About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

11

The Role: Data Scientist, Credit Research & Insights                                                            

The Team:  The Credit Research & Insights team, within S&P Global Ratings Research, provides timely credit research and insight in relation to global credit and rating performance trends. The team generates leading-edge high frequency credit research which is widely used throughout the firm and by external stakeholders.

The Impact: S&P Global Ratings Credit Research & Insights team is looking for an experienced  data scientist who will play a crucial role in shaping and managing the team’s data-driven research projects. This role serves as the backbone to all the team’s data science related projects. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, goal-oriented and be able to work independently on data science projects. She or he will need to interact with senior analysts and management across the firm as well as senior external parties.

What’s in it for you:

• Opportunity to work on high profile credit research projects and reports, which are extensively read outside the firm.

• Ability to influence and shape future data driven global research initiatives, using extensive proprietary datasets.

• Highly visible role with exposure to and engagement with multiple teams and stakeholders across the organization.

• Opportunity to work with an extensive list of proprietary datasets, as well as external sources, and be the original source of new research initiatives.

• Exposure to global credit markets including multiple asset classes (corporates, public finance, structured finance, sovereigns).

• Engagement with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Organize and analyze large data sets and be able to communicate your findings to senior analysts.

• Undertake pre-processing of structured and unstructured data.

• Drive both business decisions and research based on the insights obtained from the data.

• Be able to use natural language processing to analyze internal and external data.

• Propose data solutions and strategies to business challenges and opportunities.

• Assist with improving data efficiencies and processes across the team.

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative credit research, and various statistical analysis to analyze trends.

• Monitor and analyze key global market credit trends.

• Manage Access and Oracle databases, including writing queries.

• Write commentary to support research observations.

• Meet rigorous publishing deadlines.

• Interpret and articulate research report findings for external clients, and internal stakeholders.

• Stay actively abreast of financial market events and their implications.

What We are Looking For:

Basic Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in a data science role.

• Degree in a highly quantitative field:  Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.

• Proficiency with data mining, knowledge of probability theory and advanced statistical techniques.

• Experience with regression analysis (beyond linear regression), supervised learning, unsupervised learning or time-series analysis.

• Experience with scientific scripting languages (Python, R, Matlab).

• Experience accessing and manipulating data in SQL database environments.

• Experience presenting to internal and external audiences.

• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Team player with track record of collaboration with cross functional and cross regional teams 

• Demonstrated ability to self-manage, take initiative, and meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in quantitative field preferred.

• Prior experience working in a research capacity within financial markets.

             

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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:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

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:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

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.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

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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