Analyst/Senior Analyst, CIPF, Milan

Location: Milan, Milan, IT

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Credit Analyst – Analyst/Senior Analyst – Corporate Ratings (FMCG, Consumer & Agribusiness) – Milan

Fitch Ratings is currently seeking an Analyst or Senior Analyst to join our EMEA Corporate, Infrastructure and Project Finance (CIPF) Ratings team, based in our Milan office.

As one of the world's top three credit ratings agencies, Fitch Ratings plays a critical role in global capital markets by providing supplementary credit analysis, ratings, research and commentary to financial market participants. Fitch Ratings' EMEA Corporate, Infrastructure and Project Finance (CIPF) group, with a team of over 100 credit analysts across Europe, provides public and private ratings of companies and their debt instruments in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Fitch Ratings is part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries, which also includes Fitch Solutions. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.

Explore a career at Fitch Ratings and you'll join a collaborative network of curious minds. Here, our differences are our strengths – in life as well as our work.

Together we work with integrity and objectivity to provide clarity to the world's financial markets.

About the Team

Fitch's CIPF group rates corporate, infrastructure and project finance issuers and their debt instruments. In EMEA, CIPF is organised into sector teams covering Consumer and Healthcare; Industrials; Natural Resources and Infrastructure; Transport; Utilities; Telecoms, Media and Technology; and Real Estate, with infrastructure and project finance analysts working alongside corporate analysts within their sectors. In addition, a specialist Leveraged Finance team focuses on credits with leveraged capital structures.

The EMEA Consumer & Healthcare Ratings team covers the widest range of industries and is the second largest in terms of the ratings portfolio, with over 100 public credits, and by team size, with around 20 analysts located in London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Paris and Stockholm. Within the team, the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Consumer and Agribusiness group rates a diverse portfolio of EMEA issuers across packaged food, beverages, dairy, household and personal care, tobacco and agribusiness. Issuers range from large investment-grade multinationals and cooperatives to high-yield, family-owned and sponsor-backed companies.

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Carry out corporate credit analysis for public and private ratings and credit opinions, including financial statement analysis, cash flow forecasting and peer comparison, applying Fitch's rating Criteria, Ratings Navigators and key analytical tools
• Act as a support analyst for a portfolio of FMCG, consumer and agribusiness credits, ensuring timely rating monitoring
• Prepare rating committee packages, rating action commentaries and issuer reports, and present your recommendations and analysis clearly to rating committees
• Together with senior team members, engage with issuers' management, bankers and advisors, and work with other sector teams, such as Leveraged Finance, where needed
• Follow industry, market and issuer developments, and help senior colleagues respond promptly to credit events and new rating mandates
• Contribute to sector and thematic research, peer analysis and outlooks, as well as presentations for investors and other market participants
• Deliver quality outputs within deadlines, working closely with Operations, Enhanced Analytics and Publishing colleagues
• Conduct all work in line with Fitch's policies, criteria and Code of Ethics, upholding the integrity and independence of the rating process
• Occasional travel within EMEA

You May be a Good Fit if You Have:

• A bachelor's degree at minimum in finance, economics, accounting or a related field
• Relevant analytical experience in credit analysis, corporate finance, banking, audit, financial services or industry
• A solid understanding of corporate finance and financial statement analysis (IFRS), and a keen interest in deepening your expertise in credit analysis
• Cash flow modelling skills and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to process and interpret quantitative and qualitative information
• Good written and verbal communication skills, ability to set out a clear and concise credit view
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint and Word, and comfort working with data platforms such as Bloomberg
• Strong time management skills, ability to manage several priorities and m