Associate, Financial Institutions

**S&P Global Ratings** **Associate, Financial Institutions - Frankfurt** We are looking for a highly skilled individual to join our Financial Institutions Ratings team in Frankfurt. **The Role**: - **Analytical excellence**:You will assume responsibility for a portfolio of mostly financial institutions German speaking and Central and Eastern 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 improvement of our work environment. **The Impact**: - Ratings: You assume analytic oversight responsibility for a broad and complex portfolio of credits, ensuring a consistently high level of analytic quality, - People: You are a team player promoting a positive team atmosphere as well as analytical and client service excellence. - Issuers: You will be the first and most important contact with the issuer handling the day-to-day analytical relationship. - External: In coordination with the Lead Analyst and Analytical Manager you may communicate our thought leadership and credit stories via appropriate channels (e.g., publications, speeches, conference presentations, media interviews, social media etc), **The Career Opportunity**: - You will have the opportunity to further developing into an industry expert by covering a diverse portfolio of complex credits. **The Team / The Business**: - As an Associate you will join a highly experienced, skilled, diverse, innovative, and international team. - The team is part of the EMEA Sovereign and Financial Services Group, which performs surveillance on all EMEA based Sovereign, International Public Finance, Insurance, and Financial Institutions ratings. **Requirements**: - Strong written and oral communication skills in German and English are essential. Fluency in other European languages will be an advantage. - Degree level in a relevant business-related field, a relevant Master's degree, CFA/FRM or financial qualification would be desirable. - Demonstrable 3-5 years' of expertise in financial institutions analysis or comparable experience. - 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. **Our hiring manager says**: - "Working as a bank rating analyst is changing materially with more focus on ESG, tech disruption, new competitors and even more global banking markets. This position offers a great opportunity of show-casing being a role model in analytics while being open to learn about new areas every day." (Markus Schmaus, Analytical Manager) LI-FS2 **Return to Work** Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative (link to career site page when available), we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace. **Grade Level**: Grade 11 (for internal purposes) **Location**:Frankfurt **S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. **We provide the world's leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you'll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt t