Rating Analyst, Corporate Ratings

S&P Global Ratings Rating Analyst, Corporate Ratings We are looking for a credit analyst to join our team, to be based in Ramat Gan, Israel. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate analytical excellence, and good presentation skills in front of internal and external audiences and maintain and enhance the quality and timeliness of our analysis. Moreover, you must demonstrate an ability to represent S&P in a highly professional manner to global investors. You will be required to prepare and perform meetings with senior management teams to extract and assess information relating to credit quality and to explain our credit rating opinions. Strong presentation and organizational skills are also required to present detailed information and reasoned opinions to our credit rating committees. The Real Estate and Israel Diversified team is a dynamic and fast-growing group consisting of 22 analysts across several major offices in EMEA. Our analysts cover around 180 issuers, of which most of them are corporate Real Estate issuers in Europe and Israel and the remaining are diversified corporate credits rated in Israel. Key responsibilities will include: • Perform credit analysis demonstrating the ability to understand and identify key factors that affect issue and issuer credit ratings, through the application of the relevant S&P Global Corporate Ratings criteria. • Preparation of credit papers and financial modelling, for rating committees. • Participate in new transaction and issuer ratings analysis and deliver outcomes in a timely, orderly, and insightful manner. • Develop and maintain an understanding of Real Estate industry characteristics, key participants, trends and emerging risks and opportunities. • Attend meetings and interact with issuers to obtain information upon which to base credit rating decisions. • Prepare research reports including corporate issuer rating reports and sector commentaries for external market publication. • Perform portfolio reviews in conjunction with the rest of the team. • Support our publishing and investor outreach activities. • Share expertise, useful know how, and ideas to support continuous improvement. • Assist with ad-hoc projects as required. • In time, take responsibility for a portfolio of ratings as a primary analyst. Qualifications/Experience: • Be educated to degree level in a relevant business-related field; a relevant Master’s degree, CFA or financial qualification would be desirable. • Around 2 years prior credit analysis experience, preferably in corporate credit analysis. • Good analytical skills with a solid understanding of financial statements, cash flow modelling and accounting concepts. • Ability to understand and analyze financing agreements and documentation. • Well organized and detail orientated with the ability to maintain accuracy whilst complying with deadlines. • Prior experience with financial statement analysis and financial modelling. • Possess solid communication skills, verbal and written. • Fluent written and oral communication skills in English and Hebrew. • The ability to work both independently and within a team environment is critical. • Ability to prepare forecasts based upon reasoned assumptions will be required. • Prior knowledge of the Real Estate sector would be an advantage.
LI-SB1 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 9 (for internal purposes) Location: Israel - Tel Aviv 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- 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: [email protected] 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. ----------------------------------------------------------- 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), RATNGS202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group) Job ID: 266773 Posted On: 2022-04-03 Location: Ramat-Gan, Israel