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We thank you for your interest in joining the Barings team, and invite you to explore our current employment opportunities.
Ratings and Structuring Lead
Department: Portfolio Finance and Analytics
Location: Charlotte , NC / Boston, MA / New York, NY
The Position
Barings is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to work across the majority of Barings origination and investment teams to help structure investments that optimize execution for our insurance and non-insurance clients. Utilizing her/his extensive experience working with ratings agencies and her/his knowledge of insurance regulatory capital rules, the candidate will work in a hands-on manner with origination and investment teams to analyze and understand the different structural options for collateral pools, and then work with investment, legal and sales teams to execute the chosen plan commercially. The position will report directly to the head of Portfolio Solutions and Analytics and be a member of that group’s leadership team.
Primary Responsibilities
- Build relationships with originators and investment teams to understand collateral options and sourcing opportunities
- Analyze structural options for collateral pools
- Iterating with rating agencies, regulators and sales team to assess commercial viability of structural options
- Execute deals working with internal and external legal counsel, rating agencies, regulators and clients
Qualifications
- Extensive experience working at or with rating agencies
- Strong knowledge or insurance capital regulations
- Experience structuring public and/or private asset securitizations of collateral
- Solid communication skills that can drive discussion and decision internally and externally
- Leadership skills that enable the candidate to bring various constituencies to consensus
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
Salary starting: $230,000+
Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority/Female/Age/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.
Barings offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
CORE BENEFITS & WELLNESS
- Medical (including Virtual Care), Prescription, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Fitness Center Reimbursement Program (Including Online Memberships)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits
FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
- Highly competitive 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with Company Contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) - Health Care & Dependent Care
- Retirement Health Reimbursement Account
LIFE INSURANCE
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Spouse and Child Life Insurance
TIME OFF, DISABILITY AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- Paid Vacation, Sick Days and Annual Holidays
- Paid Leave of Absences (Maternity Leave, Parental Leave, Caregiver Leave, Bereavement Time)
- Short and Long Term Disability Plans
- Paid Volunteer Time
OTHER BENEFITS
- Education Assistance Program
- Charitable Matching Gifts Program
- Commuter Reimbursement Program
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement Program
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What We Do
Barings is a $481+ billion* global asset management firm that partners with institutional, insurance, and intermediary clients, and supports leading businesses with flexible financing solutions. The firm, a subsidiary of MassMutual, seeks to deliver excess returns by leveraging its global scale and capabilities across public and private markets in fixed income, real assets and capital solutions. Learn more at www.Barings.com.
