Canara Bank jobs in India

About Brickwork Ratings

Brickwork Ratings (BWR) is one of India’s leading credit rating agencies, committed to providing the investment community with products and services needed to make informed investment decisions. Established in 2007, Brickwork Ratings, a SEBI-registered and RBI-accredited credit rating agency, has Canara Bank, a leading public sector bank as its promoter and strategic partner.

BWR is headquartered in Bengaluru and has a pan-India presence. The rating team is headed by the analytical prowess of the industry’s most experienced credit analysts and bankers.

BWR offers rating services to Bank Loans, NCD, Commercial papers, Bonds, Mutual Funds, PPMLDs, and Security Receipts. BWR’s ratings have rated over 100,000 large Corporates, Banks, Financial Institutions, State and local Governments, and small businesses. BWR provides investors and lenders, with timely and in-depth research across structured finance, public finance, financial institutions, project finance, and corporate sectors.

Primary Responsibility:

• The position is part of the Large Corporate/Infrastructure Group and the role entails undertaking rating assignments in respect of financial instruments, bank loans, and other debt products, and ensuring timely delivery of the same as per the laid down regulatory timelines.
• To independently handle the rating assignments and analyze financial statements factoring quantitative & qualitative data points, key ratios, and performance to assess the creditworthiness of the company.
• To prepare rating reports covering the risk assessment concerning Management, Financials, Business and Industry, benchmarking with peers, and key rating considerations.
• Interact with company management, auditors, bankers, and other lenders and visit companies and factories as part of the regular monitoring and data gathering.
• To take ownership of the folio by carrying out regular surveillance, monitoring, and reviews every quarter/ material event basis, tracking the performance of the companies concerning macroeconomic changes, and handling internal and external audit queries.
• Strictly adhere to standard operating procedures, regulations & policies.

Competency / Skills:

• Strong domain knowledge in the credit ratings/banking / financial services sector with an analytical approach.
• Assessment of the creditworthiness of large and medium businesses in the Infrastructure sector
• Strong analytical and presentation skills to present the facts and recommendations to the rating committees.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English (for report-writing, making presentations)
• Ability to structure and write high-quality reports, and multi-task under tight deadlines.
• Excellent customer communication skills to elicit information, ask questions, communicate rating decisions, and convince stakeholders
• Good understanding of accounting standards, banking-related financial concepts, and strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with a larger team, and lead and mentor team members
• Adept at organizing, analyzing, and reporting data
• Skilled in working with details and numbers

Educational Qualification:

Postgraduate in Finance / Commerce or CA. Any additional certifications in finance will be an added advantage.