Structured Finance - ABS, Director

Fitch Ratings is seeking a Credit Professional to join the Asset-Backed Securities Group in our Chicago or New York offices.

About the role

The Structured Finance - ABS, Director will lead the Asset-Backed Securities team to analyze transactions and author market commentary. This leadership role covers North American ABS, with an initial emphasis on consumer sectors such as auto loan and lease and unsecured installment loans.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to lead new transaction analysis, apply macro trends impacting consumers to develop credit views, and communicate these views effectively both internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Lead deal teams to analyze critical credit, legal, and structural elements of ABS transaction structures.
• Contribute to dynamic rating workflows by leading rating analysis on a portfolio of ABS transactions and participating externally with investors, issuers, and bankers.
• Deploy and implement various credit tools and cashflow models to form analytical views and recommendations.
• Stay abreast of sector trends and communicate views internally and externally.
• Assist in the development of ratings criteria, including forming recommendations to bolster analysis and iteratively improve.
• Lead and/or support sector trend research reports and projects.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree.
• Minimum of 7 years of work experience with previous experience rating ABS transactions.
• Experience managing a team, ability to inspire, and strategically plan workflows and progress on multiple projects in parallel.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, high productivity work-ethic, and a results-oriented mindset.
• Strong communication skills, particularly in writing, and ability to analyze large data sets to form conclusions.
• Strong understanding of credit fundamentals and current economic conditions, combined with a willingness and ability to quickly learn new concepts and techniques.

What would make you stand out

• Direct experience in evaluating new ABS transactions, either buy-side or sell-side.
• CFA candidate or other professional designations highlighting strong capacity for the role.
• Thoughtful views on economic trends in North America and expected impacts to consumer households and credit.
• Passion for cash flow modeling and loss forecasting analysis, with practical experience.
• Desire to expand your capabilities and expertise across ABS asset classes with a leading team in the credit markets.

Benefits

• Ability to grow your presence in ABS credit, along with the breadth and depth of your reach across different sectors, asset classes, structures, and markets.
• Opportunity to be a lead coverage analyst in a growing and dynamic group at a global rating agency.
• A rewarding leadership role leading new rating analysis that is essential for the debt capital markets to make more informed decisions.

Pay

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $150,000 and $250,000. 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

Full-time, on-site.