About the Role
The Group Project Finance & Infrastructure team is seeking an Assistant Vice President (AVP) to support North American project and infrastructure mandates. In this role, you will analyze and execute ratings across diverse transactions including power, digital, transportation, and social infrastructure, as well as bespoke financings. You will support new rating assignments and portfolio surveillance through financial analysis, credit modeling, and transaction assessment, eventually transitioning to a lead analyst role. The position also involves contributing to rating committee materials, credit opinions, and research.
Responsibilities
- Support coverage of the existing U.S.-based project finance and infrastructure ratings portfolio
- Participate in issuer and investor meetings alongside team leads and senior analysts
- Contribute to new rating assignments, initially as a supporting analyst and ultimately as a lead analyst
- Perform financial and operational analysis using credit models and analytical frameworks
- Produce timely, high-quality rating reports, research notes, and commentaries
- Maintain and analyze financial datasets related to rated entities
- Support rating committee preparation and analytical discussions
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of relationships with fixed-income investors
- Provide analytical support to business development initiatives
- Assist in the refinement of methodologies, research products, and rating approaches
- Contribute to the delivery of timely and forward-looking sector research
Requirements
- Five to seven years of relevant professional experience, including at least three years in Project or Infrastructure Finance
- Degree in business, economics, commerce, engineering, or a related discipline
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with a high attention to detail
- Experience reviewing financing agreements and legal documentation from a credit perspective
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- CFA designation (or progress toward) or MBA preferred
- Experience in public-private partnerships is an asset
- Prior rating agency experience is considered an asset
Skills
- Financial modeling
- Credit modeling
- Transaction assessment
- Financial analysis
- Operational analysis
- Analytical frameworks
- Credit perspective analysis
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Assistant Vice President
- Five to seven years of relevant professional experience
- At least three years in Project or Infrastructure Finance
Education Level
- Degree in business, economics, commerce, engineering, or a related discipline
- CFA designation (or progress toward)
- MBA
Salary/Compensations
- $97,854.00-137,910.00
Benefits
- 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
- Stock Ownership Potential
- Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision)
- Potential premium discounts
- Company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually)
- Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
- Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
- Trust-Based Time Off
- 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program
- 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
- Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
- Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Charitable Matching Gifts program
- Dollars for Doers volunteer program
- Paid volunteering days
- 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- If you receive 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.
