Fitch

Structured Finance - CMBS, Analyst - New York

Fitch$85K — $100K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Minimum 12 months experience in commercial real estate underwriting or valuation
  • Proficiency in Excel and Word
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • Effective communication skills with strong writing ability
  • Familiarity with commercial property types
  • Ability to manage multiple projects as priorities shift

Responsibilities

  • Identify and evaluate credit strengths and risks of CRE properties
  • Analyze property and loan characteristics and industry trends
  • Communicate rating conclusions to the credit committee
  • Publish detailed reports and research commentary
  • Perform cash flow underwriting and valuations for U.S. and Canadian markets

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with in-office requirements
  • Continuous learning opportunities through trainings and mentorship
  • Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs
  • Comprehensive healthcare offerings
  • Family-friendly parental leave policies
  • Inclusive workplace culture with employee resource groups
  • Paid volunteer days and matched donation contributions
Full Job Description
Fitch Ratings is currently seeking an Analyst based out of our New York office.

About the Team:

  • Fitch Ratings is a global company with a presence in over 30 countries, offering opportunities to work with diverse teams and clients from around the world
  • An opportunity to be part of a team of analysts performing CRE analysis on securities loans
  • Provide Fitch's opinions and perspectives to investors and other market participants on all North American CMBS transactions
  • A team-oriented work environment


How You'll Make an Impact:

  • Identify and assess credit strengths and risks of commercial real estate properties, and the related loan structures in U.S and Canadian CRE markets, and property cash flow underwriting and valuations
  • Use quantitative skills to analyze property and loan level characteristics and industry trends
  • Communicate rating conclusions to credit committee
  • Publish detailed transaction reports, rating commentaries and research reports


You May be a Good Fit if:

  • Hold a bachelor's degree
  • Have at least 12 months of experience in underwriting, valuing, or working out commercial real estate, excluding internships
  • Possess expertise in Excel and Word
  • Demonstrate strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills with the ability to multitask
  • Are familiar with commercial property types
  • Exhibit effective communication skills, including strong writing ability
  • Can shift fluidly between multiple projects as priorities change


What Would Make You Stand Out:

  • Securitization or capital markets experience a plus
  • Loan workout and/or lending experience a plus


Why Choose Fitch:

  • Hybrid Work Environment: 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location
  • A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development, and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
  • Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
  • Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
  • Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
  • Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
  • Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations, and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community


Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent, and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch's credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings, you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

FOR NEW YORK: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $85,000 and $100,000 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.

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About Fitch

Fitch Ratings Inc. is a credit rating agency and a subsidiary of Fitch Group, which is owned by Hearst Corporation. Fitch Ratings is headquartered in New York City and London. The company was founded by John Knowles Fitch on December 24, 1913 in New York City as the Fitch Publishing Company. It merged with London-based IBCA Limited in December 1997. In 2000 Fitch acquired both Chicago-based Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (April) and Thomson BankWatch (December). Fitch Ratings is one of the three nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO) designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975, together with Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
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