Opening for credit analysis and research associate at Moody's
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 $4.4 billion in
2018, employs approximately 13,100 people worldwide and maintains a presence in
42 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com.
Moody’s Investors Service is among
the world’s most respected and widely utilized sources for credit ratings and
research. Our opinions and analysis on a broad range of credit obligors and
obligations are valued around the world for their insight and rigor. At MIS,
our workplace culture supports our mission to be the Agency of Choice for our
customers, employees and future employees. Our Culture focuses on Excellence
and embodies behavioral qualities such as Integrity, Responsiveness,
Collaboration, Respect and Passion. Our people are our core asset and we look
beyond outcomes to ensure that behaviors and interactions matter.
Department
MIS Research/Structured Finance
Job Description
The Role:
The Associate role provides a range of analytical support services that
contributes to the overall credit analysis function performed by the Structured
Finance Line of Business.
Prospective candidates will have good exposure to capital markets, fixed income
in particular and a general understanding of securitization.
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate their ability to work effectively in
a team environment. The ideal candidate for this role will possess strong
organizational skills, demonstrate attention to detail, and enjoy working in a
collaborative team environment.
The Associate position provides a unique opportunity to foster skills that are
valuable to any future career in the financial services industry. This will be
an internally facing role, reporting into the Team Manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform preliminary analysis to support ratings, research, analytical
outreach: Examples of analytical work include:
- Data analysis for underlying loans such as residential, commercial mortgages
etc. Identify trends/deviations in data and use analytical ability to form well
thought out credit conclusions
- Data analytics to support thematic research
- Develop working knowledge of Moody’s methodologies to support various
analyses
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and identify key factors that affect
issuer credit ratings under full supervision and guidance from the team
manager.
- Support monitoring/surveillance of issuers by e.g. preparing data for
surveillance, periodically updating preliminary components of analysis
- Perform certain routine administrative and other ad-hoc tasks.
Qualifications
Minimum graduate degree; Preferably a
post graduate degree in finance, economics, mathematics or any other related
discipline
- Relevant experience in a credit/financial institution will be beneficial
- Attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple on-going tasks
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, in particular Microsoft Excel
- Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills;
excellent interpersonal skills
- Highly motivated and enterprising
Moody’s is an equal opportunity
employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability,
protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender
identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidates for Moody's Corporation
may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for
Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is
contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions
in those holdings as necessary
Reviewed by Author
on
May 30, 2020
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