Team Lead-Fin Data & Analytics

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are-with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. 

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

Skills and Competencies
Credit:
* Understand and identify key risk factors with limited guidance for most tasks
* Working knowledge of applicable methodologies
* Proficient in many technical and operational aspects of assigned deliverables
Stakeholder Management:
* Interact with lead and support analysts to resolve complex issues
* Interact with other team managers to resolve/ clarify straightforward issues
Project Management:
* Manage more than one project independently

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Engineering, Finance, Economics or Business/Accounting
• Relevant experience of 4+ years in credit/financial data analysis and interpretation and managing projects independently; experience in fundamental finance will be an added advantage
• Strong organizational skills, dependable and able to multi-task and manage priorities
• Knowledge or prior experience analyzing financial statements
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, in particular advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills

Responsibilities:
Lead projects supporting data, ratings, research, analytical outreach and apply specialized technical knowledge to guide junior team members and lead process improvements.

• Serve as a Process Owner for one or more process:
  • Responsible for process re-engineering and process improvements. Utilize expertise to identify inefficiencies, suggest improvements, build consensus and implement the change.
  • Responsible for end-to-end delivery of select business as usual (BAU) tasks such as complex data and research tasks.
  • Independently interact with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely deliverables, especially of complex and non-standard tasks.
  • Lead resolution of non-standard outputs.
  • Provide technical and process guidance to junior team members related to various data intake tasks, including scrubbing, validating the data for further use in research and ratings
• Project management and stakeholder management.
• Train new hires and mentor team to perform work (such as spreading, credit opinions components, etc.).
• Coordinate allocation of work across the team and mange workload pipeline to provide sufficient time for completion.
• Provide feedback to the manager on quality and accuracy of work produced by team members while providing constructive and proactive feedback
• Undertake initial reviews or quality assessments of other team members work for select complex tasks, and address improvement areas through feedback or training
• Lead projects or participate in working groups. For example, analyze impact of methodology updates onto team’s processes and leading the implementation; partnering with other departments to move work into RRS
• Global Capability Centers, building well-defined processes and output targets.

About the team
Being part of the RRS Global Capability Centers provides a unique opportunity to foster skills that are valuable to any future career in the financial services industry. The RRS GCC teams perform a range of data, analytical and research services that contribute to the overall credit analysis function performed by the rating groups. By joining our team, you will be a part of exciting work in the global capability centers.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.