Market Research Associate, Business Relationship Management FI, London

As one of the world’s top three credit ratings agencies, Fitch Ratings plays a critical role in global capital markets by providing credit analysis, ratings, research, and commentary to financial market participants. For over 100 years, Fitch Ratings has been creating value for global markets through its rigorous analysis and deep expertise, which have resulted in a variety of market leading tools, methodologies, indices, research, and analytical products. Fitch Ratings is part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries, which also includes Fitch Solutions. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.

Explore a career at Fitch Ratings and you’ll join a collaborative network of curious minds. Here, our differences are our strengths - in life as well as our work. Together we work with integrity and objectivity to provide clarity to the world’s financial markets. We pride ourselves on our ability to harness the ideas, expertise, and professionalism of our global workforce, which is integral to our continued success. The accessibility and depth of experience of our industry leading analysts, combined with our broad sector credentials, allow us to help market participants make important credit decisions with confidence.

Fitch Ratings is currently seeking a Market Research Associate in Business Relationship Management team with a focus on Financial Institutions based out of our London office.  

About the Team

This exciting role will report to a Director in the EMEA Financial Institutions (FI) Business & Relationship Management (BRM) team. The principal objective is to support the FI Team with the origination of new FI rating mandates, through targeted outreach and client engagement, as well as to manage and optimise existing relationships, with issuers and other market participants.

What We Offer:

• High visibility, working directly with senior management
• Collaboration on global projects
• Working together with global team members in an inclusive and supportive team
• Opportunity to develop your research, marketing, and presentation skills
• Career development opportunities within BRM & beyond
• Access to high quality training, learning and development

We’ll Count on You To:

• Support senior team members’ efforts developing and executing marketing plans to pursue opportunities to generate new rating mandates and support existing relationship development plans
• Research and validate new business opportunities, combining actionable market data from multiple sources
• Organise and participate in meetings, prepare background information and follow up as required
• Maintain and update data in our Salesforce CRM system including preparing commercial agreements for new and existing issuers
• Develop knowledge of core business development data and create marketing materials including: pitchbooks, case studies, pricing studies and coverage slides
• Download and manage large data sets in Excel & ensure marketing materials are kept up to date
• Use online web-based platforms to monitor market activity and trends to support marketing messages
• As part of the FI Associates Pool, collaborate on global projects and assist with events
• Respond to external stakeholder and internal requests (‘day-to-day’ business)
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise workflows and adapt to changing deadlines while maintaining very high levels of attention to detail

What You Need to Have:

• University degree or apprenticeship, preferably in a business, finance, economics or data analytics related field
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel/data analytic skills (lookups/index/pivot tables/macros/formulae/shortcuts)
• Extremely detail orientated

What Would Make You Stand Out: 

• Financial industry experience, gained through exposure to debt capital markets, banking, corporate finance, or credit analysis
• Knowledge of online web-based platforms such as Bloomberg, Factset, Dealogic
• Experience with Client Relationship Management systems (ie Salesforce) and ability to generate reports
• Ability to multi-task, adapt, respond to and manage changing priorities
• Self-starter with excellent time management, organisational and completion skills
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills including strong communication and presentation skills, verbal & written
• Ability to work independently with supervision and guidance from senior team members

Why Choose Fitch: 

• Hybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required
• A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community

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 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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