Analyst/Senior Analyst - San Francisco at Fitch Inc in San Francisco, California

Job Description:

At Fitch, we have an open culture where employees are able to exchange ideas and perspectives, throughout the organization, irrespective of their seniority. Your voice will be heard allowing you to have a real impact. We embrace diversity and appreciate authenticity, employees work in an environment where they can be their true selves. Our inclusive and progressive approach helps us to keep a balanced perspective.

With our expertise, we are not only creating data and information, but also producing timely insights from every angle to influence decision making in this ever changing and highly competitive market. We have a relentless hunger to innovate and unlock the power of human insights and to drive value for our customers. There has never been a better time to make an impact and we invite you to join us on this journey.

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch Ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide have helped fund a century of growth and enables you to make important credit judgments with confidence.

Role Description:

Fitch Ratings is seeking a credit analyst with project finance related experience, ideally in the transportation, energy and public infrastructure sectors. The successful candidate will cover credits in Fitch's Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Group, or GIG. Fitch's GIG Group is a leader in transportation, energy, public-private partnerships, sports and project finance credit analysis, providing accurate and timely research.

The position will involve analytical work on credits across all sectors and regions covered by the GIG group. In particular, the position will focus on North American credits in both the PPP space and the U.S municipal finance market. The group maintains over 300 public and private ratings in North America, including project finance transactions, allowing for high visibility and growth potential for the successful candidate.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leading ratings analysis and research on new and existing transactions;
• Gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and legal documents for the purpose of producing ratings, publishing credit reports, and contributing to special research reports;
• In conjunction with senior team members, meeting with senior management of issuing entities and/or project sponsors, investment bankers and financial advisors, to produce ratings and reports for general publication;
• Evaluating innovative credit structures and participating in global criteria development;
• Identifying relevant trends, assessing their credit impact and highlighting these trends in updated industry and market focused reports/presentations.

Position requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Business or Public Administration is preferred;
• Minimum 1 year of professional level work experience in project and/or public finance, engineering or related fields (excluding internships); seniority of role will be DOE.
• Proven credit skills (gained in a bank credit department, a rating agency, buy side credit department, etc.) in public infrastructure, energy and/or project finance;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment;
• Strong organizational and presentation skills;
• Thorough familiarity with spreadsheet-based financial models;
• Ability to comprehend and present complex structures.

Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation, we are comprised of three main businesses: Fitch Ratings | Fitch Solutions | Fitch Learning.

For more information please visit our websites: www.fitchratings.com | www.fitchsolutions.com | www.fitchlearning.com

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch's credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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