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.
Working at Moody's
Our views matter. So will yours.

The views of each Moody's employee matter and, collectively, those views contribute to our ability to serve credit-sensitive markets worldwide. Diverse opinions are encouraged and leverage the depth and breadth of experiences that our employees bring to work each day. We expect Moody's employees to be accessible and collaborative and, in return, Moody's offers a work environment that promotes intellectual curiosity, analytical rigor and collegiality. Our people and our environment uphold our core values of integrity, insight, intellectual leadership, inclusion and independence.

Moody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody's Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit and economic analysis and financial risk management. The Corporation, which reported revenue of $2.3 billion in 2011, employs approximately 6,100 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 28 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Moody's is an equal opportunity employer.
Security Trading Policy-STP
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.