Associate, Ratings Analytical (Corporate)

Associate, Ratings Analytical (Corporate)
Candidate with less experience will be considered as Associate.

The Role: You will act in a senior analytical position, covering a portfolio of leading regional corporate issuers. As a primary analyst for credits in the corporate sectors, you will not only perform analytical work and write reports, but also demonstrate your analytical insight to internal and external audiences in an international working environment.

The Impact: You will analyze original, non-routine and complex situations in a timely, orderly and insightful manner. Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of industry trends and issues.

The Career Opportunity: This is a great opportunity for experienced professionals within the financial industry to lead criteria and analytical projects, participating in determining department strategies and priorities.
The Team / The Business: You will be part of a global and multicultural team.

Your Skills: Bachelor degree is required, and MBA or CFA is preferable. You must have a good understanding of financial markets, business environment and relevant regulations in Greater China.

Our Hiring Manager says: "I'm looking for the kind of person who has significant experience within the financial industry. You will play a key role within the Analytical team assisting resolving client's needs and assess client's quarterly financial projections and business plan."

Responsibilities:

• Primary analyst for a portfolio of credits
• Actively participate in rating committees. Present findings and opinions to a rating committee
• Attend meetings and interact with senior management of corporations to obtain information upon which to base credit rating decisions
• Actively participate in regional and global analytical work groups to maintain and enhance our analytical industry expertise
• Prepare a variety of materials suitable for publication (rating reports, press releases) to disseminate and explain our ratings on a timely basis
• Prepare commentaries/ papers on areas of expertise for publication
• Participate actively in publishing and sector outreach activities
• Share knowledge/ participate in initiatives to improve group operations (through sharing analytical expertise, coaching to more junior staff, project work)
• Act as back-up analyst as required by team leader, attending meetings in support of colleagues, providing cover for colleagues who are temporarily unavailable due to holidays or business travel
• Cooperate with non-analytical staff to ensure that the process dimension of the analytical process is properly executed
• Demonstrate service excellence and professionalism towards external and internal clients.

Qualifications:

• With financial, economic, business or accounting degrees or CFA
• With 5-10 years of significant experience in financial services, credit or a relevant industry sector
• Knowledge: strong analytical capability with solid credit analysis background
• Personal skills: strong verbal and written communication skills, team player, good time management Language: Fluent in written and spoken English and Mandarin
• To handle multi tasks or projects with tight timeline
• To meet regular surveillance timeliness needs and also to act on ad hoc or unexpected events and projects
• To tackle heavy workload with limited resources
• Ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-changing, global and regulated environment
• Willingness to travel, sometimes at short notice

202 - Middle Professional (EEO Job Group) (inactive), 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), RATNGS202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 262155
Posted On: 2021-07-26
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong