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Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Our data, analytical solutions and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others. We believe that greater transparency, more informed decisions, and fair access to information open the door to shared progress. Moody’s combines international presence with local expertise and over a century of experience in financial markets.
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Moody’s Investors Service is among the world’s most respected and widely utilized sources for credit ratings and research. Our opinions and analysis on a broad range of credit obligors and obligations are valued around the world for their insight and rigor.
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Department
The Ratings & Research Support department is responsible for producing analytical inputs in support of Moody’s Ratings and Research function. In addition, this department will provide support for surveillance requirements and partner with R&R to provide the necessary support for issuer and investor interactions.
Role/Responsibilities
The Role
As an Associate Analyst 3 (AA3), you will be a part of a global team of over 600+ Associate Analysts. Your role as an AA3 within the RRS will help to broaden your horizons into topics such as the rating process, contributing to credit documents, formulating ratios, and comparative statistics.
This role provides an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the success of the Ratings & Research Support (RRS) and Ratings & Research (R&R) teams, by providing a range of analytical support services that contributes to the overall credit analysis function performed by these teams. To that end, Associates provide credit analysis in the form of discrete pieces of analytical work.
As an Associate Analyst 3 you will:
- Join one of Moody’s Structured Finance teams depending on your background and Moody’s business need
- Receive analytical and professional onboarding by the Moody’s Credit Academy program plus on-going training, including selective cross-training in different asset classes or sector
- Support senior lead analysts across different offices with financial modeling and preparation of rating committees, publications such as press releases, credit opinions, research and investor outreach materials
- Be mentored by senior lead analysts to further develop your analytical skills
Key Responsibilities
- Perform preliminary credit analysis to support ratings, research, analytical outreach and presentations, following guidance provided by RRS Team Manager.
- Develop working knowledge of Moody’s methodologies in order to apply to credit analysis.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and identify key factors that affect issue and issuer credit ratings under full supervision and guidance from the RRS Team Manager.
- Support credit monitoring/surveillance of issuers by e.g. preparing data for surveillance, periodically updating preliminary components of analysis, and initiating/escalating deeper credit reviews when necessary.
- Perform certain routine administrative and other ad hoc credit-related tasks as directed by RRS Team Manager.
- Work as a team with other associates in RRS, and lead analysts in R&R, under overall supervision of RRS Team Manager.
Examples of analytical work include:
- Preparing financial spreadsheets and charts, analyzing data and financial statements, running models and tools, and writing analytical commentary in accordance with Moody’s methodologies.
- Identifying trends in data and use analytical ability, applying judgment to form well thought out credit conclusions.
Qualifications
- Completed minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and available to work full time in Q1 2023
- Preferably some relevant experience (including internships)
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Strong organizational skills
- High attention to detail
- Demonstrate knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Statistical language knowledge and technical skills, a strong plus
- Solid verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment and prioritize tasks accordingly
Moody’s 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.
Candidates for Moody’s Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.
