Associate Director Criteria

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A role which will provide a unique opportunity to look at credit ratings from a first principle basis, and to understand and develop rating methodologies across a range of corporate, infrastructure and financial sectors.

Job description:

• Formulate credit framework and rating criteria leveraging team which would be used by analysts to recommend ratings
• Take feedback from market (lender, issuers, market intermediaries) and analytical team regarding sectors to formulate criteria
• Have the criteria team analysts test the proposed credit criteria with data and present the results to a credit committee comprising senior management
• Articulate the credit framework in criteria committee and defend the same
• Internal and external presentations on the credit criteria
• Drive thought leadership by authoring articles/opinion pieces on bond markets
• Engage with market participants by sharing perspectives on our thought leadership articles
• Mentor and groom analysts in team
• Conduct training to analytical teams on criteria and handle ad-hoc queries

Requirements:

• Exceptional analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and analytical writing skills
• Strong domain expertise across multiple sectors
• Self-starter and strong learning orientation
• Inquisitive mind and ability to question the status quo
• 6-10 years of credit rating experience, preferably in large corporates
• Strong team and stakeholder management skills
• Good grasp of statistical concepts is desirable