(Senior) Market Research Associate, Business Relationship Management Structured Finance, London

Fitch Ratings Business Relationship Management (BRM) Structured Finance team is currently seeking a (Senior) Market Research Associate based out of our London office.

The role is based within the Business Relationship Management (BRM) group in London, which leads business development and marketing efforts for Fitch Rating’s Structured Finance (SF) and Covered Bonds (CVB) market segment franchise across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

What We Offer:

• Be part of an international corporation, working in an international environment with high values and inclusion policies
• High visibility, working directly with senior management
• Very well-established team who work in a friendly yet dynamic environment with low rotation
• Career path progression available to the successful candidate
• Opportunity to develop within BRM and beyond with multiple learning opportunities

We’ll Count on You To:

The BRM team is responsible for the growth and development of the SF and CVB portfolio through a two-pronged approach leveraging relationships with senior decision makers in issuing entities and investment banks with the principal objective to generate new rating mandates and retaining existing ones.

This role will suit someone who is seeking to develop a career in a business development or relationship management/marketing role.

• Support the EMEA Structured Finance BRM Team
  • Assist in ad hoc requests from the European SF BRM team including:
    • Preparing engagement letters through the Contract Lifecycle Management system
    • Organizing meetings
    • Updating the contacts database
    • Monthly reporting and KPIs analysis
  • Regularly liaise with internal teams such as:
    • Accounts team to help deal with open billing queries
    • Legal team to assist in contractual changes requested by clients
• Market Research and Analysis
  • Contribute to the analysis of securitisation market data using systems (e.g., LCD News, Creditsights, Concept ABS)
  • Monitor market activity and identify trends relevant to Fitch Rating’s commercial efforts
  • Support BRM’s wider marketing strategy through research and maintaining the market share data entry process on a monthly and weekly basis
  • Attention to detail is imperative for strategic planning with senior management
• Regulatory
  • Ensure the SF BRM team meets regulatory requirements by:
    • Running sanction searches and KYC checks on all engaged companies
    • Updating the system with related counterparties to transactions
    • Updating the website monthly with all engaged transactions
• Marketing
  • Act as a backup for sending monthly and intraday newsletters/emails to external contacts
  • Track opens and click-through rates and analyze the data
  • Liaise with the Investor Development Team
  • Support the execution of webinars, videos, or any other marketing activities around Fitch’s strategic initiatives in collaboration with the marketing and digital teams
• Preparation of Marketing Materials
  • Prepare pitch books, quarterly market share slides, and other marketing materials as required to support the SF BRM team’s marketing efforts
• Financial Reporting and Budget Analysis
  • Act as a backup when required to manage the European Structured Finance pipeline and budget
  • Produce monthly and annual management information and reporting for the EMEA region (knowledge of financial reporting would be advantageous)

What You Need to Have:

• Demonstrable knowledge of preparing marketing materials using Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
• Strong/Advanced Excel skills with demonstrable knowledge of data research and analysis, showing excellent attention to detail (an attention to detail test will be given)
• Strong communication and presentation skills, verbal & written
• Self-starter with strong delivery ethos and organisational skills
• Strong time management ethos
• Ability to work independently to deadlines within a strategic framework, with supervision and guidance from senior team members

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Knowledge or aptitude to work with market data systems such as Bloomberg, LCD News, Creditsights, advantageous
• Experience in or exposure to the following asset classes: CLOs, RMBS, ABS, CMBS
• Alongside English, proficiency in one other European foreign language (French or German preferable)
• Budgeting and financial reporting experience is advantageous.
• Knowledge of CRM systems, specifically Salesforce would be highly useful as well as SAP (Accounting) and Marketo (e-marketing platform)

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 Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide have helped fund a century of growth and enables our clients to make important credit judgements with confidence.

Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation, we are comprised of three main businesses: Fitch Ratings | Fitch Solutions | Fitch Learning.

For more information please visit our websites:  

www.fitchratings.com | www.fitchsolutions.com | www.fitchlearning.com

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. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

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