State Street - Credit Analyst - Municipal Bond

Responsibilities & Tasks Include:

- Reviewing of US municipals bond issuers for their creditworthiness

- Read through rating reports from Moodys, S&P and Fitch and analyze the bonds to come up with PD ratings which are then submitted to the ERM team

- Should be able to analyze pension liabilities and OPEB of the issuers. Annually update the Probability of Default model for each issuer

- Summarizes external rating changes, distribute email and update Rating Change Log

- Produce monthly surveillance spread sheets for Municipal Bond portfolio

Job Requirements:

Education and Experience:

- Bachelors Degree required, prefer degree in Business or Economics with Financial Accounting course work required

- Minimum 2-10 years related experience

Skills/ Knowledge:

- Must be able to work in a fast paced environment

- Demonstrated ability to synthesize and articulate financial results, including ratio and trend analysis

- Excellent analytical skills

- Proficiency in Excel

- Experience working and thriving as part of a global team

- Ability to multi-task, manage priorities, work independently while maintaining attention to detail and meet deadlines in a demanding and deadline-oriented environment

- Strong written and verbal communication

- Must possess strong communication skills with ability to participate in conference calls and contribute to presentation of financial results to financial and non-financial audiences at various levels of seniority

- Solid business knowledge as it relates to the financial services industry

- Financial product and institution knowledge

- This is a visible role. Excellent communication, organizational and presentation skills, and ability to present complex financial matters to management

- Self-motivated, self-assured, and self-managed

- Results oriented ownership mindset