Morningstar India | Analyst, Private Credit Ratings - Mumbai

Key responsibilities

• Morningstar DBRS’s Corporate team is looking for a motivated individual with good analytical skills and a desire to learn.
• This role will provide unique opportunities for learning key aspects of the credit ratings process including in-depth fundamental analysis of high-yield Corporate borrowers across multiple industries in support of analysts based in North America & Europe.
• You will be responsible for providing data, research and financial modeling support utilized to produce company and sector specific credit reports that incorporate creative insights and support activities across the ratings value chain.
• If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately.
• 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.
• Develop an understanding of and build proficiency in credit analysis.
• Provide support to global analytical teams in monitoring news, announcements, or other material events impacting corporate credits.
• Assist in preparing financial models, including, but not limited to, updating financial information, reconciling data, maintain company and peer group historical financial results and credit metrics, etc.
• Maintain industry data through ongoing research/ review of company filings, presentations, and industry publications.
• Provide research support and help collect, organize, and analyze data from internal and external sources for use in company-specific and industry commentaries and reports authored by the global analytical team.
• Review and summarize credit & legal documentation, etc.
• Assist the global analytical teams or senior analysts in preparing credit rating memos, rationales, etc. or parts thereof.
• Track, review and maintain documentation and various operational databases to help support the credit rating process.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and company policies and procedures.
• Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world.

Requirements

• Good understanding of core finance and accounting concepts.
• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP and/ or IFRS accounting rules is strongly desired.
• Robust quantitative and analytical skills supported by strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Fluent in English, with good verbal and written communication skills.
• 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

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research and data, headquartered in Chicago and operating through subsidiaries in more than 30 countries with over 40 offices worldwide. It serves individual investors, financial advisers and wealth managers, asset managers, retirement plan providers and institutional investors with data, analytics and research (Morningstar Direct, Morningstar Investor, PitchBook for private markets, Sustainalytics for ESG research), credit ratings through Morningstar DBRS, Morningstar Indexes, and investment management and retirement services.

Morningstar India Private Limited, based in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, is a major data, research, technology and operations centre for the group — Morningstar counts India as one of its four regions alongside the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific — and has been certified as a Great Place to Work for ten consecutive years. Its Mumbai teams work in managed-investment and equity data, equity and manager research, index management and operations, credit and ESG research, product development, client service and corporate finance — work that suits CA, CFA, MBA (Finance), M.Com and B.Com profiles as well as quantitative and research specialists.

• Industry: Financial services — independent investment research, data, indexes and credit ratings
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, USA
• In India: Morningstar India Private Limited, Vashi, Navi Mumbai (Vishwaroop IT Park) and Mumbai (Platinum Park)