Digital Content Editor – Ratings Editorial, Toronto
S&P Global
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Job summary
S&P Global Ratings, Toronto, is seeking an experienced editor to transform credit research and market data into clear, publishable content. You will edit complex reports, ensure accuracy, and uphold house style across global content teams.
The role emphasizes digital-first writing, collaboration with analysts and editors, and timely publication while preserving analytical nuance and regulatory compliance.
Qualifications
- 3+ years editing experience for financial research or business media.
- Experience editing digital content for professional financial audiences.
- Knowledge of financial markets terminology and concepts.
- Attention to detail; able to identify inconsistencies and ensure clarity.
- Can exercise editorial judgment, meet deadlines, and ensure accuracy.
- Ability to collaborate with global, cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Edit credit-related research and data, ensuring accuracy and house style.
- Apply digital-first principles to refine messages, headlines, and structure.
- Clarify complex market concepts while preserving meaning and compliance.
- Collaborate with analysts and editors to resolve questions and publish timely.
- Perform production tasks to conform to publishing standards.
- Own assigned work and escalate risks when needed.
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Job description
S&P Global Ratings' Editorial team comprises approximately 100 professionals worldwide, operating within the Analytical Business Operations and Controls division. The team collaborates with writers, editors, digital content producers, and Ratings analysts across all sectors. This role transforms complex credit research, data, and analytical concepts into clear, accurate, and market-ready digital content in an environment that values collaboration, accountability, sound judgment, and continuous learning.
Grade Level (for internal use): 09
S&P Global Ratings' Editorial team comprises approximately 100 professionals worldwide, operating within the Analytical Business Operations and Controls division. The team collaborates with writers, editors, digital content producers, and Ratings analysts across all sectors. This role transforms complex credit research, data, and analytical concepts into clear, accurate, and market-ready digital content in an environment that values collaboration, accountability, sound judgment, and continuous learning.
The quality of this work directly supports S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide transparency and accountability to financial markets. Accurate and clearly presented credit opinions are essential to the organization's reputation as a provider of market intelligence and analytical insight. This role ensures that credit-related research is clear, concise, complete, timely, and relevant for market participants who rely on these insights to make informed decisions.
- Edit credit-related research and data, including rating actions, event-driven commentary, and in-depth entity-specific and industry reports, ensuring grammatical accuracy, adherence to house style, and compliance with publishing standards.
- Apply digital-first principles — including brevity, plain English, and audience-focused content presentation — to refine key messages, topic sentences, headlines, and article structure.
- Use sound editorial judgment to clarify complex financial market concepts while preserving analytical meaning, accuracy, and compliance with applicable standards.
- Collaborate with analysts, editors, digital content producers, and other stakeholders to resolve editorial questions, manage competing priorities, and support timely publication.
- Perform production tasks to ensure articles conform to global publishing standards for format, style, and branding specifications.
- Take ownership of assigned work, apply sound decision-making, and elevate issues appropriately when editorial, regulatory, or reputational risks arise.
S&P Global states that the anticipated range of compensation for this position is $79,500 to $88,000 CAD. Final compensation will be based on the individual's performance, geographic location, experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications. In accordance with Ontario's new regulations effective January 1, 2026, this job posting provides information on expected compensation. S&P Global will not be utilizing artificial intelligence in our hiring process. Additionally, S&P Global is committed to transparency and will inform all interviewed candidates of hiring decisions within 45 days of their interview. This posting is for an existing vacancy, and inquiries regarding hiring practices or other questions are encouraged. Thank you for considering a career with S&P Global!
- An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3+ years of relevant experience in editing for financial research or business media.
- Demonstrated experience editing digital content for professional, financial, business, or market-focused audiences.
- Sound knowledge of financial markets terminology and concepts.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify inconsistencies, clarify complex information, and ensure content is clear, concise, complete, and accurate.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise sound editorial judgment, manage deadlines independently, and make decisions that support quality, accuracy, and market relevance.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a global, team-oriented environment, with the interpersonal skills to engage effectively with subject matter experts and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience working with credit research, ratings-related content, financial news, investment research, or other regulated financial market content.
- Familiarity with digital publishing workflows, content management systems, search-friendly headline writing, and audience-focused content presentation.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with global stakeholders and communicate clearly with subject matter experts, including analysts, researchers, economists, product teams, and publishing colleagues.
- Interest in identifying opportunities to improve editorial processes, consistency, quality, and the reader experience.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in digital journalism, communications, or a related discipline required.
- We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
- Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.
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
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- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
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