About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

09

The Role:

We are seeking a financial editor to join S&P Global Ratings in the EMEA region. You will edit credit-related research and data, including rating actions, comments on events, and in-depth entity-specific and industry reports. Your work will ensure articles are clear, concise, complete, and correct. You will also handle all stages of article production, which can include formatting data visualization charts and infographics. The ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure is essential.

The Team:

S&P Global Ratings Editorial team consists of about 100 staff in offices around the world and is part of our Analytical Business Operations and Controls division. As part of this team, you will work closely with editors and analysts throughout EMEA and globally to produce credit analysis and research of financial institutions, corporations, and governments. We operate in an exciting, diverse, and dynamic environment and we are committed to putting our people first. Depending on where the hire is located, the manager could be either Claire Ellis or Bernadette Stroder.

The Impact:

The quality of your work has a direct correlation and is critical to S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide transparency and accountability to financial markets. The quality and accuracy of our credit opinions are essential to our reputation as the foremost provider of market intelligence and analytical insight. The essential information we provide powers the future of the markets and accelerates progress in the world.

What you stand to Gain:

• You will gain experience of working in a fast-paced, exciting environment.

• You will collaborate with a diverse team of content creators at the forefront of next-generation publishing.

• You will gain wide geographical exposure by working on editing and writing assignments with analytical and editorial colleagues around the world.

• You will accelerate your career through continuous learning opportunities, including developing your digital content skills and subject matter expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Edit credit-related research and data, including rating actions, comments on events, and in-depth entity-specific and industry reports.

• Ensure articles are grammatically accurate, adhere to house style, and meet publishing standards.

• Apply “digital-first” principles, through brevity and use of plain English.

• Highlight insights through refining key messages, topic sentences, and headlines.

• Pay strong attention to detail and processes to ensure error-free articles under tight deadlines that comply with regulatory standards.

• Perform production tasks, ensuring all articles conform to global publishing standards in terms of format, style, and branding specifications.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in digital journalism, communications, economics, or a related discipline.

• Proven editing ability, with minimum of two years' experience in financial research or business media.

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

• Sound knowledge of terminology and concepts used in financial markets.

• Good interpersonal and decision-making skills.

• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced and pressured environment.

• An advantage would be an interest in developing data visualization skills using Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Illustrator, or InDesign.

Flexible Working

We pride ourselves on our agility and diversity, and we welcome requests to work flexibly. For most roles, flexible hours and/or an element of remote working are usually possible. Please talk to us at interview about the type of arrangement that is best for you. We will always try to be adaptable wherever we can. 

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.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to:  EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com  and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf   describes discrimination protections under federal law.

20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), EDTGRP202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 301945

Posted On: 2024-05-28

Location: Madrid, Spain