Editor

Morningstar; Navi Mumbai; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Morningstar DBRS’s Mumbai office seeks an experienced editor to proofread, fact‑check, and polish complex financial reports for investor clients. You will ensure accuracy, style, and high-quality content for structured finance analysis and related marketing materials.

You have 4+ years editing in credit ratings or financial publications, with strong writing and proofreading skills, AP style familiarity, and the ability to manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or related field.
• At least four years as a writer or editor with a credit-rating or financial publication.
• Proven writing skills including lede, concise conclusions, titles and headlines.
• Ability to rewrite copy for logical, easy-to-follow structure.
• Strong proofreading and editing skills demonstrated via tests.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations, including percentages.
• Familiarity with AP style and willingness to learn Morningstar DBRS style.
• Ability to manage multiple editing tasks and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Excel and PowerPoint skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Proofread and edit articles and monthly reports for accuracy, sentence structure, organization, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Proofread, fact check, and edit presale reports for mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitizations.
• Ensure all reports adhere to Morningstar DBRS style standards.
• Collaborate to ensure high-quality, error-free content for investors.
• Assist in editing marketing materials and client correspondence as needed.

Skills

Proven writing

Proofreading & editing

Communication skills

Multi-task editing

AP style familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in English / journalism / communications

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Team:

Morningstar DBRS’s Research group provides independent analysis on individual securities, funds, markets, and portfolios. The Research group also provides data on hundreds of thousands of investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on millions of equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar DBRS is one of the largest independent sources of fund, equity, and credit data and research in the world, and our advocacy for investors’ interests is the foundation of our company.

The Role:

Morningstar DBRS’s structured credit research and ratings subsidiary, a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization (NRSRO), is seeking an experienced editor to proofread, fact check, and polish complex financial reports for our investor clients. Our goal is to help investors evaluate structured finance investments, including commercial and residential mortgage‑backed securities, as well as asset‑backed securities. With Morningstar DBRS, structured finance investors have access to high‑quality ratings, investment research, surveillance services, data, and technology solutions. This position is based in our Mumbai, India, office.

Responsibilities:

• Proofread and edit articles and monthly reports for accuracy, sentence structure, organization, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Proofread, fact check, and edit presale reports for mortgage‑backed and asset‑backed securitizations.
• Ensure all reports adhere to Morningstar DBRS style standards.
• Work collaboratively to ensure high‑quality, error‑free content that achieves Morningstar DBRS’s mission to provide fundamental insight and analysis to help investors make decisions.
• Assist in other duties as needed, including editing marketing and compliance materials and correspondence with clients.

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field.
• A minimum of four years of experience as a writer or editor with a credit‑ratings agency, general business and financial publication, or structured‑finance industry publication.
• Proven writing skills, including the ability to write a compelling lede, succinct conclusion, titles, headlines, and subheads.
• Ability to significantly rewrite copy to ensure organization is logical and easy to follow.
• Strong proofreading and editing skills as proven through the successful completion of Morningstar DBRS’s editing tests.
• Ability to do basic math calculations, including calculating percentages.
• Familiarity of Associated Press style and willingness to learn Morningstar DBRS style.
• Ability to handle multiple editing jobs simultaneously and meet strict deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with Excel and PowerPoint is a plus.

Morningstar DBRS is an equal opportunity employer.