Jobs at Kroll Bond Rating Agency

Lead corporate credit rating processes through financial statement and cash flow analysis, sector research, credit memo preparation, surveillance, and published reports. Conduct due diligence, engage with corporate issuers and advisors, contribute to investor research, and help improve rating methodologies and analytical tools. The role requires strong capital markets knowledge, credit analysis experience, quantitative and qualitative analytical ability, and excellent writing and collaboration skills.

Conduct commercial real estate property, loan, and transaction-level credit analysis for CMBS ratings. Lead end-to-end transaction execution, present analysis to senior managers, ratings committees, and external banks, author published reports, coordinate internal and external stakeholders, and conduct property site inspections and management meetings throughout the United States.

Leads commercial asset-backed securities transaction analysis, including collateral, cash flow, bond structure, legal documentation, and originator or servicer evaluation. Serves as lead analyst and client contact, presents credit memoranda to rating committees, contributes to published reports, develops rating methodologies and market research, and monitors outstanding transactions. The role also includes mentoring junior staff and participating in due diligence, investor discussions, and industry events.

Performs residential mortgage-backed securities transaction analysis, including originator and servicer reviews, loan pool analysis, bond structure modeling, legal documentation review, surveillance, and rating updates. Prepares credit memoranda, rating committee presentations, transaction reports, and market commentaries. Participates in seller and servicer due diligence, collaborates with rating teams, and may travel. The role requires strong Excel, analytical, communication, and attention-to-detail skills.

Lead RMBS rating analyses by evaluating loan pools, credit risk, bond cash flows, transaction structures, and legal documentation. Prepare credit memoranda, presale and new issue reports, and presentations for rating committees. Support surveillance of existing transactions, interact with clients, banks, investors, sellers, and servicers, and mentor junior analysts. The role requires strong Excel and Intex modeling skills, excellent communication, attention to detail, and occasional travel.

Leads corporate credit rating processes through financial statement and cash flow analysis, sector research, credit memo preparation, surveillance, and report publication. The role interacts with corporate issuers, advisors, investors, and lenders; conducts due diligence; develops rating methodologies and analytical tools; and contributes to timely, accurate credit opinions.

Conduct fundamental credit analysis and research across corporate, infrastructure, and project finance sectors. Responsibilities include analyzing cash flows and financial statements, sensitizing Excel-based models, preparing credit memos and reports, participating in issuer and investor meetings, conducting sector research, and supporting rating process improvements. The role requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, strong quantitative and writing skills, and client due diligence experience.

The Assistant General Counsel will manage litigation, disputes, government and regulatory inquiries, internal investigations, discovery, witness preparation, and outside counsel. The role will advise on credit-rating-agency regulations, collaborate with Compliance on SEC and other regulatory matters, and support legal technology, process improvement, and special projects. Strong legal judgment, research, writing, organizational, and communication skills are required, along with comfort using emerging technologies such as GenAI.

Lead RMBS ratings assignments from initiation through completion, including collateral analysis, quantitative cash-flow and structure modelling, credit committee materials, surveillance, and research reporting. Manage internal and external stakeholders, communicate credit opinions, support methodology development, and represent KBRA at reviews and conferences. The role requires mortgage and credit-risk knowledge, strong Excel/VBA and data-analysis skills, concise written and verbal communication, and willingness to travel between the EU and UK.

Leads KBRA’s Business Applications function, owning enterprise SaaS strategy, governance, lifecycle management, integrations, identity access, operational support, and application modernization. The manager administers platforms such as Microsoft 365, Slack, Zoom, Box, and Atlassian; configures Entra ID SSO and provisioning; manages vendors and escalations; develops roadmaps and metrics; partners with business and technology stakeholders; and mentors a small team while remaining hands-on in engineering, troubleshooting, automation, and project delivery.

Lead KBRA’s Business Applications function and enterprise SaaS portfolio, including strategy, governance, lifecycle management, vendor relationships, identity integrations, administration, troubleshooting, and operational support. Partner with business and technology stakeholders on application selection, onboarding, security, access management, integrations, modernization, and automation. Develop roadmaps, metrics, governance processes, and team capabilities while remaining hands-on with Microsoft 365, Entra ID, SaaS platforms, and enterprise applications. Participate in on-call rotations and occasional office travel.

Leads credit rating analysis for private credit and corporate loan fund transactions. Responsibilities include evaluating capital structures, collateral quality, portfolio performance, legal protections, cash flows, and stress scenarios; preparing rating memoranda; presenting recommendations; monitoring rated transactions; developing financial models and analytical frameworks; mentoring junior staff; and representing the firm with investors and industry participants.

Supports credit ratings for private credit and corporate loan portfolios by analyzing transaction structures, collateral quality, portfolio performance, cash flows, legal protections, and tranche risk. Participates in diligence meetings, prepares rating memoranda, monitors outstanding transactions, maintains analytical databases, and contributes to credit research. The role requires corporate or structured credit experience, financial modeling skills, Excel proficiency, and strong communication abilities.

Leads credit ratings for private credit fund debt transactions backed by corporate loan and bond portfolios. Responsibilities include evaluating capital structures, collateral quality, legal protections, portfolio performance, cash flows, stress scenarios, and structural resilience. The Director conducts due diligence, prepares rating memoranda, presents recommendations to committees, monitors rated transactions, develops financial models and analytical tools, collaborates across credit teams, mentors junior staff, and represents the firm at industry events.

Supports credit rating assignments and surveillance for private credit funds, middle-market loan portfolios, CLOs, and structured credit transactions. Responsibilities include analyzing collateral quality, capital structures, legal protections, portfolio performance, cash flows, and concentration trends; participating in due diligence; preparing rating memoranda and reports; maintaining transaction databases and analytical tools; and contributing to credit research. The role collaborates with asset managers, lenders, issuers, and cross-functional credit experts.

Leads project finance and infrastructure credit rating assignments and surveillance. Analyzes financial models, cash flows, transaction structures, legal documents, technical reports, and project risks; develops stress scenarios and rating recommendations; presents findings to rating committees; writes reports and research; manages issuer and investor interactions; mentors junior analysts; and contributes to methodology and research initiatives.

Leads international HR operations across the UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, and future markets. Owns global benefits, HR lifecycle processes, payroll infrastructure, vendor relationships, compliance, data quality, audits, HR technology improvements, geographic expansion, and M&A integration. Partners with Payroll, Legal, Finance, HR Technology, IT, Compliance, Talent Acquisition, and external providers to build scalable, compliant processes across jurisdictions.

Leads the enterprise data management strategy, Data Operations organization, data governance, stewardship, quality, taxonomies, metadata, and master/reference data programs. Partners with engineering, product, business, regulatory, and audit stakeholders to improve data architecture, lineage, controls, lifecycle management, and commercialization of proprietary data assets. Oversees third-party data providers, automation initiatives, operating metrics, change governance, and organizational growth while preparing data for AI, machine learning, semantic search, and advanced analytics.

Supports full-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate communication, requisition management, and applicant tracking system maintenance. The role partners with recruiters and hiring managers, builds candidate pipelines across international jurisdictions, manages candidate engagement, supports recruiting reports, and contributes to process improvements. It requires substantial recruiting experience, strong organization and communication skills, and familiarity with Greenhouse, LinkedIn sourcing, recruitment metrics, and generative AI tools.

Assistant General Counsel will handle broad in-house legal matters, including drafting and negotiating client, vendor, subscription, and other commercial agreements. Responsibilities include corporate governance, data privacy and cybersecurity support, securities and credit-rating agency regulatory matters, SEC compliance, international regulatory research, intellectual property protection, and trademark and copyright management.