Operational Analyst, Sustainable Fitch, Manchester

Sustainable Fitch is seeking an Operations Analyst to join the group in our Manchester Office.

Sustainable Fitch has established a new role of Operations Analyst to help bring consistency and standardization to all operational aspects of our ESG Products.  This role requires a proactive and detail-oriented individual who can work independently.

What We Offer:

• Be a part of a highly skilled and collaborative global team.
• A diverse and engaged team of high-achieving peers.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development, including training and certifications.
• Excellent work-life balance.

We’ll Count on You To:

• Facilitate smooth operational workflows and communications among team members, for example; ensuring that procedures and timelines are followed for required meetings and distribution of presentations.
• Support the team on data driven requests, such as portfolio coverage checks for commercial sales, responding to client and constituent requests, and ensuring that relevant databases are accurate.
• Maintain electronic documentation and perform timely, routine administrative tasks in support of the SuF analysts using Fitch’s proprietary applications.
• Provide regular reporting to senior leadership on analyst productivity, helping to identify trends and themes to enhance goal delivery.
• Partner with team members to ensure the successful completion of ad hoc requests and special projects.
• Identify opportunities to enhance the current processes, procedures, applications, management reports and training to provide the highest quality support to the global SuF analytical community.

 What You Need to Have:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) or 2+ years’ experience in an administrative or operational position.
• English language fluency.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Highly motivated, flexible, proactive, and adaptable to change.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills; Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and familiarity working with databases.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter who can work well both independently and as part of a team environment.
• Customer focused with the commitment to providing exceptional client service.

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Experience working at a global financial services organization.
• Experience in sustainability, data management or fixed income knowledge

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 Solutions is a leading provider of insights, data and analytics. It informs investment strategies, strengthens risk management capabilities and helps identify strategic opportunities.  Its analysts, lawyers, journalists and economists offer in-depth views on credit markets, credit risk, ESG, developed and emerging markets, industry sectors and individual credits. 

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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