Market Research Associate, BRM Financial Institutions - Insurance - New York

About the role

The Financial Institutions Business & Relationship Management (BRM) team is seeking a Market Research Associate based out of our Chicago or New York offices. This exciting role will report to a Senior Director in the North America Financial Institutions (FI) BRM team. The principal objective of the team is to support the Senior Director with the origination of new Insurance rating mandates, through targeted outreach campaigns and client engagement, as well as to manage and optimize existing relationships, with issuers and other market participants.

Responsibilities

• Research and validate new business opportunities, combining actionable market data from multiple sources and data sets
• Maintain and update data in Salesforce CRM system
• Prepare commercial agreements for new and existing issuers
• Contact external stakeholders, organize meetings and prepare appropriate background information as required
• Develop impactful presentations and other marketing materials collaborating with the marketing team

Requirements

• Relevant university degree, preferably in a business, finance, economics, data analytics related field
• Excellent Excel/ data analytic skills (lookups/ index/ pivot tables/ macros/ formula/ shortcuts etc.)
• Strong PowerPoint presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Aptitude to learn new data systems and incorporate into research

Qualifications

• Attention to detail
• Integrity, curiosity, willingness to learn and a positive attitude
• Self-starter with strong time management and first-class organizational and delivery skills
• Ability to multi-task, adopt and respond to changing priorities
• Great interpersonal / communication skills
• Prior knowledge of CRM systems
• Debt Capital Markets experience/financial markets knowledge advantageous

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Integrity, curiosity, willingness to learn and a positive attitude
• Self-starter with strong time management and first-class organizational and delivery skills
• Ability to multi-task, adopt and respond to changing priorities
• Great interpersonal / communication skills
• Prior knowledge of CRM systems
• Debt Capital Markets experience/financial markets knowledge advantageous

Benefits

We’ll Count on You To:

• Research and validate new business opportunities, combining actionable market data from multiple sources and data sets
• Maintain and update data in Salesforce CRM system
• Prepare commercial agreements for new and existing issuers
• Contact external stakeholders, organize meetings and prepare appropriate background information as required
• Develop impactful presentations and other marketing materials collaborating with the marketing team

Pay

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $70,000 and $75,000 per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of Fitch’s total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, long-term incentives, and other benefits sponsored by Fitch.

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule is available.