We have an opportunity for a Senior Analyst in Scope’s Financial Institutions and Sovereign and Public Sector Ratings teams to join an international team of credit analysts and economists to become responsible for the credit analysis of a portfolio of financial institutions, sub-sovereigns and/or government-related entities. The position is based in Oslo, but other European offices could also be considered.
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Your tasks & responsibilites
- Conduct ratings and research on a portfolio of European financial institutions, sovereigns, sub-sovereigns and government related entities
- Lead rating committee discussions, being responsible for rating recommendations and the communication with issuers, investors and journalists
- Continuously monitor existing ratings and recommend reviews and changes on a timely basis.
- Attend, and act as a lead rating analyst on meetings with bank representatives, including senior management.
- Identify, initiate and undertake rigorous quantitative and qualitative economic, financial, regulatory and political risk analysis, including scenario analyses
- Produce high-quality rating reports and sector research, demonstrating Scope’s fundamental understanding of economic and financial trends
- Conduct investor and issuer outreach, and interviews with the press presenting and explaining Scope’s analytical approaches
Your professional & personal profile
- 5+ years of relevant experience in banking, sovereign and public sector analysis and/or applied economics gained from ministry of finance, central bank, international institution, rating agency, bank or sell side research house
- Strong understanding of macro-economics, financial institutions and public sector balance sheets and a keen interest and awareness of international financial and political affairs. Graduate degree in economics / finance or equivalent (PhD, MA); CFA is a plus
- Familiarity with accounting concepts and financial and prudential ratios relevant for bank analysis.
- Good insight in bank regulations and banking-industry trends.
- Extensive knowledge of bank debt instruments and their characteristics, including Capital securities, Senior Debt Categories, Non-Bank Financials, Covered Bonds.
- Strong quantitative skills (economics, econometrics, accounting and finance). Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, PowerBI, E-views, Stata, Oxford Economics, Bloomberg
- Intellectually curious, analytically rigorous and a keenly interested to take ownership and responsibility of multiple projects under tight deadlines that involve both independent and teamwork
- Critical thinker equipped with pragmatism, able to organize and prioritize own workload and to make progress towards long term objectives while meeting urgent deadlines.
- Personally committed to open communication with other team members and managers.
- Confident and professional appearance and high social and communication skills
- Cool under pressure, accountable and reliable with highest integrity and fun to work with
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, particularly in producing high quality research and extensive public speaking experience is a plus.
Interested?
If this sounds like a journey for you, we look forward to learning more from your convincing application. Please apply online using our application tool quoting the reference "20240009". Please note: For non-EU applicants, a valid work and residence permit is a prerequisite for this job position.
What we want to see
- Current CV
- Copy of your university degrees and certificates
- Criminal record certificate (can be provided at a later date)
- At least 3 letters of reference (can be provided at a later date)
About Scope
Scope Ratings GmbH is part of the Scope Group with headquarters in Berlin and offices in Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo and Paris. As the leading European credit rating agency, the company specialises in the analysis and ratings of financial institutions, corporates, structured finance, project finance and public finance. Scope Ratings’ credit risk analysis is opinion-driven, forward-looking and non-mechanistic, an approach that adds to a greater diversity of opinion for institutional investors. Scope Ratings is a credit rating agency registered in accordance with the EU rating regulation and operating in the European Union with ECAI status.
