Credit Analyst, Structured Finance, Sydney
HybridSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Conduct credit analysis for new structured finance transactions and covered bond programs, including rating new issuers and asset classes. Perform continuous 12-month monitoring reviews of existing transactions and execute Fitch-generated models using intermediate Excel skills. Prepare high-quality analytical documentation and present findings in committee meetings while providing timely commentary on market performance. Manage queries from issuers, bankers, and investors to represent Fitch and communicate effectively with external transaction parties. Participate in originator and servicer review meetings and contribute to ad hoc projects and reporting.
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in finance related discipline
- Science or Engineering background
- Minimum of 18 months experience at a financial institution working in the mortgage or asset finance departments
- Preference in a credit or analytical related role
- 3-5 years structured finance experience gained at an issuer, arranger or trustee
- Intermediate excel skills
- Knowledge of vlookup()
- Knowledge of sumif()
- Knowledge of if()
- Knowledge of index()
- Knowledge of match()
- Strong time management skills
- High level of attention to detail
- Analytical individual who enjoys working with spreadsheets to generate a solution / result
- Hybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required
- Comfortable operating in an AI-enabled environment
- Curious, adaptable, and eager to build their AI literacy over time
- Committed to using technology thoughtfully to enhance how work gets done
- Ability to avoid conflicts of interest
- Willingness to declare securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment
- Willingness to divest securities holdings if they conflict with work responsibilities
Desired Qualifications
- Candidates with Science or Engineering background will also be considered
- Experience in a credit or analytical related role
- Analytical Curiosity and Problem-Solving
- Insatiable desire to understand the 'why' behind questions and challenges
- Commitment to robust analysis and continuous improvement
- Expertise in Structured Finance
- Demonstrated experience and an understanding of securitization markets
- Credit analysis experience
- Transaction structuring experience
- Variety of asset classes experience
- Previous credit experience
- Experience rating new transactions
- Experience monitoring existing transactions
- Experience working on multiple asset classes
- Experience with new asset classes and issuers
- Experience preparing high-quality analytical documentation
- Experience presenting findings in committee meetings
- Experience providing timely commentary on market and transaction performance
- Experience managing queries from issuers/bankers/investors
- Experience representing Fitch and communicating effectively with external transaction parties
- Experience participating in originator/servicer review meetings
- Experience contributing to ad hoc projects, reporting, and authoring of reports
- Experience in a role that required working in excel to manipulate, transform and perform calculation to generate an analytical result to support their proposal / recommendations
- Experience in a role that required preparing documentation to support their proposals / recommendations
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