Us Corporates - Credit Analyst, Industrials & Transportation - Toronto

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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 you to make important credit judgments with confidence.

Fitch is seeking a Credit Analyst for the Industrials & Transportation team in the Corporate Finance group.

The Ideal Candidate Is Someone Who

• Has an ultimate career objective of developing a reputation as a credit expert and an industry authority;
• Enjoys critical thinking, including developing and sharing well-reasoned opinions.
• Has a professional background in capital markets, credit, financial and/or strategic analysis, plus a solid understanding of financial statements;
• Has some knowledge of and/or a keen interest in learning more about the Industrials and Transportation sectors, including Aerospace & Defense, Diversified Manufacturing, Capital Goods, Autos and suppliers, Airlines, Logistics, and General Industrials;
• Wants to deepen their exposure to and understanding of the debt capital markets;
• Is a strong team player with the ability to proactively and successfully interact with various stakeholders, both within and outside the organization;

Qualitative credentials will weigh meaningfully in the selection of the candidate. A healthy sense of intellectual curiosity is critical, along with a demonstrated willingness and ability to attack and explain topics of analytical complexity.

Fitch is a team-oriented work environment, so excellent communication skills are essential, as is a high productivity work-ethic, results-oriented mindset and positive attitude.

Essential Functions Of This Position Include

• Participate in meetings with Industrial and Transportation industry executive-level management teams to strengthen understanding of their business and industry;
• Perform qualitative analysis focused on factors such as business models, competitive strengths, management strategy, industry analysis and regulatory considerations;
• Support and contribute to research publications for the team and Fitch’s Leveraged Finance initiative.
• Take responsibility for monitoring and proactively assessing a small portfolio of companies, including presenting analysis and opinion recommendations to credit committees;
• Perform quantitative analysis including comprehensive financial statement forecasting, comparable analysis and bankruptcy evaluation;
• Assist lead analysts in developing credit rating recommendations through extensive research and financial modelling support;
• Assist in maintaining Fitch’s financial database;

What you’re working towards as an analyst with Fitch:

Through career advancement, the Analyst is working towards developing a reputation as a thought leader providing the debt markets with high-quality analysis and forward-looking views. The Analyst will have the opportunity to develop through both an extensive credit and financial analysis curriculum and working directly with highly experienced sector analysts. Over their career, the successful Analyst/Senior Analyst can expect responsibility for increasingly complex and high-profile coverage. These responsibilities will ultimately include a market facing role.

Position Requirements

• Ability to excel in a team-oriented environment.
• Strong understanding of Excel and Word;
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills;
• Bachelor's degree at minimum, MBA or other advanced degree a plus;
• CFA candidate preferred, CFA/CPA a plus;
• 1-2+ years relevant experience, some coverage or knowledge of the Industrials and Transportation sectors a plus;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Capital markets and/or credit analysis experience a plus;
• Ability to shift fluidly between multiple projects as priorities change;

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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.

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