About the Role
The Structured Finance and Alternative Investment Funds team at S&P Global Ratings evaluates credit risk for securitized products and fund structures. This role involves analyzing asset performance, structural protections, cash-flow mechanics, and stress scenarios to deliver credit opinions that aid issuers and investors in comparing complex instruments.
Responsibilities
- Guide and coach junior analysts and research staff, building capability in credit analysis, data discipline, and analytical tooling.
- Strengthen team productivity by creating reusable analytical assets and contributing to lightweight automation initiatives.
- Identify and propose workflow improvements that remove unnecessary manual steps.
- Partner with senior team members and Data and Engineering colleagues to identify and scale AI and automation use cases.
- Lead end-to-end credit analysis and surveillance for assigned structured finance credits.
- Synthesize portfolio performance, market signals, and peer context into decision-ready insights.
- Embed and validate generative AI and large language model tools within analytical workflows.
- Prepare and review analytical inputs, reconcile metrics, and document assumptions.
- Engage with external stakeholders alongside senior team members, translating complex data and analysis into clear, evidence-based narratives.
- Prepare well-structured, committee-ready materials and communicate complex analytical content.
- Apply methodology, confidentiality, and data governance requirements consistently.
- Contribute to the responsible design and testing of automation and AI-enabled workflows.
Requirements
- Direct experience analyzing securitized products, fund structures, or related structured finance instruments.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality analytical work across multiple credits with limited oversight.
- Demonstrated ability to coach junior colleagues through shared standards and tools.
- Strong collaboration and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence through credibility and constructive engagement.
- A continuous improvement mindset, with practical fluency in AI tools and sound judgment in their application.
- Demonstrated credit, financial, and risk analysis skills, with the ability to link fundamental drivers to forward-looking risk views.
- Practical experience embedding generative AI or large language model tools into professional workflows.
- Proficiency in analytical and spreadsheet tools, with a willingness to develop skills in data and automation platforms.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex analytical content into concise, evidence-based narratives.
- High standards for analytical quality, traceability, and governance, with sound judgment on the responsible use of AI tools.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to automation workflow design and testing, with clear judgment on which analytical decisions require human oversight.
- Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.
- Candidates who reach the final stage of the interview process will be asked to attend at least one in-person interview at their nearest S&P Global Ratings office before an offer can be extended.
Skills
- Credit analysis
- Data discipline
- Analytical tooling
- AI tools
- Generative AI
- Large language models
- Analytical tools
- Spreadsheet tools
- Data platforms
- Automation platforms
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- Boulder, Colorado, United States
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in structured finance, credit analysis, or a related financial field.
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
- A master's degree or professional certification (such as CFA) is highly valued.
Salary/Compensations
- $92,000 to $121,000 USD
- 94,000 to 128,000 CAD
Benefits
- Eligible for an annual incentive plan.
- 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: Perks for your partners and little ones, with some best-in class benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards.
About the Company
- At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction.
- By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
- S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).
- S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets.
- Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.
- Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
- Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership.
- Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead.
Equal Opportunity
- S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.
- Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
- If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
- US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal.
