Senior Credit Analyst/ML

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Your role

The Senior Credit Analyst/ML role provides an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the success of Moody's Local, by leading a portfolio of issuers within corporate sectors. The candidate will work on the credit analysis of new and existing issuers from Moody's Local.

The position reports to the Director of Corporate Finance and involves indirect management, coaching, and mentoring of junior analysts.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative assessment of financial documents and economic/market data, as well as analysis of bond indentures, liquidity agreements, financial statements, and other legal documents.

• Conduct initial and ongoing credit analysis on a dedicated portfolio of companies and transactions.

• Actively supervise the portfolio and make recommendations for rating transitions in a timely fashion.

• Present credits efficiently and accurately in rating committees and other internal analytical meetings, formulate a coherent credit rationale and present this rationale in a persuasive fashion.

• Demonstrate credit rating judgment as evidenced by the ability to distinguish among entities and transactions at different credit ratings levels.

• Produce timely and relevant research on specific issuers, general credit trends, or sector related issues that is in-depth, high quality, informative and focused.

• Build and manage relationships with investors, advisors, and issuers.

• Develop Moody's Local Brazil franchise through intermediary marketing and transparency initiatives.

• Lead issuer meetings, including presenting key credit rating factors optimally and asking probing questions that result in substantive dialog about key credit issues.

• Mentor and develop junior analysts.

What you bring

• Minimum bachelor's degree or equivalent qualifications in economics, accounting, engineering, business administration, statistics, actuarial science Graduate / second-level degree (e.g. MBA, Master's) is a plus.

• 4-5 years of significant experience with credit analysis primarily, passionate about corporate or infrastructure finance entities and transactions.

• Demonstrates knowledge of Word and PowerPoint; Microsoft Excel skills is mandatory.

• Validated and well-developed analytical and modelling skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication capabilities in Portuguese and English.

• Ability to lead exciting priorities within deadlines.

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and prioritize tasks accordingly.

• Python programming & Visual Basic for Applications knowledge is a plus.

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.

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Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee's tenure with Moody's.