Structured Credit & Alternatives Analyst

Fitch Ratings, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Learning & mobility programs

Retirement planning

Healthcare offerings

Parental leave

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

Fitch Ratings, a leading global credit rating agency, seeks an Analyst for its Structured Credit Alternative Products group in New York. The role focuses on evaluating new transaction proposals with securitization, synthetic risk transfers, CLO-lite structures, and other private credit deals backed by debt.

You will analyze critical credit and legal elements, participate in rating discussions, and contribute to rating criteria while collaborating with issuers and investors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as finance, accounting, or economics.
• At least 1 year of experience in the financial industry, preferably in Structured Credit, Structured Finance, Fund Finance or Corporate Direct Lending.
• Strong analytical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.
• High level of personal responsibility, initiative, and self-management.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite; knowledge of programming languages is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze critical credit, legal, and structural elements of transaction proposals.
• Act as primary or secondary analyst for transaction ratings in a dynamic sector and defend credit views in discussions with issuers and investors.
• Contribute to the development of rating criteria and improve existing frameworks.
• Lead and/or support sector trend research reports and projects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication

Initiative

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or economics

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Fitch Ratings, a leading global credit rating agency, seeks an Analyst for its Structured Credit Alternative Products group in New York. The role focuses on evaluating new transaction proposals with securitization, synthetic risk transfers, CLO-lite structures, and other private credit deals backed by debt.

You will analyze critical credit and legal elements, participate in rating discussions, and contribute to rating criteria while collaborating with issuers and investors.