S&P Global UK | Senior Analyst - Structured Finance

Responsibilities

• The team is part of S&P Global Ratings' global analyst community of more than 1,400 analysts across key financial hubs worldwide, dedicated to delivering high-quality insights and exceptional client service across all industry sectors.
• Analysts produce opinions that help issuers and investors compare complex instruments, bringing market-relevant perspectives on performance trends, issuance conditions, and AI's role in origination and securitization.
• Execute end-to-end credit analysis and surveillance for assigned structured finance credits, synthesizing portfolio performance, market signals, and peer context into decision-useful insights with clear implications for risk.
• Prepare and review analytical inputs and key outputs, reconciling metrics and documenting assumptions to ensure adherence to methodology, sector frameworks, and evidentiary standards.
• Ensure adherence to methodology, confidentiality, and data governance requirements, escalating issues early with recommendations; embed responsible AI use — approved tools and data only — to protect analytical integrity.
• Guide and coach junior analysts and research staff in credit analysis, data discipline, and analytical tooling; create reusable assets and propose automation improvements that free capacity for higher-value human analysis.
• Lead end-to-end credit analysis and surveillance for assigned structured finance credits, synthesizing portfolio performance, market signals, and peer context into decision-useful insights with clear implications for risk.
• Engage with external stakeholders alongside senior team members, translating complex data and analysis into clear, client-ready narratives and communicating S&P Global's analytical expertise to drive engagement with market participants.
• Translate complex data and analysis into clear, client-ready narratives; advise on analytical issues within defined parameters, communicating S&P Global's expertise to drive engagement with market participants.

Requirements

• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 1+ years of relevant experience in structured finance, credit analysis, or a related financial field.
• Demonstrated credit, financial, and risk analysis skills, with the ability to link fundamental drivers to forward-looking views and risk appetite.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex analysis into clear, structured narratives that support informed decision-making.
• German: Preferred — Professional working proficiency.
• Experience analyzing ABS, RMBS, or corporate securitizations, with an emerging ability to support and advise junior colleagues in operational processes.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to scalable automation and agentic workflows.
• Strong collaboration and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence through credibility and support team consistency through shared standards and tools.
• A master's degree or professional certification (such as CFA) is highly valued.
• We welcome candidates from traditional finance disciplines as well as diverse academic backgrounds that support innovative and critical thinking.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing ABS, RMBS, and corporate securitizations, with the ability to influence and advise junior colleagues in operational processes.
• Strong credit, financial, and risk analysis skills, with the ability to link fundamental drivers to forward-looking views and risk appetite.
• Practical experience embedding AI, large language models, or automation agents into analytical workflows to improve productivity and insight.
• Demonstrated ownership and execution maturity across multiple credits, delivering high-quality work with limited oversight.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the design and testing of scalable automation and agentic workflows.
• Preferred or Helpful Experience

S&P Global UK

S&P Global UK is an employer hiring in India (sector: BFSI / Investments / Insurance).

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in London.

• Industry: BFSI / Investments / Insurance