Associate Director - EMEA Utilities Ratings (French speaking)
Associate Director - EMEA Utilities Ratings (French speaking)
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About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
12The Team:
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our EMEA Utilities Ratings group at the Associate Director level. The teams focus is on fundamental credit analysis of both regulated and unregulated Utilities businesses in EMEA across the gas electricity waste and water sectors.
The Impact:
The successful candidate will assume direct analytical responsibility for a portfolio of credits in the region conducting meetings with management preparing the analysis and presenting a rating recommendation to the committee. They will also be expected tocontributeto the groups research and other publishing efforts including cooperation with other groups within S&P Global Ratings.
What You Stand to Gain:
A diverse mix of analytical challenges;
Take the lead on sectorial or regional publications;
Cooperation with analysts across EMEA;
Interact with large utilities top management teams;
Work on exciting projects related to criteria development.
Responsibilities and Impact:
Manage and maintain surveillance on a rating portfolio of credits and support the team in its day-to-day activities notably data gathering activities.
Perform credit analysis demonstrating the ability to understand and identify key factors that affect issue and issuer credit ratings through the application of the relevant S&P Global Ratings criteria.
Lead new transaction and issuer ratings analysis and deliver outcomes in a timely orderly and insightful manner.
Develop and maintain an understanding of industry trends and issues.
Take responsibility for ratings as a primary analyst. Take the lead on meetings and interact with senior management of issuers to obtain information upon which to base credit rating decisions.
Prepare the rating committee documentation present findings and opinions to a credit rating committee.
Prepare a variety of material suitable for publication on S&P Global Ratings credit portal and other media (such as rating trends reports press releases and detailed commentaries) sufficient to disseminate and explain our ratings on a timely basis.
Support the team in its day to day activities notably data gathering activities.
Share specific analytical expertise any useful know how and ideas to improve group operations.
Maintain integrity of analytical or compliance related databases as appropriate.
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.
What Were Looking For:
Basic Required Qualifications:
Have strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of financial statements and accounting concepts. An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3-5 years of experience.
Be numerate and accurate with figures and detail-oriented with the ability to maintain accuracy whilst complying with deadlines.
Be proficient at working with financial models.
Be educated to degree level in a relevant business-related field.
Fluency in English (written and verbal) along with fluent (written and verbal) French language skills.
The capability to navigate and engage in challenging conversations with clarity and empathy.
The ability to work both independently and within a team environment is critical.
Be willing to travel sometimes at short notice.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of the Utilities or Infrastructure sector would be desirable.
A relevant Masters degree CFA or financial qualification would be desirable.
Ability to speak another European language for example Spanish would be desirable.
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 worlds 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 worlds leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow today.
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Our benefits include:
Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay retirement planning a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: Its not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones too with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awardssmall perks can make a big difference.
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