Elise

I am currently advising an external client on its ability to finance an acquisition with the objective to limit the rating downgrade to one notch from its current ratings.

The main challenge in my job is to handle multiple tasks within my day as we both manage the firm’s credit risk management and also work closely with investment banking to provide their clients with rating advisory services. You start the day with a list of projects and assignments you want to achieve, but nothing ever works as planned as you get urgent requests that take over your schedule! You have to be flexible and work under pressure to meet the deadlines.

On a typical day, I’ll start by reading the news on the industries and markets I cover, answer e-mails and work on a financial review of a Russian bank. Two hours later, I’ll stop for an internal meeting with the investment banking group to discuss rating views on a capital structure. Then I’ll go back to the desk regarding a trade approval after having discussed the credit risk mitigants with my team, and so forth.