Financial Institutions Analyst

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Description

We have an exciting high-profile role in our Toronto office for a bright and ambitious financial institutions analyst who will be responsible for covering a portfolio of Canadian banks, insurers and other credits within the Moody's Financial Institutions Group. The successful candidate will further develop thorough sector and company knowledge to provide impactful in-depth credit analysis on a portfolio of rated firms to ensure rating accuracy, establish and effectively manage issuer relationships at the senior executive level, and actively participate in investor and media outreach. The position also involves participation in Moody’s conferences and roundtables, as well as third-party events, playing a pivotal role in raising the profile of the team and the broader Financial Institutions Group. Participation in key crossline of business initiatives may also be required.

Moody’s flat hierarchy ensures that analysts’ roles are broad and deep. The combination of breadth and scope with Moody’s unique collegiate atmosphere, international environment with the high quality of talent in the business, makes it a truly rewarding working experience stretching analysts’ abilities and challenging their talents. Moody’s provides an excellent personal and career development platform to grow analysts’ careers and develop their analytical expertise across geographies, businesses, and sectors. As an organization that values experience, there is a vast resource of knowledge within the business that can support analysts’ learning objectives, in parallel to the structured learning and development process.

Responsibilities

• Develop in-depth knowledge of assigned credits and take thought leadership initiatives to enhance our analytics and high-quality research impact
• Perform and present in-depth fundamental credit analysis effectively and comprehensively on a regular basis and at rating committees
• Build and maintain high quality relationships with firms’ senior management, intermediaries, and other external stakeholders
• Write in-depth, high quality, insightful and focused research on credit trends, specific issuers, or banking industry trends
• Enhance Moody’s franchise and thought leadership for banks, insurers and non-banks finance entities through active interaction with intermediaries as well as participation in high profile events, such as third-party events
• Ability to travel on occasion within Canada and across North America
• Coach and develop junior analysts; provide feedback on performance
• Participate in key divisional and cross line of business initiatives
• Open to a wide range of cultures and ability to travel across the region

Qualifications

• Strong academic background. MBA and/or CFA preferred
• 8+ years of assessing all aspects of financial institutions’ risk gained through previous experience at a regulator, financial institution, asset management or public accounting firm, credit rating agency, or proven equivalent
• Extensive understanding of the Canadian banking and insurance sectors as well as well-rounded understanding of financial markets
• Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate clearly and succinctly, both verbally and in writing, combined with previous public speaking experience
• Strong quantitative and proven analytical skills - including demonstrated work with financial and economic data to inform research and analysis of banks
• Highly organized and efficient, with ability to multi-task and able to meet tight deadlines
• Demonstrate Moody’s Culture of Excellence behaviours: Integrity, Collaboration, Responsiveness, Passion and Respect

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, place of origin, disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from Aboriginal persons, members of a visible minority group, persons with a disability, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and women.

Moody’s is committed to maintaining an inclusive, diverse and accessible workplace. To this end, reasonable accommodations are available on request, and will take into account the particular accommodation needs of individual candidates. If you are selected and require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, you may send your request to [email protected]. Information provided during the accommodation process will be treated as confidential, and will be shared only to the extent required to properly evaluate accommodation requests.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.