Director - Lead Analyst

About the Role:Grade Level (for internal use):13The Team:The team covers emerging and frontier markets across the Middle East Africa and Central Asia with a focus on Sovereigns and Financial Institutions. The team is comprised of 15 analysts based out of our Dubai Johannesburg London and Frankfurt offices.We value astrategic mindset and the ability to connect operational activities to wider organizational goals. Our team thrives on collaboration encouraging each member topartner cross-functionallyto deliver on Ratings strategic objectives.The Impact:This role is critical to the teams success in covering over 130 credits across sovereigns government-related entities (GREs) financial institutions and multilateral development institutions (MLIs). As a director you will be expected tobe a subject matter expert and effectively leverage resourcesto ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.What You Stand to Gain:In this role you will have the opportunity to provide senior analytical oversight over ratings and research publications. You will manage client and external stakeholder relationships and mentor and coach less experienced members of your Pod.This position offers a platform for continuous learning and development empowering you to influence and innovate within the market.Responsibilities:Assume analytical oversight responsibility for a broad portfolio of credits across Sovereigns and Financial Institutions with a primary focus on CIS and neighbouring countries. Accountable for ensuring timely rating surveillance and high-quality publications. Responsibilities also include taking ownership of complex analytical issues and delivery of new engagements.Role model and actively support primary analysts in managing analytical relationships with issuers in the portfolio.Develop and execute on our research and investor outreach plan in coordination with the Analytical Manager and Sector Lead.Mentor and coach Pod members to build capabilities across providing exceptional issuer service sector analysis emerging risks and other success factors relating to our analytical insights and market relevance.Act as a primary analyst on up to 50% of a standard portfolio for an analyst.Lead or contribute to analytical projects including criteria research and thought leadership pieces.What Were Looking For:A S&P employee at this level typically has 10 years analytical experiencein sovereign and financial institutions analysis.Degree in a relevant economics-related field; a Masters degree CFA or financial qualification is desirable.Strong written and oral communication skills in English are essential with fluency in Russian required and Arabic a plus.Demonstrable leadership skills with the ability to mentor coach and develop team members.Strong organizational skills and a collaborative execution-focused leadership approach.About S&P Global RatingsAt 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 worlds 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 worlds leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow today.For more information visit In It For YouOur Purpose:Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information imagination people technologythe 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:Were more than 35000 strong worldwideso were 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. Were committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new sustainable ways of doing business. Were constantly seeking new solut