US Corporates - Senior Director, Industrials & Transportation

US Corporates
- Senior Director, Industrials & Transportation
- New York

Business Unit:
Fitch Ratings

Category:
Credit Analysis & Research

New York, NY, US

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Fitch Ratings’ Industrials & Transportation Group is currently seeking a Senior Director based out of our New York, Chicago, or Toronto office.

This role will report into the Team Head of Industrials or Transportation for North America.

Fitch Ratings is seeking a senior credit analyst with 10+ years of solid corporate credit rating experience in the industrials and transportation sectors. The primary responsibilities of the successful candidate will be to focus on the analysis, execution and rating of I&T transactions in the US and Canada.

• The ability to shape the strategic course for the I&T team.
• Opportunity to take a leadership role analyzing some cutting‑edge transactions.
• Be part of a growing credit team in the ever‑evolving infrastructure space.
• A sector that is seeing significant investments resulting in a diversity of new and interesting credits on which to provide independent evaluations.
• Experienced and collaborative team and opportunity to learn about wider infrastructure space.
• Open culture where employees are able to exchange ideas and perspectives.

• Work on leading ratings analysis, execution and research on new and existing North American transactions.
• Evaluating innovative credit structures and participating in global criteria development.
• Identifying relevant trends, assessing their credit impact and highlighting these trends in updated industry and market focused reports/presentations.
• Gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and legal documents for the purpose of producing ratings, publishing credit reports, and contributing to special research reports.
• Maintain a strong external network and profile that continues to build Fitch's reputation for analytical excellence by representing Fitch in a compelling and persuasive manner at industry conferences, webinars, issuer meetings/site visits and through media communication.
• Develop and grow strong relationships with the other analytical groups at Fitch to ensure analytical consistency and efficient execution of transactions that involve multiple groups.
• Mentor junior members of the I&T team.

• 10+ years of solid North American corporate related experience in I&Tincluding…