Associate Director – Accounting Advisory & Credit Analysis, New York City, NY

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

12 About the Role

The Accounting Advisory function within S&P Global Ratings serves as the authoritative internal voice on accounting and financial reporting matters, ensuring that emerging standards, regulatory changes, and complex accounting structures are accurately interpreted and reflected in credit analysis. This team occupies a distinctive, high-visibility position at the intersection of accounting expertise and credit analysis, partnering directly with analysts, external investors, and market participants to uphold the analytical integrity of S&P Global Ratings' credit opinions. It is a rare opportunity to operate at the forefront of accounting developments while shaping how they are understood across one of the world's leading credit rating organizations.

What You'll Do

Impact

In this role, you will serve as a trusted accounting expert within S&P Global Ratings, translating complex and emerging accounting standards into credit-relevant insights. Your work will directly shape how credit analysts interpret financial reporting developments — and how S&P communicates those views to investors, ratings advisors, and the broader market.

Responsibilities

Advise credit analysts on new and emerging accounting matters with credit relevance — including structured capital, AI Hyperscaler financing, debt vs. equity treatment, supplier financing, and leases — providing training and upskilling to strengthen analytical capability across teams

Engage with external investors, ratings advisors, and other market participants to communicate S&P's views on the potential credit impact of accounting and financial reporting developments

Contribute to the development of S&P Ratings criteria and analytical models, ensuring accounting standards are accurately and consistently reflected in credit assessment frameworks

Participate in credit rating committees and management meetings, providing accounting expertise to support well-informed rating decisions

Research and analyze datasets from S&P Capital IQ and external platforms such as EDGAR, publishing research and commentary on accounting topics with credit relevance

Monitor the activities of accounting standard-setters and regulators, translating emerging requirements into credit-relevant insights; contribute to ad hoc analytical initiatives including AI and data automation projects

Compensation/Benefits Information

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $123,000 to $190,000 Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan. This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here .

What We're Looking For

Required Skills and Experience

An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 4–10 years of relevant experience in professional accounting, preferably at a large ("Big 4") accounting firm. National Office, Accounting Advisory experience or work with Accounting Standard Setters is a plus.

CPA or Chartered Accountant designation — required for this role given the nature of accounting advisory responsibilities and direct representation with external market participants

Demonstrated technical accounting skills, with the ability to bridge accounting issues with their related credit risk and economic implications

Proficiency in financial statement analysis and accounting standards, including U.S. GAAP and IFRS

Strong verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex accounting concepts clearly to both analytical and non-technical audiences

Spanish: Preferred — Professional working proficiency (able to communicate clearly at work in everyday situations and write professional messages); Portuguese: Preferred — Professional working proficiency

Preferred or Helpful Experience

General understanding of credit analysis and its application to financial reporting and accounting assessments

Experience in the corporate and infrastructure sector and its specific accounting considerations

Experience contributing to analytical research, criteria development, or engagement with regulatory or standard-setting bodies

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. A master's degree or professional certification (such as CFA) is highly valued. We welcome candidates from traditional finance disciplines as well as diverse academic backgrounds that support innovative and critical thinking.

Additional Information

We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.

Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week.

US Right to Work Requirements: This role is limited to persons with an indefinite right to work in the United States.

• About S&P Global Ratings
• At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include:

Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-m