Senior Analyst

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 11
**The Team**:
You will join a dynamic team of 21 analysts located across London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, and Madrid. This team focuses on the Retail, Food, and Leisure industries in Europe, which includes food manufacturers, apparel and specialty retailers, restaurants, travel, lodging, parks, gaming, and sports companies. A significant number of the companies we analyse are owned by private equity investors, resulting in highly leveraged capital structures and a very high proportion of high yield credits. Our work is fast-paced and driven by continuous credit events, as a result of shifting consumption patterns, changes in operating performance or in local regulations, dividend recapitalizations, and refinancing and M&A transactions. As part of a highly collaborative environment, you will play a critical role in ensuring sound ratings and rating transitions for a portfolio of 12-14 EMEA-based corporates.
**The Impact**:
As a Senior Analyst, you will have the opportunity to significantly influence the credit ratings process within the European Retail, Food, and Leisure industries. Your work will directly contribute to S&P Global Ratings' reputation as the leading credit rating agency in these industries. You will be responsible for developing your analytical and communication skills to become the primary analyst on your assigned names, ensuring adherence to high quality and compliance standards throughout the rating process.
**What You Stand to Gain**:
This position offers a unique opportunity to engage with senior management teams of major corporate entities and investors in the EMEA region. You will develop strong relationships with issuers, intermediaries, and investors, enhancing your professional network. Additionally, you will gain valuable experience in a high-pressure environment, allowing you to refine your skills in credit analysis and stakeholder management.

**Responsibilities**:
Manage a large portfolio of issuers, supported by your Lead Analyst, and develop the necessary analytical and communication skills to be the primary analyst on these names.
Interact with senior officials of issuers during Management Meetings and participate in Rating Committees.
Contribute to team initiatives aimed at improving efficiencies and ensuring high-quality output.
All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week.
**What We're Looking For**:
A bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; an MBA, CFA, or advanced degree is preferred.
Relevant work experience in conducting corporate credit analysis for high yield entities, ideally gained in an investing institution, asset manager, commercial or investment bank, audit firm, or rating agency.
Knowledge of the Retail, Food, or Leisure sectors will be advantageous.
A team player with excellent time management skills, capable of managing competing priorities and working across multiple tasks concurrently.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to represent S&P Global Ratings professionally in meetings with senior management, rating advisors, and investors. Solid written and verbal communication skills in English are required; fluency in French or German will be a clear advantage.
Ability to uphold high quality and compliance standards in a regulated environment.
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About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
**S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE**: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
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