S&P Global Ratings CREDit Program Analyst, London

S&P Global, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Flexible time off

Continuous learning

Job summary

S&P Global Ratings is seeking graduates for its Credit Graduate Program in the UK. You will join a two-year development track, contributing to independent credit opinions while learning through practical work and formal qualifications such as CFA or MBA.

This role involves collaboration across practices and requires a strong grounding in English and analytical thinking. You will work from the office at least two days per week in London and gain exposure to senior executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required by August 2027; master’s or CFA valued for candidates.
• Open to diverse academic backgrounds with strong storytelling and analytical skills.
• Interest in automation and AI-enabled research with strong validation discipline.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with analysts and managers to deliver reliable execution and clear status updates.
• Support and maintain high-quality research and data packs, using automation where appropriate.
• Use approved AI/LLM tools to accelerate research, followed by human validation and evidence capture.
• Support recurring monitoring workflows and data clean-up to ensure consistency.
• Identify data inconsistencies, assess assumptions, and raise risks proactively.

Skills

English proficiency

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree by Aug 2027

Master's degree or CFA valued

Tools

LLM tools

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

09

The Impact:

At S&P Global, our values-Discovery, Integrity, and Partnership-shape how we work, how we collaborate, and how we earn trust with our customers and each other. We embrace AI as an enabler, guided by rigorous governance and risk management, to enhance what has always defined us: the intelligence of our people, deep relationships, and trusted insights. By leveraging technology with human expertise, we help our teams navigate complexity and deliver actionable, decision-ready intelligence without compromising quality, accountability, or integrity.

What You Stand to Gain:

At S&P Global Ratings, you will contribute to independent credit opinions the market relies on, strengthened by innovation that accelerates analysis.

We are People Forward. When you join S&P Global, you’ll benefit from:

• Joining a diverse community where your growth and well-being come first—just like the 35,000+ colleagues who choose S&P Global every day.
• Bringing your best self to work in an environment that values inclusion, collaboration, and authentic engagement.
• Celebrating your achievements with us. We’re committed to your continuous learning, offering education, training, and career coaching to help you grow and adapt in a changing world.
• Connecting through our People Resource Groups, which foster awareness, engagement, and a sense of community—both within S&P Global and beyond.

Program Overview:

When you join S&P Global Ratings, you join one of the world's leading providers of independent credit risk research and benchmarks. You are part of a team that produces high quality fundamental research and ratings based on established criteria and benchmarks. This presents the opportunity for Credit Program Analysts to be at the center of how investment decisions are made. You will have exposure to ask probing questions to senior corporate executives, and interact with the global investor community for one of the largest providers of credit ratings in the world. The Business Practice Groups include: Corporates, Public Finance, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance, Sovereign and International Public Finance, and Infrastructure.

Our Credit Graduate Program is a two-year training and development opportunity, with our next intake joining us in September 2027. Credit Program Analysts will work across various practices and teams to meet the evolving demands of the global market and business needs. This multi-disciplinary approach allows you to cultivate a versatile skill set while contributing to our most impactful business areas. All analysts combine practical work experience with the completion of a relevant qualification. For example, this could be an MBA or CFA.

Responsibilities:

Team Contribution & Capability Building

• Build capability in credit, financial data, and tooling by applying feedback quickly and adopting standard ways of working that reinforce consistent, decision-ready outputs.
• Contribute to AI-enabled team productivity by sharing reusable prompts, templates, checklists, and lightweight automations that augment team judgement (not replace it) and reduce rework/improve turnaround time.
• Proactively supporting others with strong attention to detail and issue-spotting, and contributing resourceful, creative ideas in collaborative team discussions.
• Actively champion innovation and continuous improvement by questioning existing processes, leveraging new tools, and applying fresh perspectives to data and problem-solving.

Core Analytical & Delivery

• Partner with analysts and managers to deliver reliable execution, including clear status updates, early escalation of risks, and consistent follow-through to protect quality and trust.
• Support and help maintain high-quality research and data packs using standard templates; use automation where appropriate to improve consistency while keeping human review of key facts.
• Use approved LLM-powered tools as an enabler to accelerate research/summarization/first drafts, followed by human validation, correction, and explicit evidence capture.
• Support analysts with recurring monitoring workflows by contributing to process efficiency/projects.
• Collect, clean, reconcile, and validate data. Proactively identify inconsistencies, assess assumptions, and catch risks.
• Support financial model maintenance.

Stakeholder & Market Engagement

• Monitor issuer, sector, and market developments and produce concise summaries with clear sourcing that help analysts move faster.
• Turn data, analysis, and research into clear, actionable narratives for client and market engagement.
• Understand the importance of cultivating a customer-oriented, solutions mindset and observe and learn from service excellence in action.

Risk Management and Operating

• Apply confidentiality, documentation, and governance requirements.
• Support pilot/testing under supervision and within defined guardrails.

What We’re Looking For:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, completed by August 2027. A master’s degree or professional certification (such as CFA) is highly valued.

• We welcome candidates from traditional finance disciplines e.g. Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Math, Public Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Data and Statistics. This is as well as diverse academic backgrounds that support innovative and critical thinking and storytelling e.g. Engineering and Sciences, Philosophy, Politics, Classics, Theology, English Language, English Literature and Languages.

Team Contribution & Capability Building

• Collaborative, dependable teammate who manages priorities well, communicates clearly, and delivers consistently in a partnership-led culture.
• Learning mindset, comfortable adopting new tools to enhance quality.
• Interest in automation and efficiency gains with clear controls and measurable quality outcomes.

Core Analytical & Delivery

• Ability and willingness to develop strength in research and data analysis, synthesizing information into clear, concise outputs that are decision-ready.
• Strong spreadsheet skills; willingness to learn data/automation tools to improve reliability and consistency, not just speed.
• Practical AI fluency: experience, or willingness to develop proficiency using GenAI/LLMs to augment your work, paired with strong validation discipline and judgement on when not to use AI to protect accuracy and confidentiality.

Stakeholder & Market Engagement

• Effective written and verbal communicator, able to present research and analysis in a clear, structured way that supports informed decision making.
• Solutions-oriented mindset to provide service excellence to internal and external stakeholders.

Risk Management and Operating

• High standards for accuracy, traceability, and quality control aligned to Integrity.
• Responsible technology use following policies, protecting confidential information, ensuring AI outputs are verified and appropriately attributed so insights remain trusted.

Additional Information

• Fluent command of English Language is essential, as is being fluent in the primary language of the country of application.
• Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.
• Candidates who reach the final stage of the interview process will be asked to attend at least one in-person interview at their nearest S&P Global Ratings office before an offer can be extended.
• Right to Work Requirements: This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the country where this job has been posted for.

About S&P Global Ratings

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

What's In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

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