Credit Ratings Associate

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Mizuho Full time

We are recruiting for a Credit Ratings Associate/Analyst

**Profile Summary**

The Corporate Rating Team is an integral part of the Corporate Finance Analysis & Execution (CFAE) team within the European Corporate Finance Division (ECFD). They manage, monitor and control the department’s corporate ratings, ensuring the timely preparation and submission of ratings for ECFD clients. This role would primarily be responsible for the production of corporate ratings using the internal models of Mizuho, but would also interface the wider CFAE team with involvement in client administration, onboarding and monitoring.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- To produce timely and accurate corporate credit ratings
- Analysis of new corporate transactions
- Credit risk monitoring and the preparation of annual and special reviews.
- Ensure early identification of potential credit quality issues
- Assist with overall general portfolio management and reporting duties - this entails day-to-day administration of a number of clients within the Department’s portfolio;
- Processing of requests in the bank’s systems

**Qualifications, Skills and Experience**

**Essential**:

- Minimum 3 ‘A’ Levels or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a Financial environment, preferably banking
- A good knowledge of corporate credit analysis techniques
- A proven ability to analyse and interpret company financial statements
- Familiarity with corporate structures and decision making processes
- Good team working and communication skills
- Financial spreadsheets/accounting knowledge including accounting standards

**Desirable**
- German, Spanish, French or Italian Language skills will be useful, but this is not essential
- Cash flow analysis/modelling skills
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent

**Adaptability**
- A requirement to respond to changing priorities within the role
- Capacity to plan, organise and manage workloads independently
- Proven ability to take initiative and solve complex rating scenarios independently of team leader.
- Utilise changing systems or procedures

**At Mizuho, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.**

Mizuho Bank provides financial and strategic solutions for the increasingly diverse and sophisticated needs of international clients, focusing its efforts on serving major corporations, financial institutions, individuals and public sector entities. A relationship management approach to serving clients enables Mizuho Bank, together with group companies including Mizuho Trust & Banking and Mizuho Securities, to develop customised solutions in areas such as corporate, structured and project finance, transaction banking and risk management.

With 81 offices outside Japan, Mizuho Bank offers both local experience and the ability to progress careers across its global business network. Mizuho Bank is a subsidiary of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc, one of the largest financial services companies in the world, with total assets of approximately US $1.8 trillion (as of March, 2016). Mizuho London Branch has over 850 employees, Mizuho Bank employs over 27,000 employees and is part of the Mizuho Financial

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