Associate Director

Position Title: Associate Director

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Project Finance & Infrastructure

Covid-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a temporary work-from-home model and we’re continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position.

Summary

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is seeking an experienced Associate Director to join its Project Finance & Infrastructure Ratings team. This role offers the unique opportunity to join a growing team working across all industry sectors. The analyst will have direct involvement in high profile and challenging work with exposure to senior staff and external market participants. This position will be based out of KBRA’s New York City office.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the rating process by preparing internal credit reports for rating committees, analyzing cash flows, and evaluating technical aspects of a project.
• Monitor and update credit factors on existing transactions for surveillance purposes.
• Author research on individual projects and infrastructure companies as well as industry or sector wide topics for internal and external publication.
• Assist in the development and evolution of rating methodologies and criteria.
• Present KBRA’s credit views at issuer and investor meetings and conferences.

Key Skills/Experience:

• 5+ of experience performing credit analysis on Project Finance, energy and infrastructure entities in rating agency, buy-side, credit research, banking or other similar environments.
• Strong interest and relevant experience in ratings, fixed income research, origination, or capital markets.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Strong quantitative skills including advanced capabilities with Excel.
• Ability to work, lead, and seamlessly integrate in a highly collegial, dynamic, and innovative work environment.
• Strong academic background with a degrees in finance, economics or management, CFA a plus.
• Able to manage time and resources in a fast growing company.

About Us

KBRA is a global full-service rating agency whose mission is to set a standard of excellence and integrity by providing users of our ratings with transparent, responsive, and timely analysis. Established in 2010 as a challenger brand, KBRA remains dedicated to the restoration of trust in credit ratings. We accomplish this through the creation of new standards for assessing risk and by offering transparent ratings. KBRA offers market participants with an alternative solution by delivering in-depth research as well as the tools needed to make informed decisions. Since the company was founded, we have published over 39,000 ratings. KBRA has over 380 employees located across the United States (in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland) and in Dublin, Ireland and London, England.

KBRA encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.