Market Research jobs in United Arab Emirates

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

The Team: The Credit Research & Insights team, within S&P Global Ratings Research, provides timely research and insight in relation to global credit market conditions. The Credit Market Research team, which is part of Credit Research & Insights, generates leading-edge global and regional specific research on rating performance trends and financing conditions which is widely read by external market participants and throughout the firm.

The Impact: The Research Associate will play an important role in shaping and managing fixed income research projects within the Credit Market Research team. You will work closely with senior team members to prepare detailed credit research reports with a primary but not exclusive focus on the APAC region, conduct specific research projects, interact with senior analysts and management across the firm, as well as external parties. Your work will contribute to the strategic priorities of the team by delivering high-quality insights and fostering relationships with key stakeholders.

What’s in it for you:

• Contribute to and produce high profile research reports extensively read by market participants.
• Encouraged to produce original content.
• Exposure to multiple asset classes (financial and non-financial corporates, public finance, structured finance, sovereigns).
• Opportunities to work on research projects with stakeholders across the organization.
• Global coverage and exposure of the role.
• Engagement with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Organize, analyze, and validate datasets (such as ratings performance, pricing, credit derivatives, macroeconomic) and investigate key data relationships.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research, and various statistical analysis to analyze trends.
• Monitor and analyze key global market credit trends as well as regional financing and market conditions.
• Draft commentaries to support research observations, demonstrating effective communication.
• Meet rigorous publishing deadlines, showcasing time management skills.
• Articulate research report findings to external clients and internal stakeholders.
• Stay actively abreast of financial market events and their credit implications.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Qualifications:

• Quantitative and numerical skills, an S&P Global employee in similar position typically comes with approximately 3 years of experience querying and analyzing fixed income and macroeconomic data. Prior experience aggregating and interpreting sector-level financial data would be a plus.
• Knowledge of credit markets, on the buy side, sell side or in a research or advisory capacity.
• Experience interpreting and translating data and market trends into written commentary – highlighting key insights.
• Excel knowledge and experience with database and statistical tools (Oracle SQL, Python).
• Experience presenting to internal and external audiences, demonstrating effective communication skills.
• Team player with track record of collaboration with cross functional and cross regional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to self-manage, take initiative, and meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CFA, FRM, CPA, or MBA preferred.
• Prior experience working in a research capacity within financial markets.

About S&P Global Ratings:
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

Equal Opportunity Employer: S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.