Associate Director - Corporates, London

About the Role Grade Level (for internal use): 12 About the Role S&P Global Ratings' EMEA Corporates practice assesses the creditworthiness of companies across industries, delivering independent credit opinions that support transparent, comparable decision making in global financial markets. The Autos, Capital Goods, Aerospace & Defense, Transport, and Industrial Holding Companies (AIMI) team covers approximately 190 issuers across Europe, with 24 analysts based in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, and Stockholm. The team is united by a shared commitment to analytical excellence and high-quality, independent ratings that investors and markets rely on.

What You'll Do Impact You will contribute to independent credit opinions that issuers and investors across Europe depend on - shaping analytical perspectives on complex, asset intensive sectors, developing the next generation of analysts, and supporting the responsible integration of AI enabled tools that extend analytical capability without compromising quality or integrity.

Responsibilities

• Team Contribution & Capability Building Serve as a senior reference point for junior analysts, coaching on credit fundamentals, financial modeling, data quality, and responsible AI use; coordinate work across the portfolio and proactively manage capacity and quality risks.
• Drive continuous improvement by refining analytical playbooks and standard processes partner with stakeholders to support the responsible testing and rollout of new analytical capabilities with appropriate governance and controls.
• Core Analytical & Delivery Execute end to end credit analysis across a defined portfolio of European corporate issuers, maintaining consistently high standards of quality, timeliness, and analytical clarity. Lead surveillance and analytical updates, connecting issuer performance and market developments to forward looking risk themes, with rigorous validation, documentation, and reconciliation of analytical assumptions. Use approved generative AI tools to accelerate research, drafting, and peer comparisons, maintaining full accountability for all outputs.
• Stakeholder & Market Engagement Translate complex data and research into market facing narratives that communicate S&P Global's analytical viewpoint to issuers, investors, and senior market participants. Contribute to thought leadership by researching, drafting, and refining market facing content with senior team input.
• Risk Management & Operations Maintain adherence to methodology, confidentiality, and data governance requirements; escape emerging risks promptly and embed responsible AI practices into day to day workflows. Support the safe, monitored scaling of automation to remove low value tasks, defining requirements and controls in partnership with relevant technical teams.

What We're Looking For

• Required Skills and Experience Proven credit and financial analysis skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, decision useful insights grounded in evidence and judgment. Strong understanding of the financial services environment and the ability to connect market and sector developments to emerging risk themes. Effective written and verbal communication skills for committee ready documentation and senior level engagement with issuers, investors, and market participants. Proven experience coaching or mentoring junior analysts, with a track record of raising analytical quality through structured feedback and review.
• Preferred or Helpful Experience Experience integrating generative AI or large language model tools into analytical workflows, with disciplined governance, validation, and responsible use practices. Familiarity with data or automation tools relevant to credit analysis, including the ability to support the testing and adoption of new capabilities. A continuous improvement mindset, with evidence of simplifying processes through standardization, tooling, or automation. An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in corporate credit analysis or a related financial services field.

Education Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. 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. Additional European languages beyond English preferred.

Additional Information We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer. Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week. Willingness to travel within Europe, sometimes at short notice.

About S&P Global Ratings At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions. S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit

What's In It For You? Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It's not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards-small perks can make a big difference.
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Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets. S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy ("the Policy") that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy's requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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