Associate Director, Structured Finance

S&P Global • Chicago, NY

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role presents an opportunity to contribute to a team at the forefront of ratings innovation focused on structured finance. Financial markets are constantly evolving, and S&P is creating a team to ensure we can provide our credit opinions in a timely fashion on new and innovative structures and risks. The role supports the timely delivery of high-quality credit opinions on innovative and complex structured finance transactions, while maintaining analytical consistency and rigor across rating practices.

Requirements

• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have minimum of 3+ years’ experience in structured finance and credit analysis experience
• Ability to consider relative creditworthiness outside of a typical criteria context
• The ability to consider new asset and structural risks in the context of our rating principles
• Diligent and intellectually curious self-starter with a strong work ethic and a drive to succeed.
• Strong proficiency with Excel, financial models, and financial data.
• Strong understanding of financial markets and their relationship to S&P products.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and solve non-routine problems in a timely and insightful manner.
• Ability to multi-task and manage deadlines under time pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a collaborative team.
• Excellent research skills
• Experience with cash flow modeling
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or CFA
• Knowledge of cash flow modeling and programming languages (e.g. C++, MATLAB, Python, R or VBA) and strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform rigorous analytical work, research, fundamental credit analysis and writing of analytical reports on structured finance and cross-practice transactions.
• Interact with market participants to educate external stakeholders about S&P’s analytical approaches and assess analytical proposals on novel structures and presentation of analytical findings to internal and external constituencies.
• Collaborate with analytic teams from different practices & regions to provide rating solutions for complex & esoteric transactions.
• Serve as a primary analyst on new issue and surveillance transactions, completing the end-to-end ratings process.
• Perform cash flow analysis, synthesize results, and present findings in a timely manner in committees.
• Review legal and operating documents to ensure consistency with criteria and identify issues with the transaction structure.
• Provide comments to external parties.
• Actively manage relationships with internal and external clients.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of ratings criteria across structured finance and related practices and be able to handle clients’ analytical questions.
• Actively contribute to our training and outreach efforts, including the completion of timely commentaries, podcasts, and webinars.

Benefits

• 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: It’s 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 awards—small perks can make a big difference.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees