Associate

The Role: Associate, U.S. Public Finance - Not-For-Profit Healthcare

The Location: (flexible) Chicago, IL / Dallas, TX / Centennial, CO

The Team: The Not-For-Profit Healthcare team maintains a strong culture of analytical excellence and customer service in a supportive and collegial environment. You will work collaboratively with a national team of analysts on a high profile portfolio of hospital and health system credits.

The Impact: US Public Finance is an important sector of the capital markets and is a key funding source and growth driver for many areas of the US economy. If you are interested in helping to facilitate this growth while challenging yourself in a fast-paced environment, this is the right position for you. This position will give the successful candidate the opportunity to contribute to a strong talent development culture that values integrated and high-impact analysis, service excellence, diversity and empowerment.

What's in it for you:

• Build a career with a global company. This position is a mid-level position, but with expectations for upward mobility.
• You will work on a complex portfolio of credits that will allow you to learn new skill sets
• The Not-For-Profit Healthcare group will provide you with both a macro and micro view of the economy, healthcare landscape and municipal credit. As your career progresses you will have the chance to speak with the media and at conferences or write opinion pieces on the sector.
• We prepare our most successful Associates and Associate Directors to become our future senior analysts that act as spokespersons and senior analytical leaders in sector teams.
• Occasional travel to issuer locations and industry conferences.

Responsibilities:

• This position is key to maintaining our market relevance and meeting our transaction requirements.
• Review financial and operating statements, economic data, and strategic plans for hospitals, health systems and other healthcare related credits
• As an Associate, you are expected to be a thoughtful contributor to credit committee discussions in your role as either primary analyst, backup, or voter. You will act as the primary analyst for increasingly complex credits and transactions and be an active, vocal voting member of the committee who can synthesize analysis into well-reasoned and well-supported rating recommendations to the rating committee and write strong, concise reports supporting our credit opinion.
• The position requires you to interact with high level C-Suite executives, investors, intermediaries, members of the media, and representatives from industry groups, among others.
• You will be responsible for remaining informed and communicate developments and trends in the sector as a whole by delivering S&P's views and opinions on important issues affecting credit quality in the municipal bond market. You will be expected to publish timely and insightful credit reports as well as thought leadership pieces that are more specific to developments for credits in your portfolio or emerging trends in the sector.

What We're Looking For:
Basic Qualifications:

• MBA, MPA, MPP, and/or CFA preferred
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience, with experience in the muni market a plus
• Ability to think independently and critically with strong analytical curiosity, problem-solving and research skills
• Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills in front of internal and external audiences.
• Ability to work in a team environment, as well as independently, with a willingness to expand, learn, and support on team initiatives
• Proactive and organized with excellent time management skills and ability to plan, prioritize and meet numerous deadlines
• Strong understanding of financial reporting and markets including S&P's analytical products and services
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and aptitude for learning new applications/proprietary software

Compensation/Benefits Information (US Applicants Only):

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $67,600 to $190,100. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, visit https://www.spgbenefitessentials.com/newhires .

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

About Company Statement:

S&P Global Ratings
S&P Global Ratings is the world's leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency, and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy ("the Policy") that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy's requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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: 266867
Posted On: 2021-10-12
Location: San Francisco, California, United States