Senior Analyst - Sovereign Ratings, New York

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

About the role

The Credit Ratings team is an integral part of the Global Ratings Services team, comprising a diverse group of 1,400 analysts spread across key financial hubs worldwide. We deliver high-quality insights and exceptional client service across all industry sectors.

The successful candidate will join S&P Global Ratings’ Sovereign and International Public Finance (IPF) ratings team, working closely with the Chief Analytical Officer, Head of Sovereign and Multilateral Institutions Ratings, Sector Leads, and Chairs of the Global, Sovereign, and regional IPF “Analytical Oversight and Consistency Councils” (AOCCs). The team manages high-profile government and public sector-related credits, including multilateral financial institutions. It assigns and monitors ratings, maintains high-quality analytical work, communicates with the market and stakeholders, and ensures consistency of ratings across different asset classes. The team operates in a strong collegial, collaborative environment, providing exposure to senior stakeholders globally.

Impact

At S&P Global, our values—Discovery, Integrity, and Partnership—shape how we work, collaborate, and earn trust with our customers and each other. We embrace AI as an enabler, guided by rigorous governance and risk management, to enhance the intelligence of our people, deep relationships, and trusted insights. By leveraging technology with human expertise, we help teams navigate complexity and deliver actionable, decision-ready intelligence without compromising quality, accountability, or integrity.

What you stand to gain

At S&P Global Ratings, you will contribute to independent credit opinions the market relies on, strengthened by innovation that accelerates analysis. Benefits of joining include:

• A diverse community where growth and well-being come first, alongside 35,000+ colleagues.
• An inclusive environment that values collaboration and authentic engagement.
• Continuous learning opportunities, including education, training, and career coaching.
• People Resource Groups that foster awareness, engagement, and community.

Responsibilities

Team Contribution & Capability Building

• Provide day-to-day guidance and coaching to Research Assistants and Rating Analysts, building capability in credit, data discipline, and tooling while reinforcing values-led behaviors.
• Drive consistency and scalability by codifying standard work and promoting disciplined adoption to strengthen trusted, repeatable insights.
• Strengthen AI-enabled productivity by creating reusable assets and proposing lightweight automations that free capacity for human analysis and relationship work.
• Foster continuous improvement by proposing enhancements that remove manual steps without compromising governance or judgment.
• Partner with senior team members and Data/Engineering to identify and scale AI/automation use cases with governance-by-design, controls, and adoption support.

Core Analytical & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end execution for assigned credits, ensuring high-quality analysis and timely delivery across priorities with clear accountability.
• Own surveillance and updates for an assigned portfolio, synthesizing performance, market signals, and peer context into decision-useful insights and clear risk implications.
• Support LLM tools and automation embedded in workflows, followed by structured validation and refinement using analytical judgment to maintain trusted conclusions.
• Operate alongside AI agents in recurring workflows, preparing and reviewing inputs, reconciling metrics, and documenting assumptions/changes to ensure adherence to methodologies and standard operating procedures.
• Prepare and review key outputs, ensuring clarity and alignment with methodology, sector frameworks, and evidentiary standards.
• Support maintenance and review of models to ensure robustness, repeatability, and clear linkage to risk views.

Stakeholder & Market Engagement

• Engage with external parties alongside senior team members, crafting client- and executive-ready narratives that translate complex data and analysis into clear stories.
• Advise on issues within clear parameters, integrating and communicating complex information to convey S&P’s analytical expertise and drive engagement with market participants.
• Build trusted stakeholder relationships through emotionally intelligent, collaborative, and adaptable delivery.

Risk Management and Operating

• Ensure adherence to methodology, confidentiality, and data governance; escalate issues early with options and recommendations to protect integrity and trust.
• Embed responsible, governed AI use: approved tools/data only; protect confidential information.
• Drive controlled automation and agentic workflows by contributing to design requirements, controls, supporting testing and rollout, and training others.
• Support decisions relating to guardrails for automation, defining what can be automated vs. what must remain human-led (especially material risk calls and committee conclusions).

Requirements

• Coordinator for the Global, Sovereign & regional IPF AOCCs, supporting AOCC chairs and regional sector leads on governance and projects, including planning, presentation, facilitation, and documentation of deliverables.
• Support for the Chief Analytical Officer and Head of Sovereign and Multilateral Institutions Ratings on research projects and initiatives, including contributions to flagship publications and global research under sector leads.
• Support for planning, execution, and monitoring of projects to enhance analytical quality and market impact.
• Strong skills in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and database applications.

Team Contribution & Capability Building

• Ownership and execution maturity across multiple credits; delivers high quality with limited oversight and models values-led behavior.
• Strong collaboration and relationship management; influences through credibility and constructive challenge.
• Coaching capability that improves team consistency through shared standards and tools.
• Continuous improvement mindset and AI fluency with judgment.

Core Analytical & Delivery

• Strong credit, financial, and risk analysis linking drivers to forward-looking views and risk appetite.
• Practical experience embedding AI, LLMs, or agents into workflows to improve productivity and insight.
• Strong analytical tool capability; willingness to learn data and automation tools to facilitate AI-enabled workflows.

Stakeholder & Market Engagement

• Strong synthesis of complex information into concise narratives for senior stakeholders and committees with transparent evidence.
• Effective written and verbal communication, presenting research and analysis clearly and structured to support informed decision-making.

Risk Management and Operating

• High standards for quality, traceability, and governance; operates effectively in controlled environments.
• Sound judgment on responsible AI use.
• Ability to contribute to scalable automation and agent workflows.

Qualifications

• Typically, three to five years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required; a master’s degree or professional certification (such as CFA) is highly valued.
• Candidates from traditional finance disciplines or diverse academic backgrounds that support innovative and critical thinking are welcome.

Schedule

Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.

Pay

For US candidates, the anticipated base salary range for this position is $100,000 USD to $128,000 USD. Final base salary will be based on geographic location, experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications. This role is also eligible for an annual incentive plan.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health care coverage designed for mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off to help keep you energized.
• Continuous Learning: Access to resources for career growth, including a continuing education program with company-matched student loan contributions.
• Invest in Your Future: Competitive pay, retirement planning, and financial wellness programs.
• Family-Friendly Perks: Best-in-class benefits for families, including partners and dependents.
• Beyond the Basics: Retail discounts, referral incentive awards, and other small perks.

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