Senior Analyst- Financial Institutions

at  SP Global

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ABOUT THE ROLE:

Grade Level (for internal use): 11
The Role: Senior Analyst- Financial Institutions
The Team
The team is part of the EMEA Sovereign / Financial Services / International Public Finance / Structured Finance Group, which performs surveillance on all EMEA based Sovereign, International Public Finance, Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Structured Finance ratings.
The Impact
In this role, you will take on the crucial responsibility of overseeing a diverse portfolio of financial institutions credits, maintaining a high standard of analytical quality. As a team player, you will foster a positive atmosphere while striving for excellence in both analysis and client service. Acting as the primary point of contact with issuers, you will manage the daily analytical relationship, ensuring effective communication and support.
What You Stand to Gain
You will have the opportunity to further developing into an industry expert by covering a diverse portfolio of complex credits collaborating with a strong international team. Through this collective effort, you will gain deeper insights into the intricacies of credit analysis, positioning yourself as a trusted authority within the industry. Moreover, exposure to a wide array of credit scenarios and challenges will equip you with the versatility and adaptability necessary to navigate the dynamic landscape of finance effectively.
Responsibilities
Analytical excellence: You will assume responsibility for a portfolio of financial institutions mostly in Northern Europe.
Surveillance: Arranging review meetings for all financial institutions assigned in line with financial institutions surveillance standards will be part of the role. You will contribute to portfolio reviews for sector(s) and you are in charge reviewing debt programs and assigned issue ratings.
Committee: You will review the assigned portfolio in a timely manner in line with surveillance standards.
Publications: Updating and publishing high quality and forward-looking full rating reports and rating rationale summaries will be your priority. In addition, you will keep bank industry country risk assessment (BICRA) reports up to date. You are expected to author or co-author high quality research pieces.
Customer Service: You aim to provide clients with client service excellence adding value to management meetings and through board presentation. Where the assigned issuer is part of a group, you coordinate with other group financial services analysts to establish a timetable for reviews.
Organisational Efficiency: You conduct time-efficient surveillance of credits and sectors. On-the job training is part of your work ethic’s DNA.
Innovation: You are expected absorbing the dynamically changing parameters of bank analysis (ESG, digital disruption, transformation of business models) and include forward-looking views into your research and committee presentations. You identify internal innovation and process improvements to promote an ongoing development of our work environment.
Team player: You find it easy to connect to and collaborate with your colleagues, issuers, and other stakeholder building on your strong set of emotional intelligence and curiosity.
What We’re Looking For
Strong written and oral communication skills in Swedish and English are essential. Fluency in other (Northern) European languages will be an advantage.
Degree level in a relevant business-related field, a relevant Master’s degree, CFA/FRM, or similar would be desirable.
Demonstrable 3-5 years of expertise in financial institutions analysis.
Numerate and accurate with figures and detail-orientated, with ability to maintain accuracy whilst complying with potentially tight deadlines.
Strong organizational skills and execution mind-set
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to represent S&P as primary analyst in meetings.
Capable facilitating and leading (virtual) meetings with senior issuer / industry experts and willing to travel, sometimes at short notice.
Computer literate having strong Excel/Word/PowerPoint and database application skills
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.
For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings
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