Job description
The Role / Responsibilities
We have an opportunity for an Assistant Vice President-Analyst in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group (SRG) to join our Dubai-based team and be responsible for the credit analysis of a portfolio of sovereign governments and multinational development banks.
The analyst will be instrumental in providing insightful credit analysis, maintaining the currency of ratings for which he or she is responsible, responding to investor inquiries, contributing to Moody’s global sovereign risk analysis, participating in and representing the group at conferences and meetings, and writing reports. This is a challenging, high profile position and requires in-depth knowledge of economic, political and financial trends affecting sovereigns and multi-lateral institutions in Africa. The analyst is to manage effective interaction with government and supranational representatives in the region, investors and other market participants.
- Perform in-depth fundamental credit analysis on a regular basis on each issuer in a portfolio of sovereign entities and multinational development banks
- Maintain currency of credit ratings for issuers in portfolio
- Become a recognized expert on sovereigns and supranationals in Middle East and Africa region
- Share expertise with others in group
- Present recommendations and credit analyses to rating committees
- Write in-depth, high quality, insightful and focused research on credit trends, market and political developments affecting the region, including annual credit reports, periodic credit opinion reports, special comments and short articles on current topics
- Actively participate in regular outreach events such as investor briefings, teleconferences, conferences and third party presentations
- Attend and conduct analytical meetings with issuers
- Communicate with investors and other market participants about Moody’s credit ratings, credit analysis and market views
- Mentor and develop more junior analysts
- Adhere to applicable codes of conduct, policies, procedures and best practices
Qualifications
- Strong academic background – Graduate degree in Economics or related field strongly preferred
- Strong background in macroeconomic analysis
- Substantial experience in sovereign credit analysis or regional economic and political analysis.
- Demonstrable expertise in the economic, financial, political and institutional challenges and issues facing countries, sovereigns and supranationals
- Good public speaking experience
- International work experience an advantage
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent public speaking skills
- Sound judgment – capable of developing independent opinion and defending own views
- Strong quantitative aptitude and proven analytical skills
- Highly organized and efficient, with ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
- Good IT competency skills including advanced Excel and PowerPoint
- Fluency in English (both spoken and written) is essential. Fluency in Arabic is strongly preferred.
- Willingness to travel
- Ability to ensure ongoing self development
- Ability to build strong professional relationships at all levels and represent Moody’s effectively at a senior level
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to set priorities, be proactive and assume responsibility for work and work product
- Strong attention to detail
The Department / Team:
National governments are the largest capital market borrowers. Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group provides ratings and research on sovereign and supranational issuers. Moody’s sovereign ratings entail not only a quantitative analysis, but also a qualitative understanding of historical, political and cultural factors that do not easily lend themselves to quantification. Moody’s sovereign ratings are based on a globally consistent and transparent methodological approach to assessing credit risk.
MIS and MSS Candidates are asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.
