Assistant Vice President, Structured Finance Analytics (Credit Ratings)

Location: Madrid, Spain; hybrid work with four days in-office each week in most locations.

Base salary: EUR 63,400.00–92,133.33 annually; 20% annual bonus target.

Company

hirify.global DBRS supports Global Structured Finance credit-rating teams across North America, Europe and APAC through structured finance analytics, data, technology and process innovation.

What you will do

• Lead the design, prioritization and delivery of strategic data analytics initiatives from discovery and requirements through implementation and post-launch support.
• Partner with rating teams across asset classes and regions to identify scalable analytical solutions and support adoption.
• Coordinate with Credit Operations, Credit Technology and other stakeholders to define requirements, manage dependencies and deliver outcomes.
• Evaluate large structured datasets and guide their integration into governed analytical workflows, including the Credit Data Lake and Credit Data Hub.
• Develop dashboards, automated analysis and presentation layers using Tableau, Python or other approved tools.
• Establish data analytics governance covering process flows, data dictionaries, documentation, testing, change management, quality controls and support models; support responsible use of approved AI tools.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of structured finance experience.
• Experience leading complex data, analytics, process-improvement or technology-enabled change initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Experience integrating large structured datasets into business or analytical processes, with a strong understanding of data quality, controls and documentation.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Tableau or Python, together with the confidence and curiosity to develop further technical capability.
• Strong project-management skills, including defining scope, prioritizing work, managing dependencies and delivering through multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills, including translating business needs into technical requirements and explaining complex topics to non-technical audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including motivating colleagues, building trust and coordinating delivery across functions, locations and seniority levels.
• A rigorous approach to quality assurance, problem solving and continuous improvement.
• A proactive, adaptable and collaborative mindset, with enthusiasm for data, automation and approved AI tools.

Nice to have

• Experience supervising, coaching or informally leading analysts.
• Hands-on exposure to structured finance data across more than one asset class or jurisdiction.
• Experience with cloud-based data environments, data warehouses or governed analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with change-management methods and adoption of new processes or analytical tools.
• Experience using modern automation, analytics or approved AI tools within a controlled business environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid collaboration with regular in-person work, typically four office days per week in most locations.
• Tools and resources to engage with global colleagues.
• Additional benefits designed to support flexibility as needs change.
• Work must comply with credit-rating policies, regulatory requirements and internal controls.
• Personal and related investments must be confidentially disclosed to Compliance and may need to be held with an approved broker.