S&P Global Ratings
Research Assistant - Financial Services, Tel Aviv
We are looking for a highly skilled individual to join our Financial Services (Financial Institutions and Insurance ratings) team in Tel Aviv.
The Role:
- Analytical excellence: You will support a highly skilled analytical team authoring impactful research and performing rating analysis on a complex and diversified portfolio of both banks and non banks financial entities in Israel.
- Surveillance: Joining and preparing review meetings for all entities assigned in line with our surveillance standards will be part of the role. You will contribute to portfolio reviews as part of your assignment.
- Publications: Helping to publish high quality and forward-looking full rating reports and rating rationale summaries will be your priority. In addition, you will support keeping bank industry country risk assessment (BICRA) reports up to date.
- Customer Service: You help your team providing service excellence to clients by adding value to management meetings and through board presentations.
- Organisational Efficiency: You allow the team to conduct time-efficient surveillance of credits and sectors. On-the job training is part of your work ethic’s DNA.
- Innovation: You are expected to absorb the dynamically changing parameters of bank analysis (ESG, digital disruption, transformation of business models). You identify internal innovation needs and process improvements.
- Ratings: You will analytically support a team for a broad and complex portfolio of credits, ensuring a consistently high level of analytic quality.
- People: You are a team player promoting a positive team atmosphere as well as analytical and client service excellence.
- Issuers: You will support the team handling the day-to-day analytical relationship timely and in high quality.
- External: In coordination with the Sector Lead and Analytical Manager you will join teams producing thought leadership pieces and credit stories via appropriate channels (e.g., publications, speeches, conference presentations, media interviews, social media etc).
- You will have the opportunity to further develop into an industry expert covering a diverse portfolio of complex credits eventually.
- As a Research Assistant you will join a highly experienced, skilled, innovative and international team split between Tel Aviv, Milan, Madrid and Paris.
- The team is part of the EMEA Sovereign and Financial Services Group, which performs surveillance on all EMEA based Sovereign, International Public Finance, Insurance, and Financial Institutions ratings.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in Hebrew and English are essential. Fluency in other European languages will be an advantage.
- A degree in Finance/Economics or another relevant subject area, a Master’s degree, CFA/FRM or financial qualification would be desirable.
- Some experience in the field of corporate finance, corporate lending or audit may be a plus.
- Numerate and accurate with figures and detail-orientated, with ability to maintain accuracy whilst complying with potentially tight deadlines.
- Strong organizational skills and execution mind-set.
- Strong interpersonal skills in internal and external meetings.
- Computer literate having strong Excel/Word/PowerPoint and database application skills.
Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.
Grade Level: Grade 8 (for internal purposes)
Location: 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.
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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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Job ID: 286795
Posted On: 2023-05-16
Location: Ramat-Gan, Israel
