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 encouraging an environment where employees can be their true selves. Our inclusive and progressive approach helps us to keep a balanced perspective.Fitch is also committed to supporting its employees by advancing conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion. Fitch's Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) have been established by employees who have joined together as a workplace community based on similar backgrounds or life experiences. Fitch's ERGs are available to connect employees with others within the organization to offer professional and personal support. 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.Australia/New Zealand Structured Finance and Covered Bonds is currently seeking a Associate Director based out of our Sydney office.The Australian Structured Finance (SF) and Covered Bonds (CVB) team is currently a team of 16 analysts covering all asset classes in Australian and New Zealand SF and CVB.What We Offer:Join an experienced team;Exposure to majority of issuers in the market;Variety of work with ability to work on multiple asset classes (as well as new asset classes and issuers), in both rating new transactions as a well as monitoring existing transactions;Great development opportunity for someone looking to continue to develop their career in SF/CvB.We'll Count on You To:Rating new transactions, including looking at new asset classes and issuers;Ensure all structured finance transactions/CvB programmes are reviewed on a continuous 12-month schedule and all transactions/programmes have been reviewed at least once a year by the due date:Provide timely market/transaction performance commentary;Manage queries from issuers/bankers/investors – represent Fitch and communicate effectively with external transaction parties;Performing data analysis in excel;Executing Fitch generated models;Preparing analytical documentation based on Fitch templates;Presenting analytical documentation and communicate comments and opinions in committee effectively;Preparing press releases based on Fitch templates;Participate in originator/servicer review meetings;Adhoc projects/reporting and author reports.What You Need to Have:A minimum of 5 years structured finance experience from an issuer, arranger or trustee (preference in a credit or analytical related role) where the role required;The candidate to work in excel to manipulate, transform and perform calculation to generate an analytical result to support their proposal / recommendations;The candidate to prepare documentation to support their proposals / recommendations;Intermediate excel skills with knowledge of following functionality (vlookup(), sumif(), if(), index(), match() etc;Strong time management skills and a high level of attention to detail.What Would Make You Stand Out:Australian/New Zealand specific SF/CvB markets experience;Ability to mentor junior staff.Why Fitch?At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. Our global network of colleagues comes together to accomplish things greater than they ever could alone.Every team member is essential to our business and each perspective is critical to our success. We embrace a diverse culture that encourages a free exchange of ideas, guaranteeing your voice will be heard and your work will have an impact, regardless of seniority.We are building incredible things at Fitch and we invite you to join us on our 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 our clients to make important credit judgements with confidence.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: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 Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law. Be careful - Don't provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs. Don't transfer any money or complete suspicious online surveys. If you see something suspicious, report this job ad .
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