Director, Corporate Business Development

Job ID: 715Position Title: Director, Corporate Business DevelopmentWorking Location: New York, NYEmployment Status: Full-Time RegularRequired Experience: 5 yearsRequired Education: Bachelors DegreeRequired Travel: 25%Job Description
Fitch Ratings is a leading, global rating agency dedicated to providing the world's credit markets with independent and prospective credit opinions, research, and data. With 49 offices worldwide, Fitch’s global expertise, built on a foundation of local market experience, spans across capital markets in over 90 countries. Fitch is widely recognized by investors and issuers for its credible, transparent, and timely coverage.
Fitch Ratings, with headquarters in New York and London is a part of The Fitch Group, which also includes Algorithmics, the world’s leading provider of enterprise risk management solutions for financial institutions, and Fitch Training, which offers high quality analytical training for financial professionals.
The Fitch Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., headquartered in Paris, France. For additional information, please visit www.fitchratings.com; www.algorithmics.com; www.fitchtraining.com and www.fimalac.com.Essential Functions
Fitch Ratings currently seeks a persuasive and assertive Director with capital markets experience to join our corporate marketing and business development team in New York City. This position will be responsible for growing revenue for Fitch through promoting the value of Fitch Ratings to CFOs and other treasury staff of issuers as well as bankers.
Responsibilities Include:
Interact with issuers and bankers with the goal of elevating Fitch's profile and visibility and generating new business.
Develop relationships with issuers and bankers via regular interaction.
Market to bankers and CFOs (or treasury staff to advocate Fitch involvement in deal flow in all types of securities and loans.
Persuasively present, through written and personal interfaces with issuers and bankers, Fitch’s analytical products and services.
Travel primarily within Continental U.S. around 25-30% expected, but dependent on business need.
Qualifications Include:
Bachelor’s degree required – CFA and/or MBA a plus.
Past experience in capital markets with at least 5 years of interacting directly with investment bankers and / or corporate CFOs/ treasury staff in a business development role, and a demonstrated record of achievement in this area.
Knowledge of Bloomberg, Reuters, Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
Highly motivated and results oriented; able to generate business development ideas and strategy, as well as strong in day-to-day execution.
A proven ability to persuade and negotiate effectively.
Credit skills including ability to relate ratings to pricing.
Highly developed communication and presentation skills, verbal and written.
Team-orientated, with ability to effectively build relationships both externally and internally.
Fitch Ratings complies with federal, state, and local laws governing employment, and provides equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. All applications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, domestic partnership, sexual orientation, and other status protected by applicable laws.
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