Research Assistant, Emea Corporate Ratings, Leveraged Finance

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 08
**The Team**:
The EMEA Leveraged Finance team are experts with respect to the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. Within Leveraged Finance, the credit estimate function produces an abbreviated credit analysis (such as Credit Estimates, Private Credit Analysis and Mid-Market Evaluations) as an input to support the analysis of Structured Credit (CLOs), project finance or as stand-alone credit ratings work. The team also undertakes data analysis in support of analytical publishing and (supports the sector teams in recovery analysis.
**The Impact**:
The analyses you produce will be used by other S&P teams to rate Collateralized Loan Obligations, and by our clients to evaluate the credit quality of their overall loan portfolios.
CLO Investors and Managers rely on our evaluation of middle market companies. Although our credit opinions are not publicly disclosed, they have a tremendous impact not only on the credit quality of the CLOs we rate but also on the ability of small businesses to borrow from an important segment of the financial markets.
As a Credit Estimate Research Assistant, you will analyse companies across a variety of sectors and you will learn the most important determinants of credit quality for small and medium sized companies.
**What you stand to Gain**:
Opportunities to work with a global team and hands on high impact credit experience.

**Responsibilities**:
Analyse company financials and prepare daily company evaluations for review by senior analysts.
Assist with detailed financial analysis for use in reports and related materials for S&P Global Ratings publications.
Work within a global team of analysts to analyse pertinent financial, operational and industry data to determine Credit Estimates.
As a Credit Estimates Research Assistant, you will initially spend most of your time learning the methodology by which S&P performs credit analysis and getting familiar with our analytical tools and processes. You will focus on analysing a number of diverse companies and learn how to evaluate credit quality as efficiently as possible.
As you gain experience, you may deal with investors directly and work on research projects.
**What We’re Looking For**:
Analytical skills, especially financial statement and quantitative analysis.
Some commercial credit or financial services analytical experience. An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 1+ years of experience.
A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Commerce, Business or Mathematics.
Fluency in English (written and verbal) along with fluent (written and verbal) French and/or Dutch language skills.
Strong Excel skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Progress towards CFA/MBA 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 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.
What’s In It For You?
**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.
**Our People**:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
**Our Values**:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to