Being part of the Data & Analytics function provides a unique opportunity to foster skills that are valuable to any future career in the financial services industry.
This will be an internally facing role, reporting into the team manager.
**Responsibilities**:
Perform analysis to support ratings, research, analytical outreach.
Examples of work include:
- Perform various data intake tasks, including scrubbing, validating the data for further use in research and ratings
- Responsible for reviewing and understanding financial reports, official statements and other documents related to issuers' performance
- Work directly with ratings and support analysts to understand data capture requirements, adjustments and other information needed by the rating team for ratings and research
- Gather data from various sources (sometimes unstructured), update relevant databases, escalate or resolve issues
- Complete simple deliverables such as newsletters, database maintenance, more complex or high profile admin or other ad-hoc support with oversight
Credit:
- Basic understanding of how data fits into methodologies
- Ability to read, understand and interpret financial metrics reported by rated entities
Stakeholder Management:
- Interact with team members, direct managers and limited other stakeholders
Project Management:
- Develop working knowledge of more than one simple project/deliverable with guidance
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelors/Masters in Finance, Business, Accounting or similar field
- Relevant experience of up to 2 years in credit/financial data analysis and interpretation; experience in fundamental finance or accounting will be an added advantage
- Microsoft Office skills, in particular intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
- Fluency in English with good written and verbal communication skills; good interpersonal skills
- _ Language skills may be required for certain positions_