S&P Global Ratings"CREDit"Program Analyst, London - #2150715

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):
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The Impact:"

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At S&P Global, our values"-"Discovery, Integrity, and Partnership"-"shape how we work, how we collaborate, and how we earn trust with our customers and each other. We embrace AI as an enabler, guided by rigorous governance and risk management, to enhance what has always defined us: the intelligence of our people, deep relationships, and trusted insights. By"leveraging"technology with human"expertise, we help our teams navigate complexity and deliver actionable, decision-ready intelligence"without compromising quality, accountability, or integrity."

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What You Stand to Gain:"

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At"S&P Global Ratings, you will contribute to independent credit opinions the market relies on, strengthened by innovation that accelerates analysis."

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We are People Forward. When you join S&P Global,"you'll"benefit"from:"

• Joining"a diverse community where your growth and well-being come first-just like the 35,000+ colleagues who choose S&P Global every day."

• Bringing"your best self to work in an environment that values inclusion, collaboration, and authentic engagement."

• Celebrating"your achievements with us."We're"committed to your continuous learning, offering education, training, and career coaching to help you grow and adapt in a changing world."

• Connecting"through our People Resource Groups, which foster awareness, engagement, and a sense of community-both within S&P Global and beyond."

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Program Overview:"""

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When you join S&P Global Ratings, you join one of the world's leading providers of independent credit risk research and benchmarks. You are part of a team that produces"high quality"fundamental research"and"ratings"based on established criteria"and benchmarks."This presents the opportunity for"CREDit"Program Analysts to be at the center of how investment decisions are made."You"will have exposure to ask probing questions to senior corporate"executives, and"interact with the global investor community for one of the largest providers of credit ratings in the world."The Business Practice Groups"include:"Corporates, Public Finance, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance, Sovereign and International Public Finance, and Infrastructure."""

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Our"CREDit"Graduate Program is a two-year training and development opportunity, with our next intake joining us in September 2027."CREDit"Program Analysts will work across various practices and"teams"to meet the evolving demands of the global market and business needs. This multi-disciplinary approach allows you to cultivate a versatile skill set while contributing to our most impactful business areas. All analysts combine practical work experience with the completion of a relevant qualification. For example, this could be an MBA or"CFA.""

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Responsibilities:"

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Team Contribution & Capability Building""

• Build capability in credit, financial data, and tooling by applying feedback quickly and adopting standard ways of working that reinforce consistent, decision-ready outputs.""

• Contribute to AI-enabled team productivity by sharing reusable prompts, templates, checklists, and lightweight automations that augment team judgement (not replace it) and reduce rework/improve turnaround time.""

• Proactively supporting others with strong attention to detail and issue-spotting, and contributing resourceful, creative ideas in collaborative team discussions."

• Actively champion innovation and continuous improvement by questioning existing processes,"leveraging"new tools, and applying fresh perspectives to data and problem-solving."

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Core Analytical & Delivery""

• Partner with analysts and managers to deliver reliable execution, including clear status updates, early escalation of risks, and consistent follow-through to protect quality and trust.""

• Support and help"maintain"high-quality research and data packs using standard templates; use automation where"appropriate to"improve consistency while keeping human review of key facts.""

• Use approved LLM-powered tools as an enabler to accelerate research/summarization/first drafts, followed by human validation, correction, and explicit"evidence"capture.""

• Support analysts with recurring monitoring workflows by contributing to process efficiency/projects.""

• Collect, clean, reconcile, and"validate"data. Proactively"identify"inconsistencies, assess assumptions, and catch risks.""

• Support financial model maintenance."

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Stakeholder & Market Engagement""

• Monitor issuer, sector, and market developments and produce concise summaries with clear sourcing that help analysts move faster.""

• Turns data, analysis, and research into clear, actionable narratives for client and market engagement.""

• Understand the importance of cultivating a customer-oriented, solutions mindset and"observe"and learn from service excellence in action."

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Risk Management and Operating""

• Apply confidentiality, documentation, and governance requirements.""

• Support pilot/testing under supervision and within defined guardrails."

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What"We're"Looking For:"

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Education"

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, completed by August 2027. A master's degree or professional certification (such as CFA) is highly valued.""

• We welcome candidates from traditional finance disciplines"e.g. Accounting, Business Administration,"Engineering,"Economics, Finance, Math, Public Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Data and Statistics. This is as"well as diverse academic backgrounds"that support innovative and critical thinking and storytelling e.g."Engineering and Sciences,"Philosophy, Politics, Classics, Theology, English"Language, English"Literature and Languages.""

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