Senior Vice President – Legal recruitment

Responsibilities
The SVP, for the Commercial Group ("CG") will join our New York office, working with the team that is responsible for issuer relations, business development and pricing issues for all Moody's ratings business globally

The successful candidate will be responsible for addressing all legal issues within the CG for all lines of business including corporate finance, financial institutions, public finance and structured finance. The SVP will be the CG's official liaison to Moody's General Counsel's office, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance whenever an issue arises which implicates interaction with those departments on legal or policy matters. The SVP will be responsible for analyzing and representing the CG's views on changes to documentation comprising Moody's rating applications as well as keeping senior management informed on a timely basis of issues relating to those applications. The SVP will also act as counsel to the associates in the CGNA to assist them in working through documentation issues and determining when issues need to be raised to the General Counsel's office. The SVP will be assigned to special projects as the needs of Moody's business dictate. This description is a guideline to the SVP's expected responsibilities; however, the ratings business is a dynamic, fast paced, ever evolving business and flexibility is an important prerequisite for the job.

Qualifications
Interested candidates should have at least 10 years of legal experience including at least 5 years in structured finance. Ratings agency experience is also desirable. Candidates are expected to have a JD from a prominent law school and be a member of the New York State bar. In addition, the SVP will need the ability to manage multiple projects, work with senior management and exercise diplomacy in navigating among various departments at Moody's to achieve the CG's goals.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Moody's Corporation is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its recruitment practices. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of potential and existing employees, candidates and clients regardless of sex, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other characteristic protected by law.