending transactions in Pipeline
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree required, preferably in related field (Economics, Finance, Marketing, Accounting)
- 2-5 years of relevant experience in finance industry
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong time management skills with ability to handle multiple projects in order to meet tight deadlines and continuous follow-up.
- Must be a Team player
- Excellent attention to detail
- Pro-active, can-do attitude
- Strong IT skills including MS office, advanced Excel skills preferred
- Understanding and familiarity of the Debt Capital Markets/Debt Products is a plus
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Moody's is an equal opportunity employer.
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Candidates receiving an offer to join Moody's Investors Service or Moody's Shared Services will be required to disclose their securities holdings and those of their family members as defined by Moody's Policy for Securities Trading. Such holdings will be reviewed by the hiring manager during the offer process to identify any potential conflicts of interest. Moody's Human Resources department shall inform the prospective employee of any potential conflicts and remediation actions required. Any formal offer of employment is contingent upon the Candidate's agreement to comply, in advance of employment, with remediation requirements identified by Moody's.
