Business Overview:

BNP Paribas Ratings Advisory works closely with Leverage Finance, Syndications, and Capital Markets in originating and executing transactions across the Bank’s product platform. Areas of focus include Leverage Finance, Acquisition Finance, Project Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Loan Syndications, and Strategic Equity. Ratings Advisory is responsible for providing guidance regarding the impact of proposed corporate and project finance transactions on the credit ratings of the Bank’s clients – a key factor in structuring and pricing. Additionally, Ratings Advisory is responsible for advising clients on the ratings process for strategic situations and first time issuers.

Ratings Advisory is also works closely with a diversified base of clients, including large corporates, energy/project finance, and financial sponsors, and being a small team, that results in broad responsibility, direct client contact, and interesting deal flow.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

• Results and Impact
  • Able to influence peers and team.
  • Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
  • Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
  • Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
• Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Creates trust with colleagues.
  • Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
• Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
  • Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
  • Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
  • Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
• Compliance Culture and Conduct:
  • Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
  • Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Responsibilities:

The opportunity with BNP Paribas’ Ratings Advisory - Americas Group offers broad exposure to investment banking, acquisition finance, energy and project finance, and the capital markets.

• Strong modelling expertise, mainly in reviewing acquisition and other model scenarios and making relevant analytical adjustments
• Contribute to preparation of pitch books, guidance memoranda and ratings presentations
• Gain strong familiarity with capital structure and credit issues, and their relationship to Moody’s and S&P’s ratings scales and criteria
• Prepare comparative transaction information to support guidance
• Perform general market research
• Coordinate Rating Agency meetings

A background in Investment Banking, fixed income research, or one of the major rating agencies would be positive, as is experience in leverage finance

• Strong modeling and PowerPoint skills.
• Outstanding proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Solid understanding of accounting/financial statement analysis.
• High level of motivation, dedication, intellectual curiosity & professional poise.
• Excellent academic credentials.
• Strong written and communication/interpersonal skills.
• IBanking/Fixed Income Research/Rating Agency/Credit Backgrounds would be positives

• Strong familiarity with rating agency criteria and methodologies, as well as, general corporate capital structure issues and credit analysis.
• Strong accounting, financial statement analysis and modeling expertise, including understanding relevant rating agency analytical adjustments.
• Capable of multi-tasking and managing various processes simultaneously.

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.