Senior Analyst - Alternative Funds in City of London

The Team: You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team environment working across the Financial Institutions (FI) Team with colleagues based in London, Paris, Dublin. Reporting to the Analytical Manager for Structured Credit and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), the team is an integral part of the EMEA Structured Finance Group. Your role will involve building strong relationships with peers and contributing to a culture of excellence and innovation. The successful candidate will be based in London.

The Impact: The successful applicant will significantly enhance our ability to efficiently and effectively serve our clients by demonstrating exceptional analytical skills and the capacity to provide relevant, insightful, and compelling analysis. You will play a crucial role in shaping the credit ratings landscape by delivering high-quality reports and insights that influence decision-making at the highest levels.

What You Stand to Gain: This role offers a high level of analytical challenge and professional growth opportunities. You will gain direct exposure to top management of banks and leading global investors and have the opportunity to work on research across different European and global markets in collaboration with leading industry experts. The position provides a platform to deepen your expertise in credit analysis and broaden your understanding of various asset types.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end ratings process for Alternative Investment Funds, acting as the primary contact for issuers and handling daily analytical relationships.
• Lead meetings with companies' top management and prepare materials for presentation to the S&P rating committee, ensuring a thorough understanding of the rating outcomes.
• Publish high-quality, forward-looking rating reports and author or co-author research pieces that provide deep insights into the sector.
• Communicate thought leadership and credit stories through various channels, including publications, speeches, conference presentations, media interviews, and social media, in coordination with the Sector Lead and Analytical Manager.
• Incorporate forward-looking views into your research and presentations, considering dynamically changing parameters such as ESG, digital disruption, and transformation of business models.
• Identify internal innovation and process improvements to continuously enhance the work environment and analytical processes.
• Promote a positive team atmosphere by being a team player and upholding analytical and client service excellence.
• Monitor facility performance and update relevant monitoring information.

All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week. We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in the Fund Finance space, with relevant industry experience in securitization, CLO, or credit analysis.
• Demonstrate good understanding of the fund finance business models, reporting, securitization and financial markets.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret large volumes of data.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, in English.
• Proactive and self-starting attitude, with the ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Attention to detail and ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights.
• Experience in managing and interpreting data for analytical purposes.
• Solid time management skills and the ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment.
• Strong Excel skills including formulas and functions such as VLOOKUP, pivot tables, data filters.
• Good/advanced knowledge of VBA, Python and/or R is a distinctive advantage.

Benefits and About Us: 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. We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That's why we provide everything you-and your career-need to thrive at S&P Global. Our benefits include: Health & Wellness; Flexible Downtime; Continuous Learning; Invest in Your Future; Family Friendly Perks; Beyond the Basics.