What S&P Global Has to Offer:
Director Project Finance
Onsite
New York City, NY, United States
New York City, NY, United States
Posted 10 days ago
Job Details
About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use):13 The Role: Director, Global Infrastructure/Project Finance North America - S&P Global Ratings Grade (relevant for internal applicants only): 13 The Location: New York, NY; Toronto, CA considered The Team: You will be an important member of a team based in New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Denver. The team is dedicated to project financings, focusing on a wide range of infrastructure assets including toll roads, managed lanes, airports, social accommodation and contracted single-asset power. You will work closely with a number of highly experienced industry specialists, not only on our team but across other teams in the Americas that rate project financings that are often structured as public private partnerships. You will report to the manager based in San Francisco and have day to day responsibility to coach, mentor and manage a small group of analysts that cover a subset of our team’s portfolio. Project finance experience is a critical pre-requisite. In addition to this professional background is the personal and cultural fit. S&P Global’s culture can be described as highly integrated & collegiate, as a firm we work supporting each other to deliver the best solutions to clients. We also work across time zones and teams to share knowledge and resources. The Impact: At S&P Global Ratings, your analytical opinion truly matters and each person who works here has an essential role in our reputation of integrity, transparency, and ratings excellence. S&P Global Ratings plays a vital role in bringing transparency and comparability to the financial markets and helps investors and others measure and manage credit risk. By supporting capital markets, S&P Global Ratings helps the infrastructure industry create projects that benefit federal state cities and states to build highways and hospitals, and manufacturers to build factories and create jobs. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to further expand analytical excellence on an ongoing basis as we aim to encompass achievement within a working environment that is rewarding, stimulating and where there is a constant focus on building skills and competencies through learning. Infrastructure is one of the fastest growing sectors of the capital markets and is a key funding source and growth driver for many areas of the economy. If you are interested in helping to facilitate this growth while challenging yourself in a fast-paced environment, this is the right position for you. It offers the opportunity to work in a collegial culture with great potential for professional development and career growth. To succeed, you must be comfortable with quantitative analysis, modeling and financial forecasting and have a knack for problem solving. High attention to detail is also critical as is experience in reviewing and analyzing standard project finance documents including term sheets, concession agreements, independent engineering reports and market studies. Responsibilities: As a Lead Analyst you will establish and maintain relationships with debt issuers, intermediaries, and investors. Your ability to confidently and knowledgably respond to analytic questions, as well as to credibly and consistently represent S&P in management meetings in industry outreach and the media will have a significant impact on the organization as a whole. More specifically, you will:
- Act as primary analyst for around a dozen credits
- Provide supervision on a broad portfolio of credits, ensuring a consistently high level of analytic quality
- Review, critique, and provide analytic feedback on analysis and publishing performed by analysts on your team
- Supervise the relationship with issuers in the portfolio
- As a lead analyst support your sub-team by example – championing ratings quality and consistency.
- Provide financial modeling due diligence and forecasting necessary to create an independent, S&P financial forecast for existing and new issuers.
- Chair credit committees, insuring consistent application of our project finance methodology.
- In coordination with your manager, communicate S&P thought leadership and credit themes via publications, speeches, conference presentations, and media interviews
- Be a problem solver
- Provide analytical training and coaching
- Bachelor’s degree holder of Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics or similar
- Solid experience (7 to 10 years) within a large commercial bank, investment bank, investing institution/asset manager, rating agency, or an audit company working in the field of financial analysis, preferably in credit
- Strong analytical skills with a detailed understanding of financial statement analysis and accounting concepts
- Proficiency/familiarity in reading typical project finance legal documents.
- Deep understanding of the power, utilities and infrastructure asset classes
- Proficiency with financial models, credit metric calculations and the ability to maintain accuracy and be detail oriented while complying with strict and tight deadlines
- Strong adherence to analytical guidelines, quality standards, procedures and policies established are adhered to for all credits
- Possess the ability to motivate, coach and train analytical staff in a constructive manner
- Ability to multi-task and manage deadlines under time pressure
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Team player with excellent time management skills
- Project management skills
- Excel skills (including formulas, VLOOKUP's, pivot tables, data, filters)
- Diligent and intellectually curious, self-starter with a strong work ethic and a drive to succeed
- MBA or Master’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics and/or recognized designation like the CF
- Strong proficiency with Excel & VBA, financial models and financial data
- Strong PowerPoint and database application skills
- Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. C++, MATLAB, Python, R or VBA)
- Prior experience with data analysis. Knowledge of SQL and experience in databases such as Oracle, Sybase, or Access would be helpful
- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
- Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
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