About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 11 The Team: We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our EMEA Utilities Ratings group at the Senior Analyst level. The team's focus is on fundamental credit analysis of both regulated and unregulated Utilities businesses in EMEA across the gas, electricity, waste and water sectors. The Impact: The successful candidate will assume direct analytical responsibility for a portfolio of credits in the region, conducting meetings with management, preparing the analysis, and presenting a rating recommendation to committee. They will also be expected to make contribute to the group's research and other publishing efforts, including cooperation with other groups within S&P Global ratings. What you stand to Gain: A diverse mix of analytical challenges; Take the lead on sectorial or regional publications; Cooperation with analysts across EMEA; Interact with large utilities' top management teams; Work on exciting projects related to criteria development; Responsibilities: Manage and maintain surveillance on a rating portfolio of credits and support the team in its day to day activities, notably data gathering activities. Perform credit analysis demonstrating the ability to understand and identify key factors that affect issue and issuer credit ratings, through the application of the relevant S&P Global Ratings criteria. Lead new transaction and issuer ratings analysis and deliver outcomes in a timely, orderly and insightful manner. Develop and maintain an understanding of industry trends and issues. Take responsibility for ratings as a primary analyst. Take the lead on meetings and interact with senior management of issuers to obtain information upon which to base credit rating decisions. Prepare the rating committee documentation, present findings and opinions to a credit rating committee. Prepare a variety of material suitable for publication on S&P Global Ratings credit portal and other media (such as rating trends reports, press releases, and detailed commentaries) sufficient to disseminate and explain our ratings on a timely basis. Support the team in its day to day activities, notably data gathering activities. Share specific analytical expertise, any useful know how, and ideas to improve group operations. Maintain integrity of analytical or compliance related databases as appropriate. What We're Looking For: Basic Qualifications: Have strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of financial statements and accounting concepts. An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3-5 years of experience. Be numerate and accurate with figures and detail orientated with the ability to maintain accuracy whilst complying with deadlines. Be proficient at working with financial models. Be educated to degree level in a relevant business related field. Fluency in English (written and verbal) along with fluent (written and verbal) German language skills. The ability to work both independently and within a team environment is critical. Be willing to travel, sometimes at short notice. Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of Utilities or Infrastructure would be desirable. A relevant Master's degree, CFA or financial qualification would be desirable. About S&P Global Ratings At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions. S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings What's In It For You? Our Purpose: Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world. Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress. Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. 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Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision - https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf 202 - Middle Professional (EEO Job Group) (inactive), 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), RATNGS202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group) Job ID: 310480 Posted On: 2024-12-23 Location: Frankfurt, Germany