Editor - Manchester

Fitch Ratings; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Fitch Ratings is seeking an experienced editor to join their Manchester office. This role involves editing financial reports under tight deadlines, ensuring high-quality content, and collaborating with analysts. With competitive career growth opportunities and a dynamic work environment, this position is ideal for someone passionate about finance and editing.

Benefits

Career growth opportunities

Team-oriented work environment

Meaningful impact on financial information

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of financial editing experience required.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets, bond/equity markets, and the credit ratings industry.
• Ability to handle multiple releases and edit under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-quality editing of rating announcements and research reports.
• Manage content to ensure accuracy and consistency of ratings information.
• Collaborate with analysts to produce a high-quality finished product.

Skills

Editing

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Financial markets knowledge

Pressure handling

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Fitch Ratings is currently seeking an editor based out of our Manchester office.

The editor will handle time-sensitive announcements and research reports from various sectors, including Corporates, Banking, Public Finance, Structured Finance, Leveraged Finance and Infrastructure/Project Finance.

What We Offer:

• A team-oriented work environment.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact as part of a leading global financial information services company, with operations in more than 30 countries.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• A role and platform that helps the debt capital markets make informed decisions via timely, insightful and forward-looking rating actions and research.

We’ll Count on You To:

• Perform high-quality editing of rating announcements and research reports for content, grammar, style and structure under deadline pressure.
• Be self-motivated with a strong work ethic and the ability to thrive under pressure.
• Be an agile and efficient editor who’s capable of editing content from across different analytical groups and has the ability to collaborate with analysts to produce a high-quality finished product.
• Help to manage content through to completion, including consistency of fundamental ratings information on reports and in databases.
• Become adept at using the Fitch global research publishing applications.
• Provide constructive criticism to analysts on content, structure and grammar.
• Maintain quality standards by editing content of research reports.
• Work with analysts to ensure accuracy of text and graphics.
• Support accuracy and style standards in the publishing process.

What You Need to Have:

• A minimum of three years of financial editing experience.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets, bond/equity markets and the credit ratings industry.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of management.
• Ability to handle multiple releases and reports and edit within tight deadlines.
• The ability to work as part of a close-knit team as well as independently.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Motivated and resilient.
• The ability to adjust elementary formatting in research reports using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Has outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to proactively and successfully interact with various stakeholders, both within and outside of the organization.
• Has a strong desire to make impactful editing decisions, which sharpens the focus and organization of Fitch research and improves readability.

Why Fitch?

At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. Our global network of colleagues comes together to accomplish things greater than they ever could alone.

Every team member is essential to our business and each perspective is critical to our success. We embrace a diverse culture that encourages a free exchange of ideas, guaranteeing your voice will be heard and your work will have an impact, regardless of seniority.We are building incredible things at Fitch and we invite you to join us on our journey.

Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide have helped fund a century of growth and enables our clients to make important credit judgements with confidence.