Subject Matter Experts
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.
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Fitch Solutions, Product Management and Development
Global Product SME (Banks) ( Director / Associate Director)
Global Product SME (Structured Finance) (Director / Associate Director)
Fitch Solutions is seeking Subject Matter Experts (Banks) (Structured Finance) in its Global Product team to guide and help execute the commercial and product development strategy globally for a designated products and business strategies in the specific area of capital market expertise.
The SME is the definitive source of knowledge, technique, or expertise in the designated specific subject area – banks / structured finance. The SME functions as the organizational ambassador for their knowledge area, and applies their expertise to support an organization's vision and strategic direction. They are the domain expert in the particular area designated or topic. They have a special knowledge or skills in the particular area of endeavor or market sector and should have a basic knowledge of other technical subjects
A subject matter expert understands, articulates, and implements best practices related to their area of expertise. Depending on the business needs and product development stage the subject matter expert may lead or be an active participant of a work-group with the need for specialized knowledge. The subject matter expert provides guidance on how their area of capability can resolve an organizational need, and actively participates in all phases of the product development life cycle.
The SME will use their expertise, skills and knowledge, professional work experience and industry relationships to
- Fully understand the industry structure and changing developments as well as the market vertical or specific client needs for credit and regulatory risk management needs, challenges and opportunities
- Develop product ideas and concepts that meet those needs and challenges
- Work with the Product Owners to develop and launch appropriate commercial solutions to those defined (content sets, platforms, tools and solutions sets)
- Coordinate with sales and marketing to provide expert input into and participate in the execution of the pre sales and post sales go to market plan
- Interact with market sector participants and clients (client calls visits, events and conference participation) sourcing market intelligence and providing thought leadership and brand presence
- Validate with Product Owners and the quant teams the integrity of the model and market derived indicators and stress test tools and if necessary coordinate the recalibration / refinement of these proprietary content sets
- Validate with the Product Owners and the Global Content Operations group the quality breadth and depth of financial data and if necessary devise and implement a program to improve to satisfy client needs
- Reporting directly to the Global Head of Product
Summary
• Recognized and respected by multiple internal and external stakeholders (including by relevant capital market participants) as a source of reliable information, knowledge, expertise, techniques and skills in the relevant sectors of the global debt capital markets (banking / structured finance)
• Thorough specialized practical knowledge of global debt capital markets and the specific segments (banking / structured finance) with a commercial sensibility - thought leader consulted by industry and acts as a spokesperson for the relevant market sector
• Proactively review relevant market area and understand the specialized needs of defined market verticals and client segments to identify and analyze the commercial opportunities, challenges and risks and then develop and propose innovative commercial responses
• Provides specialized knowledge, occupational experience, education and research to enable non subject matter decision makers to confidently address product and business strategy issues and take appropriate commercial and tactical actions.
• Works with the Fitch Solutions' Product Owners to ensure the data and content relating to their areas of expertise are properly and efficiently incorporated into the content sets, platforms and tools and solutions sets provided by the firm to our global client base
• Work with the quantitative group in Fitch Solutions to ensure the market and model based indicators, scenario tools and stress test tools being developed and introduced to the market are relevant, soundly based and meet the clients needs
• Effective communication skills and ability to represent Fitch Solutions internally and externally as the market recognized SME in the relevant market sector
• Facilitate, guide and spearhead action in strategic planning, program development, product initiation / enhancement initiatives and the effective implementation / execution and launch of commercial products relating to the designated subjec
t area (banking or structured finance)
• Leads or works productively as part of a cross sector high functioning workgroup teams which need specialized subject knowledge to create effective commercial solutions
• Proven ability to gain institutional support for commercial initiatives in corporate settings by transforming concepts into actionable programs and commercially viable offerings
• Convincingly conversant in and driving forward the market dialogue on and influencing public opinion of the banking / structured finance debt capital markets sector.
• Gain the confidence of and consult with senior market participants using existing business relationships, industry associations, professional and regulator contacts, data surveys, assessment tools, existing knowledge and experience to devise and successfully implement commercial strategies and product ideas.
• Interpret existing and pending reform and regulatory initiatives to help develop appropriate solutions sets and extend the Fitch Solutions product suite which maximize the commercial benefits to the firm.
Knowledge and Experience
• Commercial judgment and business oriented - revenue growth and ROI oriented
• Analytic and a problem solver, client focused
• High level of communications and public speaking skills
• Published analyses or relevant white papers
• Working interaction with senior level market participants and gained their trust as a product expert
• Expertise in written and analytic communications relevant to global capital markets
• Understanding of key business, risk and regulatory issues affecting the sector
• eg Banking : Bank financial and credit analysis; Basel, Dodd Frank Act regulation, Bank financial data, credit and counterparty risk management issues, stress test needs, research, data and information needs for banks
• eg Structured Finance : global structured finance credit analysis issuance and regulatory trends surveillance data, loan level data
• Represented company in industry forums and at senior level meetings - positioned as a leader in the area
• Defined, developed and / or improved standard processes and procedures
Knowledge and Experience
• Post graduate education in relevant financial and capital markets subject matter area
• Broad expertise and deep knowledge of the capital markets - industry structure, key players and future risk and regulatory issues
• Extensive working knowledge of capital markets sectors either in the analytic and / or business relationship management areas - engaged in the market
• Creative and innovative - solutions oriented
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