Associate Moody's Local

at  Moodys

LOCATION(S):

• Ing. Butty 240 16th Floor, Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, C1001AFB, AR
  Line Of Business: Regional Organization(REG ORG)
  Entity: Moody’s Investors Service(MIS)
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SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of MS Excel (experience working with VBA is a plus).
• Basic understanding of Python and/or other programming languages related to finance.
• Solid verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills in Spanish.
• Intermediate English speaking and writing capabilities are a plus.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and prioritize tasks accordingly.

EDUCATION

• Minimum undergraduate/first level degree in Economics, Finance, or related fields.

• Perform preliminary credit analysis to support ratings, research, analytical outreach and presentations, following guidance provided by team lead. Examples of analytical work include:
• Preparing financial spreadsheets and charts, analyzing data and financial statements, building and updating financial models and forecasts, and writing analytical commentary in accordance with Moody’s methodologies.
• Identifying trends in data and use analytical ability, applying judgment to form credit conclusions.
• Work with quantitative and statistical models.
• Apply fundamental analysis to sub-sovereign issuers.
• Qualitatively analyze debt indentures and documents.
• Develop working knowledge of Moody’s Local methodologies in order to apply to credit analysis.
• Interpret and analyze financial and macro data to perform the preliminary credit analysis.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and identify key factors that affect credit ratings under the guidance of lead analysts.
• Support credit monitoring/surveillance of issuers by e.g. preparing data for surveillance, periodically updating preliminary components of analysis, and initiating/escalating deeper credit reviews when necessary.
• Perform certain routine administrative and other ad-hoc credit-related tasks as directed by direct supervisor.
• Work as a team with other associates and lead analysts in Moody’s Local under overall supervision of the direct manager.