Analyst - Sustainable Fitch (Financial Institutions)

Sustainable Fitch is currently seeking a Ratings Analyst based either in Barcelona or London.  

Part of Fitch Group, Sustainable Fitch is focused on research and analysis of Sustainability themes for companies and their debt instruments across the globe. The main products offered by Sustainable Fitch include Ratings, Scores, Second Party Opinions, European Green Bond External Reviews and Research, with the support of Product Development and Resource teams. It has offices in Barcelona, Hong Kong, London, New York, Singapore and Toronto.

What We Offer:

• Join a growing and strategically important business division of Fitch Group that has a dynamic team of seasoned and passionate regional and global sustainability specialists. Produce sustainability assessments on entities and debt instruments, contribute to our success.
• Ongoing training with access to a wide range of learning and training programs and certificates where your sustainability, financial, IT and soft skills will be further developed. We have designed and curated a five-year career plan.
• Great benefits package including medical insurance, annual volunteer working days, non-contributory pension, parental leave, four weeks per year allowance to work from abroad, hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office, bonus and a competitive salary.

We’ll Count on You To:

• Understand and apply Sustainable Fitch’s analytical methodologies and become familiar with the company’s approach to assessing the sustainability impact associated with a broad range of business activities.
• Carry out and deliver high-quality, timely, focused written analysis on a suite of products related to the sustainability characteristics and performance of entities and debt issuances. Output should be supported by well-construed arguments, backed by verified factual data.
• Keep up to date with sustainability trends globally, both regulatory and sector specific.
• Interact with colleagues globally to leverage knowledge, gain international experience and establish good working relationships.

What You Need to Have:

• Degree in a discipline with a technical background related to any environmental science, social risk or governance-themed disciplines, or economics/business/finance.
• Minimum two to three years’ experience in sustainability and knowledge/application of current sustainability market themes and regulation, as well as international taxonomies for sustainable activities.   
• Basic financial literacy. Capable of working with data.
• Have strong analytical and critical thinking skills and good attention to detail and comfortable working with and drawing conclusions from data. Attention to detail.
• Strong team player with excellent inter-personal skills.
• Self-starter that shows initiative and know how to manage and prioritize his/her time.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Passion for sustainability and related topics, and thorough knowledge of international taxonomies.
• Financial flair and a keen interest in credit, fixed income and industry analysis with certain understanding of financial statements.
• Microsoft Office skills, including Excel and Word, and ability to work with proprietary models and internal analytical tools.
• Language skills. In addition to English, fluency in other languages that include, but not limited to, Portuguese, Russian, German and Nordic languages.

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. 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.

Powered by the human insight that has differentiated Fitch for over 100 years, Sustainable Fitch combines experience and heritage with the best sustainability information available in the market today. Our suite of solutions provides a much-anticipated, single source for the sustainability focused financial community with tools, data, research and insights under one holistic, modular, user-friendly impact investing umbrella.

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