Senior Director
New York City
- Responsible for the ratings consistency of roughly 2,000 corporate entities in the Americas that span from global industrials to bank and nonbank financial institutions, including global money center and investment banks and insurance companies.- Managed a team of analysts to monitor the portfolio through internal reports that identified outliers based on fundamental trends (leverage, cashflow, etc.) and market-based indicators (equity prices, CDS and bond spreads, etc).- Wrote and implemented rating policies to ensure the rating process was consistently applied globally.- Participated in rating committees to evaluate the merits of a company’s capital structure relative to its abilities to generate positive free cashflow and meet debt obligations.- Participated in oversight committees responsibe for ensuring ratings consistency across interdisciplinary groups globally.- Prepared and published timely, in-depth analyses that were used by the investing public, issuers, regulators and internal constituents to determine the credit worthiness of a portfolio of 26 commercial banks and thrifts across the U.S.- Evaluated specific debt issuances, including trust preferred securities and other hybrid debt instruments to determine how these instruments fit into the overall capital structure of the issuing financial institution.- Contributed to the overall goals and objectives of the Group by authoring and publishing relevant banking industry research and by participating in credit committees for a vast range of both international and domestic financial institutions.
