Financial Analyst-MAI

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About Moody’s Analytics

Moody’s Analytics provides financial intelligence and analytical tools to help business leaders make better faster decisions. Our deep risk expertise, expansive information resources, and innovative application of technology help our clients confidently navigate an evolving marketplace. We are known for our industry-leading and award-winning solutions, made up of research, data, software, and professional services assembled to deliver a seamless customer experience. We create confidence in thousands of organizations worldwide, with our commitment to excellence, open mindset approach, and focus on meeting customer needs. Please visit our website for more details: www.moodysanalytics.com

Opportunity The Digital Insights OU is hiring for an initiative to increase recognition of Moody’s value proposition among a wide range of financial market participants by providing the highest level of financial data governance and ensuring data quality and usability of our products.

The Financial Analyst will work within an initiative focused on analyzing published financial documents of corporate entities around the globe. The role will leverage competency in accounting, capital markets, and financial statement analysis to extract relevant data and insights from published documents. The ideal candidate will possess a goal-oriented mindset, an interest in growing their competency and career, and a desire to collaborate with a global team, particularly partnering with the Research Analyst/SME and the Senior Research Analyst.

Job Description for [Financial Analyst]

Responsibilities

· Analyzing and extracting data, insights, and other information from financial documents

· Reviewing financial documents which include Income Statements, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flow Statements from the annual/interim and regulatory statements of entities across geographies

· Knowledge of US GAAP, local GAAP, and/or IFRS, is required (knowledge of several and others is a plus)

· Conducting detailed quality checks of own work, as well as others, if required

· Adhering to timeliness with quality output is a primary characteristic of the work

· Ability to work independently and in a global team

Required Background/skills

· Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required / Commerce graduates from top tier colleges/institutes

· Work experience of 0-2 years in analyzing financial statements

· Advanced understanding of various company filings (10K, annual reports, Solvency reports) and should be comfortable with secondary research

· Hands-on experience extracting pertinent insights from financial statements

· Knowledge of accounting/financial documents

· Superior attention to detail, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills

· Organized, dependable, able to multi-task and manage priorities, display initiative, and the ability to work independently

· Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products and particularly Excel, such as pivot tables, lookups, etc.

· Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

For more information on the Securities Trading Program, please refer to the STP Quick Reference guide on ComplianceNet

Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.