About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

14

The Team: The Americas Public Finance Ratings department has an opportunity for a Sector Lead role covering the U.S. affordable housing sector, including state housing finance agencies, social housing providers including public housing authorities, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), rental housing bonds, military housing, federally enhanced housing ratings, and other housing sub-sectors. The role will encompass analytical leadership and market engagement for the U.S. team.

The Role/Impact: The Housing team Sector Lead will role model analytical excellence in the affordable housing industry and demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills for internal and external audiences to deliver our credit story and rating opinions. The Sector Lead will provide analytical leadership, maintain a sharp internal focus on risk and consistency, and demonstrate an external focus on outreach and education for the affordable housing sector. The ability to represent S&P Global Ratings in a highly professional manner externally to industry issuers and investors is a must. Our Sector Lead will be required to initiate, organize, prepare, and lead meetings with senior management teams and the investment community. This candidate will be expected to identify and prioritize risk in a timely manner and seek out opportunities for continuous improvement for analytical and outreach efforts. The Sector Lead will enhance the team’s analytical and industry expertise and visibility internally and externally. They must be fluent in relevant methodologies, internal governance, and rating processes.  The candidate must be able to collaborate with relevant stakeholders and teams internally including the Head of the Practice and Chief Analytical Officer, methodologies, models, and other analytical teams in Americas Public Finance and across Ratings. The successful candidate will have an established track record in credit analysis, research, networking, outreach, and execution capabilities.  
 

Responsibilities:

Internal

•    Direct analytical coverage of credits within the U.S. affordable housing space, including identifying credit risk in a timely manner and meeting with issuers

•    Perform credit analysis by understanding and identifying key factors that affect issue and issuer credit ratings on complex housing credits

•    Chair and vote on rating committees for housing credits, particularly for complex and high profile issuers

•    Effectively lead special projects/tasks (criteria, regulatory, analytical, education, planning, etc.)

•    Mentor and develop junior talent, including sharing knowledge and skills with analysts and supporting analysts in interacting with external parties

•    Collaborate with the team’s Analytical Manager in leading the housing team in order to foster a risk mindset, collaborative culture, and analytical excellence in a positive inclusive environment
 

External

•    Have ownership of the team’s delivery of analytical insights to external audiences, investors, intermediaries, and issuers, including developing market engagement plans

•    Provide proactive outreach and research to the market

•    Work collaboratively with other sector lead analysts and practices on analytical issues, and develop cross practice, cross-department, and global analytic research and commentary on relevant sector and credit themes

•    Act as spokesperson externally for the team, representing and communicating S&P analytical thought leadership, credit stories, and criteria through publications, conferences, presentations, and media

•    Initiate, organize, and execute meetings/calls with investors and intermediaries to provide analytical education and gather feedback

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates) S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $152,600 to $250,000 Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications.

Qualifications:
•   Advanced analytical skills in the U.S. affordable housing industry, demonstrated by 10+ years of experience and an ability to think critically and independently
•   Strong expertise in analytical leadership, research, problem-solving, and critical thinking

•   Strong communication skills and market knowledge to build-on and manage relationships with key investors, issuers, and intermediaries, and develop new relationships as part of market outreach activities

•    Demonstrated strength of understanding of S&P Global Ratings analytical methodologies

•    Aptitude for coaching and providing meaningful mentorship
•    Strong interpersonal and organizational management skills
•    Strong written and oral communication skills

•    Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize and execute on key tasks
•    Strategic and change-ready mindset with an ability to envision, deliver, and adapt long term goals

•    Willingness to travel domestically

•    Graduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics or related field, and/or CFA preferred.  

Right to Work Requirements:
This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

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 www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

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Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

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Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• 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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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.
 

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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