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Senior Analyst – European Structured Credit
USCIS
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Madrid • 🇪🇸 Spain
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Senior
Tech Stack
PythonVBA
About the role
- Support the lead analyst responsible for assigning new credit ratings by conducting parts of the analysis helping with admin processes
- Support credit ratings surveillance for existing ratings
- Assist in client management meetings and maintain issuer/client relationships
- Participate in external client calls to discuss methodologies and transaction proposals
- Prepare and present detailed discussion and committee memos for Funds/ SC credit rating committees
- Draft credit rating letters, press releases, presale reports and rating reports
- Conduct portfolio analysis using Morningstar DBRS developed predictive models
- Assess legal, regulatory, counterparty and other risks related to European SC credit ratings
- Prepare and present new transactions to senior members of the Structured Finance team to determine feasibility and methodology application
- Contribute and support other team member with writing research and participate in webinars, investor meetings and conferences
- Respond to client and colleague inquiries regarding methodologies, analysis and research
- Coordinate with other teams to support credit rating analysis, administration and research
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Financial Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 3+ years’ experience in structured finance, investment banking, or credit risk/credit funds
- Strong interest in securitization and advanced financial analysis
- Advanced Excel; proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities
- Proactive, adaptable, and collaborative self-starter
- Curious, creative thinker confident in forming and defending opinions
- Nice to Have Fund finance experience
- Knowledge of analytical programming language (VBA, Python etc.)
- Fluency in European languages
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial analysisstructured financecredit riskportfolio analysispredictive modelsanalytical programming (VBA, Python)securitizationcredit ratingscredit rating letterspress releases
Soft skills
written communicationverbal communicationanalyticaldetail-orientedproactiveadaptablecollaborativecuriouscreative thinkingself-starter