Associate: Global Infrastructure Ratings

Associate: Global Infrastructure Ratings

The Team:
The establishment of the Global Infrastructure ratings practice by S&P Global Ratings was to facilitate an expansion of our ratings franchise in an area of strong growth and to leverage our significant global infrastructure expertise across the full range of infrastructure asset classes. Analytical team members reside in 16 locations globally and work on a diverse range of transactions applying different ratings criteria, predominantly for project finance and corporate debt issuers. We also work on transactions in partnership with other practices on a regular basis. Effective teamwork and a thoughtful approach to problem-solving are highly valued.

The North American Energy Infrastructure ratings team is a high-growth and fast-paced environment with a collaborative and friendly atmosphere. The primary sector focus is on project financing, public-private partnerships (P3s) for power, transport and social accommodations, midstream, refining, unregulated power, and LNG. Teams apply a range of analyses, including corporate, project finance, and project developer criteria.

The Role:
We are currently looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our growing and dynamic North American Energy Infrastructure ratings team as an Associate based in New York or Toronto. The role includes maintaining analytical responsibility for a portfolio of rated issuers as well as managing the external relationship with those issuers. Your ability to confidently and knowledgeably respond to analytic questions, as well as to credibly and consistently represent S&P Global Ratings in management meetings and with investors will have a significant impact on the organization as a whole.

Key Responsibilities:

An Associate within the Global Infrastructure Practice undertakes rigorous analytical work and is proficient in conducting research and fundamental credit analysis, analyzing financial statements, building financial models and forecasts, and writing analytical reports on rated corporate and project finance entities. The successful candidate can work effectively in a fast-paced environment, possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, is customer-oriented, and demonstrates excellent presentation skills in front of internal and external audiences.

Specifically, in this role, you will:

• Act as the Primary Analyst on a portfolio of credits
• Ongoing surveillance and rating recommendations
• Presentation of analytical findings to internal and external constituencies
• Be proficient in multiple criteria including project finance, corporates, and project developers
• Work on new issuers, rating evaluations services, ESG evaluations, and green bond evaluations
• Contribute to commentaries to leadership articles
• Work with junior team members; including coaching, training, and mentoring

The successful candidate will be comfortable in an environment of continuous improvement and high customer service standards while adhering to established ratings criteria, policies, and procedures.

What we are looking for:
Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Solid, demonstrable experience (3+ years) within a large commercial bank, investment bank, investing institution/asset manager, rating agency, or an audit company working in the field of credit analysis of multinational corporations.
• Working knowledge of project finance and P3 structures and/or energy infrastructure including unregulated power, midstream, refining, and LNG
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills as well as the capacity to expand, learn, and, contribute
• Excellent problem-solving and tim- management skills
• Possess the ability to coach and mentor junior analytical staff in a constructive manner
• Strong Excel/Word/PowerPoint and database application skills.
• Ability to prepare forecasts based upon reasoned assumptions will be required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or post-graduate in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, and/or CFA preferred
• Programming skills including Python

U.S. Location: New York, NY
Canada Location: Toronto, ON.
Sponsorship is not available, This role is limited to persons with the indefinite right to work in the United States or Canada.

Grade Level: 11 (for internal purposes only )

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.

Compensation/Benefits Information: (US ONLY)
S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $85, 700 to $170,400. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location.
This role is eligible to receive S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits, we provide to our employees, visit https://spgbenefits.com/ourbenefits

About Company Statement:
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 to a changing economic landscape.
S&P Global Ratings offers critical insights for credit, risk, and sustainable finance solutions that are essential to translating complexity into clarity, so market participants can uncover opportunities.

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Equal Opportunity Employer
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law.

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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: 279079
Posted On: 2023-01-05
Location: New York, New York, United States