Assistant Vice President, Sovereign Ratings

Morningstar DBRS's Global Sovereign Ratings Group seeks a curious and highly motivated analyst with prior sovereign credit analysis experience. The analyst will join a small international team in either Madrid or Frankfurt as an Assistant Vice President. The successful candidate will conduct credit analysis and write topical research on a variety of sovereign issuers, Supra-national institutions and Government Related Entities. The role will suit an individual passionate about working collaboratively with colleagues and communicating with public sector debt issuers and relevant government departments and financial institutions, to identify and understand the impact of emerging credit risks.

Responsibilities:

• Assigning, reviewing and monitoring credit ratings. This includes formulating rating opinions and writing interesting and relevant topical research.
• Participating in the development of rating methodologies.
• Developing and maintaining analytical tools and reports for internal and external use.
• Keeping track of institutional, political, geopolitical and economic developments that impact public sector issuers.
• Meeting with issuers, investors and other market participants as required to discuss Morningstar DBRS's Ratings and research messaging.

Qualifications:

• University degree in accounting, business, economics or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5-7 years’ work experience, preferably in sovereign or other public sector credit risk analysis.
• Attention to detail in written and data work.
• Excellent written and oral English language skills.
• Other spoken language proficiency, such as in Italian, French or Spanish.

About Us

Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world.

Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service.

Morningstar DBRS is the next generation of credit ratings.

If you received and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.