VP- Senior Analyst -Insurance

Few opportunities arise that provide the combination of flexibility, responsibility and discretion in running your own insurance portfolio, with the level of access to senior management in issuers and investors that you find as a senior Credit Analyst (Level: VP-Senior Analyst) at Moody’s. We are seeking a motivated, ambitious experienced professional to join our team in London.
Operating across the EMEA region, you will have immediate exposure, visibility and impact, whilst working on real cases where the application of your skills and expertise have an impact in financial markets. The ideal candidate will be a recognized subject matter expert in insurance.
Analysts at Moody’s develop in-depth sector and company knowledge and are directly responsible for developing and raising the profile of the team externally via thought-leading research, participation in conferences and boardroom interaction with issuers and investors. As a senior member of the analytical team the successful candidate would play a leading role in shaping our reputation.
Moody’s flat hierarchy ensures that Analyst’s roles are broad and deep. When you combine that breadth and scope with the collegiate atmosphere, international environment with the high quality of talent in the business, it is a truly rewarding working experience that will stretch your abilities and challenge your talents.
As a global company, Moody’s provides an excellent personal and career development platform to grow your career and develop your analytical expertise across geographies, businesses and sectors. As an organisation that values experience, there is a vast resource of knowledge within the business that can support your learning objectives, in parallel to the structured learning and development process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Insightful and rigorous analysis. Produce impactful and timely research on insurance credit trends, including issuer-specific credit opinions, to drive high media presence and local market interest
• Ratings accuracy . Undertake in-depth fundamental credit analysis on a portfolio of EMEA insurers and present your conclusions to rating committees. Montitor developments within the portfolio including through regular dialogue with rated entities, to ensure ratings remain correctly positioned and developments in credit profiles are clearly articulated
• Effective communication with a large variety of financial stakeholders. Build and maintain high quality relationships with fixed-income investors, media, regulators as well as senior management of some of the world’s largest insurers as well as through presenting at high profile physical and digital events
• Help enhance Moody’s insurance franchise across EMEA . Strenghten Moody’s position as the thought-leading Agency of Choice in EMEA, building on the excellent reputation of our existing insurance presence in continental Europe

Qualifications:

• Substantial credit/risk assessment experience including strong financial analysis skills
• In-depth understanding of European Insurers and their regulatory environment and the key issues affecting these markets/the main players as well as key industry drivers
• Excellent communication skills – able to communicate clearly and succinctly, both verbally and in writing with some public speaking experience
• Strong quantitative aptitude and proven analytical skills
• Strong academic background at least equivalent to MSc in relevant areas
• CIMA /ACCA/CFA/IFoA professional qualification would be highly beneficial
• Highly organised and efficient, with ability to multi-task and able to meet tight deadlines
• Fluency in English and another European language
• Willingness to travel across the EMEA region

Insurance Group

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