Fitch Group, Inc.

Associate Director, Corporate, Infrastructure & Project Finance – Complex Credits Group

Fitch Group, Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $115,000 - $140,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Work on ratings analysis and research on new and existing transactions.
  • Evaluate innovative credit structures and participate in global rating criteria development.
  • Identify and research relevant trends, assessing their credit impact and highlighting these trends in updated industry and market focused reports/presentations.
  • Gather and analyze quantitative and qualitative data and legal documents for the purpose of producing ratings, publishing credit reports, and contributing to special research reports.
  • Interact with other Fitch analytical groups (i.e. Corporates and Structured) to help develop rating approaches and criteria to bespoke projects.
  • In conjunction with senior members of the team, the candidate will meet with senior management of entities and/or project sponsors, investment bankers and financial advisors, to produce these ratings and reports for general publication.
  • Maintain a strong external network and profile that continues to build Fitch's reputation for analytical excellence by representing Fitch in a compelling and persuasive manner at industry conferences, webinars, issuer meetings/site visits and through media communication.
  • Develop and grow strong relationships with the other analytical groups at Fitch to ensure analytical consistency and efficient execution of transactions that involve multiple groups.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree at minimum, advanced degree a plus;
  • 7+ years relevant experience in a capital markets and/or credit analysis role;
  • A healthy sense of intellectual curiosity and a life-long learning mindset;
  • A demonstrated willingness and ability to attack and explain topics of analytical complexity;
  • Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
  • Excellent modelling skills and thorough familiarity with spreadsheet-based financial models.
  • Ability to read and fully comprehend complex structures and to ask probing questions to issuers and their advisers.
  • Ability to shift fluidly between multiple projects as priorities change;
  • Ability to excel in a team-oriented environment.
Benefits
  • This role will have the opportunity to take a lead role analyzing cutting-edge infrastructure transactions and be part of a growing credit team in the ever-evolving infrastructure space.
  • An exciting time to work in the sector as significant investments in the infrastructure space are resulting in a diversity of new and interesting projects to work on.
  • The position has high global visibility and solid growth potential.
  • The role will have exposure to both GIG in the Americas and across EMEA and the successful candidate will interact with senior analytical members across the different regions.
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