Morningstar Hiring for Associate, Credit Ratings at Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra Full Time

The Team: DBRS Morningstar is a global credit ratings business with about 800 employees in eight offices globally. Formed through the acquisition of DBRS by Morningstar, Inc., the credit ratings business is the fourth-largest provider of credit ratings in the world. DBRS Morningstar is committed to empowering investor success, serving the market through leading-edge technology, and raising the bar for the industry. DBRS Morningstar is a market leader in Canada, the U.S. and Europe in multiple asset classes. DBRS Morningstar rates more than 4,000 issuers and 56,000 securities worldwide, and is driven to bring more clarity, diversity, and responsiveness to the ratings process.

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About the Role: DBRS Morningstar team is looking for candidate with good problem solving and analytical mindset. As a Junior Analyst, you will assist onshore team with uploading & downloading documents, extracting data from reports, document retention, regulatory reporting, and quality control checks; assist with special projects/initiatives, as needed. With some seasoning, you also will be expected to have thorough understanding towards functioning of Structured Finance transactions along with comprehension of primary deal documents & trustee reports. This position is based out of Navi Mumbai.

Responsibilities

Analyze the credit risk in securities by performing tasks that include reviewing deal documents and investigating periodic data

Assist the onshore team with document retention, regulatory reporting, and quality control

Extracting data from trustee reports in a pre-defined format & getting accustomed to SF related terminologies

Own ancillary tasks including administrative and streamlining of the ratings workflow

Have a mindset to bring about process efficiencies and ideate automations

Organize and study data from internal and external sources for use in criteria development, ratings, and research reports.

Take ownership of the tasks with focus on quality and accuracy of the deliverables

Ensure compliance with regulatory and company policies and procedures

Interaction with onshore stakeholders on timely basis & understanding their requirements

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance or Management Studies, CFA level 1 cleared or FRM Level 1 cleared preferred.

0-3 years of Relevant Financial Data experience, experience at a rating agency is a plus.

Expertise on Microsoft Excel (Advance excel proficiency is a plus). Knowledge on Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), MSSQL, Python is a plus

Strong attention to detail and accuracy

Highly motivated, self-starter who is keen to learn, has a positive attitude and a strong work ethic

Ability to manage multiple tasks at the same time and deliver results in a timely manner

Good inter-personal skills and ability to participate/ contribute as a team player.

Morningstar is an equal-opportunity employer.

About Us

DBRS Morningstar is a global credit ratings business, currently with 700 employees in eight offices globally. Formed through the July 2019 acquisition of DBRS by Morningstar, Inc., the ratings business is the fourth-largest provider of credit ratings in the world.

DBRS Morningstar is committed to empowering investor success, serving the market through leading-edge technology and raising the bar for the industry. DBRS Morningstar is a market leader in Canada, the U.S. and Europe in multiple asset classes.

DBRS Morningstar rates more than 2,600 issuers and 54,000 securities worldwide and is driven to bringing more clarity, diversity of opinion, and responsiveness to the ratings process. DBRS Morningstar’s approach and size provide the agility to respond to customers’ needs, while being large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources.

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.