Ratings Analytical Intern

S&P Global; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global Ratings is seeking undergraduates in their penultimate year for a summer internship. You will work with junior and senior analysts and engage with issuing entities through the ratings process, including ratings committees and management meetings.

You will complete a mock ratings committee project and present your final recommendation to a Ratings Committee of senior leaders. The program may lead to the 2028 CREDit graduate program.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate students in their penultimate year of study; all majors welcome.
• Fluent English with strong communication skills; able to work on-site 2 days/week.
• Adept with Excel and Microsoft Office; able to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Learn and understand ratings criteria and methodology.
• Assist with preparing required documents for rating committee and issuer management meetings.
• Work with assigned summer intern project teams to complete and present during mock ratings committee.
• Provide timely and accurate quarterly financial statistics and data analysis.
• Assist in reporting, research, presentations and modelling.
• Utilize AI technologies to analyze large datasets and derive actionable insights.
• Support the team on improvement in execution and ad-hoc writing projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Time management

Education

Undergraduate student (penultimate year)

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

05 About the role:

When you join S&P Global Ratings, you join one of the world's leading providers of independent credit risk research and benchmarks. You will be part of a team that produces high quality fundamental research based on established criteria, you have the opportunity to ask probing questions to senior corporate executives, and interact with the global investor community.

With offices in 26 countries, rating $47.5 trillion in debt, and with nearly 1,400 credit analysts, S&P Global Ratings is an important part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than 150 years in providing investors and financers the information they need to more easily, quickly and efficiently provide capital to businesses and governments.

The Business Practice Groups include: Corporates, Public Finance, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance, Sovereign and International Public Finance, and Infrastructure.

What you stand to gain:

You will be offered the opportunity to assist S&P Global in achieving its mission of being one of the leading providers of the highest quality risk evaluations and analytical information to the world's financial markets.

Summer interns will work with junior and senior analysts within S&P Global and senior management of issuing entities through the ratings process (including ratings committees and management meetings).

You will also complete a group mock ratings committee project for the duration of the summer program. Interns will be provided with an unrated company or entity and will be responsible for all due diligence and research, in order to develop a suggested credit rating for the assigned entity. Interns will present their final recommendation at the end of the internship to a Ratings Committee, comprised of senior business leaders.

At the end of our internship program interns have the opportunity to be considered for our 2028 CREDit graduate program.

To get a sense of what our CREDit graduate program entails, please see a video here providing an overview of one of our current CREDit graduate's experience. Laura made this video in conjunction with her university; IE University.

Responsibilities:

• Learn and understand ratings criteria and methodology
• Assist with preparing required documents for rating committee and issuer management meetings
• Work with assigned summer intern project teams to successfully complete and present during mock ratings committee
• Provide timely and accurate quarterly financial statistics and data analysis
• Assist in reporting, research, presentations and modelling
• Utilize AI technologies to analyze large datasets and derive actionable insights, integrating them into existing analytical frameworks.
• Support the team on improvement in execution and ad-hoc writing projects.

All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week.

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.

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $25 to $35. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

This role is not eligible for additional compensation such as an annual incentive bonus or sales commission plan.

What we're looking for:

Basic Required Qualifications

Undergraduate students in their penultimate year of study only. All majors welcome. Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Financial Engineering, Math, Public Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Data and Statistics majors preferred

You must reside in the location of the internship throughout its entire duration.

You must have the right to work in the country of proposed employment.

Adept with Excel and other Microsoft Office products (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Able to learn quickly, multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.

Problem-solving, time-management, attention to detail and organisational abilities.

The ability and the desire to learn to conduct your own analysis and research, showing initiative and resourcefulness.

Fluent command of English Language is essential, as is being fluent in the primary language of the country of application.

Strong verbal & written communication skill

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

Familiarity with AI technologies or tools, including Machine Learning Algorithms, Natural Language Processing Tools, and/or Robotic Process Automation, reflecting a forward-thinking approach.

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.