Careers

Position: Editor

Capital Intelligence Ratings (CI Ratings) is looking to recruit an editor to support its credit rating activities. This is a full-time position, based in Limassol.

Job Overview

Editors play a key role in the production and publication of the Company’s English-language credit rating reports and press releases. Editors work closely with rating analysts and liaise with rated banks, corporates and other entities to help ensure that requested feedback is received in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

The following responsibility list is issued for guidance and is not exhaustive. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Editing rating reports and press releases, often under deadline pressure. This includes proofreading, re-writing, and formatting (text, charts and tables), as well as implementing any other structural or stylistic changes.
• Monitoring the Company’s ratings work flow and keeping track of upcoming rating review deadlines.
• Communicating with clients on a daily basis, as well as liaising with CI’s credit rating analysts and other in-house teams, such as Marketing, to help ensure that reports are completed on time and rating actions released in a timely manner.
• Updating the ratings workflow database on an ongoing basis.
• Working with analysts to ensure that report templates and associated guidance are followed.

Requirements

• Excellent spoken and written English, including a sound knowledge of grammar and strong writing skills.
• Undergraduate degree, preferably in English, journalism, business or finance.
• A minimum of three years of editing experience (preferably financial editing).
• Efficient organizational and planning capacities, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail, including the ability to spot any inaccuracies or inconsistencies in draft reports.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills, including the ability and maturity to communicate with rated banks and corporates and to provide constructive criticism to analysts.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• General interest in international banking and finance.

About Capital Intelligence Ratings

CI Ratings has been in the ratings business for 40 years and rates hundreds of institutions in Europe, Asia, and the MENA region.

CI Ratings is regulated as a credit rating agency by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and formally recognised as an External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) in the EU and in a number of countries in the MENA region.

If you are interested in the above position, please send your detailed application – including CV, earliest possible start date, and salary expectations – to recruitment@ciratings.com

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 26 June 2024.

Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

Positions: Credit Analysts

Capital Intelligence Ratings (CI Ratings) is currently looking to recruit several credit analysts to support the expansion of our rating activities. Based in Limassol (Cyprus), the analysts will be focusing on the ratings of financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, NBFIs) in various regions across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central & Eastern Europe.

Your Responsibilites

Depending on the candidate’s level and experience, analysts’ will be involved in the day-to-day management of a dynamic portfolio of rated entities. This will include:

• Acting as lead or back-up rating analyst for financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, companies) across a variety of countries, including Middle-East, North-Africa, and Central & Eastern Europe
• Monitoring a portfolio of issuer ratings, including the preparation of rating committee reports, rating recommendations, and presentation to CI’s internal credit committee
• Performing timely and accurate analysis of key quantitative and qualitative factors according to Capital Intelligence’s rating methodologies
• Writing and publishing of comprehensive rating reports on individual entities
• Conducting comprehensive meetings with banks and insurance companies
• Communicating ratings, rating rationales and rating methodologies to senior management of rated entities
• Writing and publishing sector-specific research and insightful commentary
• Responding to external queries from subscribers, investors and the media regarding Capital Intelligence’s analytical approach and rating opinions.

Your qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, business administration, economics or management
• 3-10+ years of relevant work experience in a financial analysis / credit research role within a rating agency, bank, insurance company, asset management company, or audit firm, with an Emerging Market background.
• In-depth understanding of financial statement and ratio analysis, accounting standards, as well as the economic and operating environment for banks and/or insurance companies
• Strong team player, confident and professional appearance and high social and communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as being a good team player
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are indispensable for the role
• Additional advanced language skills in other languages (French, Arabic, Farsi) would be an advantage

Capital Intelligence offers a competitive remuneration and benefits package.

If you are interested in the above position please send your detailed application, including CV, earliest possible start date and salary expectations to recruitment@ciratings.com

Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.