Corporates Ratings Associate Director
US$120,000 – US$150,000 / yr base salary
Posted 1 Apr 2026
Advertised as “Corporates Ratings - Associate Director (NY / Chicago) ”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$120,000 – US$150,000 / yr |
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Field of studyAccounting, Economics, Finance, Management (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsCfa
Study levelMaster's
Position Title: Corporates Ratings - Associate Director (New York / Chicago)
Entity: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois
Summary/Overview:
KBRA (Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC) is seeking an Associate Director to join our growing our Corporates Ratings team with a focus on conducting fundamental credit analysis and research across a wide range of sectors.
The Associate Director will work in a highly collaborative team that liaises with internal and external stakeholders to produce high quality and timely corporate credit opinions. The Associate Director will also help conduct credit research on a variety of industrial sectors, including analyzing and publishing trends, key rating factors, and evolving credit metrics. This individual will have significant interaction with senior management of corporate issuers, and their advisors. This position is based in our New York or Chicago office.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the credit rating process by preparing internal credit memos, analyzing cash flows, performing sector analysis, and publishing credit reports.
- Author sector research for investors and lenders across private credit, direct lending, and public debt markets.
- Assist in the development and evolution of rating processes and analytical tools.
- Participate in issuer and investor meetings to explain KBRA methodologies and demonstrate understanding of industry trends.
Key Job Qualifications:
Flourish in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment. Effectively collaborate with your team members and are motivated to succeed and continually strive for consistency, accuracy and timeliness.
You will be successful in this role if you:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics or management or any subject that prepared you to be a thoughtful qualitative and quantitative analyst and a strong writer. Master’s degree and/or CFA are preferred.
- A minimum of five (5) or more years of work experience performing credit analysis within Corporates in a rating agency, buy-side, sell-side, banking, or other similar environment within a bank or other financial institution. Prior fundamental credit training (including financial statement analysis) is preferred.