Associate, Structured Finance Ratings

Description:

Structured Finance is an important sector of the capital markets and is a key funding source and growth driver for many areas of the economy. If you are interested in helping to facilitate this growth while challenging yourself in a fast-paced environment, this is the right position for you. It offers the opportunity to work in a collegial culture with great potential for professional development and career growth. To succeed, you must be comfortable with quantitative analysis and have a knack for problem solving.

Responsibilities:
Analyze credit quality of collateral pools. Review performance data, credit models, underwriting criteria, and macroeconomic and sector factors.
Complete the end-to-end ratings process for new issue and surveillance transactions.
Perform cash flow analysis and synthesize results in a timely manner for rating committees.
Review legal and operating documents to ensure compliance with criteria and identify issues with the transaction structure. Provide feedback to external parties.
Actively manage relationships with issuers, intermediaries, and investors. Effectively communicate S&P’s methodologies and procedures. Participate in client meetings.
Prepare written and oral presentations to rating committees. Make recommendations to committees and actively participate in committee deliberations.
Draft thorough yet concise press releases and presale reports. Collaborate with internal parties (editorial, data, etc.) to manage the publication of ratings and reports to external audiences.
Demonstrate strong knowledge of ratings criteria and cash flow analysis of ABS by helping to resolve clients’ analytical needs.
Work on special projects as directed by the analytical team manager.