# Rating Analyst

**Company**: S&P Global Ratings
**Location**: Chicago, IL
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $63,000 to $90,000 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

### About the Role:

We are seeking a Rating Analyst to join our Americas Public Finance team at S&P Global Ratings in Chicago, IL. This is a full-time position with a strong expectation for analytical performance and meaningful opportunity for upward mobility.

### Responsibilities and Impact

As a Rating Analyst, you will lead credit analysis for local government issuers, delivering independent, committee-ready credit opinions that inform investor decisions and support capital formation. Your core responsibilities will include:

- Conducting comprehensive financial statement analysis and preparing well-supported rating recommendations and committee-ready credit reports

- Assessing historical and projected financial data, evaluating fiscal health and credit risk factors, and compiling findings into thorough committee presentations and effective written analysis

- Publishing timely, insightful credit reports and contributing to relevant research pieces and sector publications

- Serving as an active, voting member of rating committees and communicating complex analytical perspectives clearly to diverse audiences

- Providing guidance and support to team members to maintain analytical quality and consistency across the portfolio

### Compensation/Benefits Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $63,000 to $90,000 USD. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan and additional S&P Global benefits, including:

- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body

- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on

- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills

- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs

- Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in-class benefits for families

### What We're Looking For

To be successful in this role, you will typically have 2+ years of relevant experience in public finance, local government finance, or a related credit analysis discipline. You will also need:

- Demonstrated credit analysis and financial statement analysis skills

- Effective written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to manage multiple priorities, deliver high-quality work under deadline pressure, and exercise sound analytical judgment

- Ability to work effectively in team environments and independently when required

### Additional Information

This role is limited to persons with an indefinite right to work in the United States. Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.

## Skills

### Required
- credit analysis
- financial statement analysis
- written and verbal communication

### Nice to have
- complex local government finance issues
- analytical perspectives
- process improvement efforts
- AI-supported tools and processes

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