National War College Alumni Association

Associate BRC S&P Corporate & Public Finance

The Role: Associate

Grade ( relevant for internal applicants only ): 11

The Location: Bogota, Colombia.

The Team: Associate is an Individual Contributor, but this position should be a team player building strong relationship with the team.

The Impact: Responds to questions from investors and issuers. Participates in meetings and on-site visits with debt issuers and their representatives as assigned. Prepares material for BRC S&P publication and participates in ad hoc projects.

What's in it for you:

• Under direct management, analyzes routine and some non-routine analytical or business problems as directed; develops own industry knowledge; identifies industry risk factors.
• This position will have exposure to market leaders and senior analysts, and grow inside the company.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes a portfolio of simple and medium complex entities with support from manager and senior analyst;
• Conducts surveillance of rated debt issues and issuer's ratings; may act as a primary analyst for less complex entities.
• Demonstrates an understanding of rating principal and methodology, a working knowledge of BRC S&P ratings criteria and aids in researching criteria development needs.
• Contributes to the analysis of credit using BRC S&P rating methodology and standards, Excel, financial models, financial data, and financial statement analysis.
• Supports team in spreadsheet and database development, maintenance, and analytics including extracting financial and economic data from source materials and inputting into group/company applications and performing financial modeling.
• Coordinates with local team to ensure data is treated consistently across industries and ratings.
• Conducts research for potential new business, articles and improvement in analytical tools and procedures.

What We're Looking For:

Basic Qualifications:

Postgraduate studies in business related field (and possibly pursuing advanced or business degree)

4-6 years of work experience in financial analysis of financial institutions (brokerage, trust companies, insurance and banks).

Advanced Microsoft office tools (mainly Advanced Excel skills)

Advanced/bilingual English level (B2 high or C1).

S&P Global Ratings

S&P Global Ratings is the world's leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings.

EOE Statement:

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), sexual orientation, military veteran status, unemployment status, or other legally protected categories, subject to applicable law.

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)