Associate – SFG null

Job Description

Moody’s empowers people to make better decisions and achieve brighter futures. This is what motivates us to bring out the best in our products and our people. Join us. Forward Together.

Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) is a globally integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Our data, analytical solutions, and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others. We believe that greater transparency, more informed decisions, and fair access to information open the door to shared progress.

At Moody’s, we’re taking action. We’re hiring diverse talent and providing underrepresented groups with equitable opportunities in their careers. We’re educating, empowering, and elevating our people, and creating a workplace where each person can be their true selves, reach their full potential and thrive on every level.

Moody’s Investors Service is among the world’s most respected and widely utilized sources for credit ratings and research. Our Culture focuses on Excellence and embodies behavioral qualities such as Integrity, Responsiveness, Collaboration, Respect, and Passion.

Role/Responsibilities

The Associate role provides a range of analytical support services that contributes to the overall credit analysis function performed by the Structured Finance Line of Business.

Prospective candidates will have good exposure to capital markets, fixed income in particular, and a general understanding of securitization.

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate their ability to work effectively in a team environment. The ideal candidate for this role will possess strong organizational skills, demonstrate attention to detail, and enjoy working in a collaborative team environment.

The Associate position provides a unique opportunity to foster skills that are valuable to any future career in the financial services industry. This will be an internally facing role, reporting to the Team Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform preliminary analysis to support ratings, research, analytical outreach: Examples of analytical work include:
• Data analysis for underlying loans such as residential, commercial mortgages, etc. Identify trends/deviations in data and use analytical ability to form well thought out credit conclusions
• Data analytics to support thematic research
• Develop a working knowledge of Moody’s methodologies to support various analyses
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and identify key factors that affect issuer credit ratings under full supervision and guidance from the team manager.
• Support monitoring/surveillance of issuers by e.g. preparing data for surveillance, periodically updating preliminary components of analysis
• Perform certain routine administrative and other ad-hoc tasks.

Qualifications

• Minimum graduate degree; Preferably a post-graduate degree in finance, economics, mathematics, or any other related discipline
• Relevant experience in a credit/financial institution will be beneficial
• Attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple ongoing tasks

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody’s Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings under Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.