Associate Director - Bogota, Colombia - Fitch Ratings

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Associate Director - Structured Finance - Colombia


Requisition ID:45803
Business Unit:

Fitch Ratings
Category:Credit Analysis & Research
Location:Bogota, CO
Date Posted:Jul 25, 2023- At Fitch, we have an open culture where employees are able to exchange ideas and perspectives, throughout the organization, irrespective of their seniority.

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Associate Director - Structured Finance - Colombia

Fitch Ratings Latin American Structured Finance Group is looking for a new credit analyst to join our growing team. The position is open for an Associate Director responsibility in our Bogota office.

What We Offer:

• Be part of a very knowledgeable regional team that covers the largest economies in the region
• Very dynamic job with endless learning opportunities
• Great development opportunity
• Multinational company with great benefits and defined career paths

We'll Count on You To:

• Analyzing critical credit, legal and structural elements of Structured Finance transactions.
• Leading rating committee processes for new and existing transactions and loan servicers in an individual and group basis.
• Responsible for the surveillance of a selected portfolio of existing transactions.
• Producing quality internal and external written reports with predetermined frequency including credit committees, criteria, special reports and market commentaries.
• Communicating Fitch rating methodology and criteria to originators, structuring agents and investors.
• Leading and/or supporting research projects for the region in coordination with his/her manager and Asset Heads for Structured Finance Latin America.
• Participate on criteria reviews and updates.
• Provide mentoring for junior analysts and new joiners.
• Assist and up to some point, lead virtual and live meetings with originators and servicers as part of the surveillance of existing ratings and the proposal of new ratings.

What You Need to Have:

• Strong analytical thinking
• Superb attention to detail and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills in both English and Spanish
• Excellent proficiency in Excel is required
• Working knowledge of VBA and SQL is a plus
• Working knowledge of structured finance is required

- +6 years of working experience in credit markets, debt capital market, structured finance

• Previous exposure to credit rating, structured finance analysis or credit modeling for ABS a plus

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Financial Modelling
• Financial Law knowledge
• Author of sector related papers

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 Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries.

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Fitch Ratings | Fitch Solutions | Fitch Learning. Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions.

To protect Fitch's credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest.

Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment.

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