Associate Analyst, Corporate Ratings

**S&P Global Ratings**

**Associate Analyst, Corporate Ratings - European Retail & Leisure industries, Paris, Frankfurt or Madrid**

**The Team / The Work**

**The Impact**:
At S&P Global Ratings, your impact will be very significant and wide-ranging. As an expert in the Retail and Leisure industries and in all aspects of high yield credit analysis, you will meet the senior Management teams of the companies you will cover, together with the Lead Analyst, and you will be representing S&P Global Ratings in front of them. You will be leading the analytical efforts with these companies in any event-driven situation or debt financing transaction, coordinating a multidisciplinary team of S&P experts, presenting your independent analytical opinion and rating recommendation in front of a S&P Rating Committee, and writing and publishing rating actions. You will also represent S&P Global Ratings' analytical views in front of international investors in roundtables and through written reports.

**What's in it for you?**
S&P Global Ratings offers you a very attractive career opportunity with the world's most recognized independent Rating Agency. You will assume important responsibilities quickly and you will benefit from significant career opportunities as part of an organization that is growing fast, in tandem with the development of the bond market in Europe. You will become the S&P Global Ratings' specialist in the industries you cover and an expert in the rating methodology that has become the market's benchmark. You will have the opportunity to exchange with the senior Management teams of the major companies operating in your industries. You will communicate S&P's independent credit opinions verbally and in written reports to international investors. You will work in a flat organization, alongside strong professionals with very diverse cultures and backgrounds, and in a collegial manner, while benefitting from continuing in-house training that will ensure you grow rapidly as a professional. Importantly, S&P Global Ratings supports social diversity, offers equal opportunities to all its employees, and strives to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage and maintain the rating surveillance on a portfolio of up to 14 corporate credits in the European Retail & Leisure industries
- Lead from start to finish in the analysis of new ratings, including analyzing ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) factors to the extent they affect credit quality
- Lead meetings with the senior Management of the companies we rate, accompanied by a Lead Analyst, and deliver high levels of service excellence to all stakeholders operating in the capital markets
- Write and publish rating reports on the companies we rate as well as sector commentaries and participate in investor outreach activities
- Develop and maintain a high team spirit and contribute to a culture of constant learning, coaching and developmental feedback

**What we're looking for**:

- Solid analytical skills and a good understanding of financial statements and accounting concepts, including some financial modelling and excel skills
- Ability to be detail-oriented and to maintain accuracy and proficiency with calculations
- Some experience in managing, interpreting, and synthesizing data for analytical purposes
- Personal maturity, interpersonal skills, adaptability, and ability to accept and learn from developmental feedback
- A team player with good time management skills and the ability to work in various tracks in parallel
- Solid written and verbal communication skills in English. Knowledge of either German, French or Spanish at business working level would be an advantage
- Any knowledge of the Retail and Leisure industries would be a plus, but is not a condition

**Return to Work**
Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

**Grade Level**:Grade 11 (for Internal Purposes)

**The Location**: Paris, Frankfurt or Madrid

**S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. **We provide the world's leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you'll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape.

**S&P Global Ratings **offers critical insights for credit, risk and sustainable finance solutions that are essential to translating complexity into clarity, so market participants can uncover opportunities.
- **Equal Opportunity Employer**
- 202 - Middle Professional (EEO Job Group) (inactive), 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), RATNGS202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group)

**Job ID**: 276996

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