Analyst/Senior Analyst - Enhanced Analytics - Chicago

About the position

At Fitch, we have an open culture where employees are able to exchange ideas and perspectives, throughout the organization, irrespective of their seniority. Your voice will be heard allowing you to have a real impact. We embrace diversity and appreciate authenticity encouraging an environment where employees can be their true selves. Our inclusive and progressive approach helps us to keep a balanced perspective. Fitch is also committed to supporting its employees by advancing conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion. Fitch’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) have been established by employees who have joined together as a workplace community based on similar backgrounds or life experiences. Fitch’s ERGs are available to connect employees with others within the organization to offer professional and personal support.\n\nWith our expertise, we are not only creating data and information, but also producing timely insights from every angle to influence decision making in this ever changing and highly competitive market. We have a relentless hunger to innovate and unlock the power of human insights and to drive value for our customers. There has never been a better time to make an impact and we invite you to join us on this journey.\n\nAnalyst/Senior Analyst – Enhanced Analytics \n\nFitch is seeking an Analyst or Senior Analyst (title will be commensurate with experience) to join the Global Corporates, Infrastructure and Project Finance (CIPF) group as a member of the CIPF Enhanced Analytics team. The CIPF Enhanced Analytics team aims to prioritize, lead and execute global non-coverage analytical initiatives in the areas of criteria, research, enhanced analytics, models and other non-operational functions to support the rating and research efforts of over 400 CIPF analysts globally.\n\nData & Analytics is a small entrepreneurial group of hybrid analysts within the analytical group that operate at the intersection of traditional research and technology. We also harness the data and insights generated by the analysts using our tools to develop our own data-driven research and products. These products can be internal or external and can range from traditional research reports to interactive visualizations. We are seeking a new team member that can help us further build out our data infrastructure while also becoming knowledgeable about corporate credit research from an operational and analytical perspective.

Responsibilities

• Develop, support and maintain Excel applications used in the rating and research process
• Integrate and mine large data sets, connecting data from disparate sources (primarily Oracle, Mongo databases) to identify critical insights and pragmatic data solutions
• Collaborate with functional experts and organizational leaders in the implementation of new products and process improvements
• Produce data-driven reports and presentations for internal and external use

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a technical/quantitative field
• Previous experience as a data engineer or data analyst
• Python, VBA and SQL programming knowledge required
• Experience and expertise working with relational/non-relational databases and understanding of storage technologies (MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB)

Nice-to-haves

• Business Intelligence experience required, including hands-on development and analysis in Qlik Cloud.
• Experience with Agile development concepts and related tools a plus
• Have a keen interest in finance and business. Knowledge/experience in finance/accounting, economics or capital markets a plus
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving ability
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Benefits

• An open culture where employees are able to exchange ideas and perspectives, irrespective of their seniority, allowing you to have real impact.
• Exposure to our global portfolio of North American, European, Latin American and Asia-Pacific Corporate ratings coverage.
• Opportunity to shape the tools and best practices used by the global Corporate analytical team.