Director, Financial Analysis - FP&A, Ratings Finance

Location: New York, NY

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

13

The Role:
Director, Financial Analysis — FP&A, Ratings Finance

The Team:
The FP&A team within S&P Global Ratings Finance serves as a strategic partner to senior leadership and key corporate functions—including Ratings Finance and Strategy, Growth & Enablement, Compliance, Legal, HR, Corporate FP&A, Controllers, Tax, Real Estate, and Technology. The team provides enterprise-level financial insight, drives disciplined performance management, and informs planning, forecasting, investment decisions, and strategic priorities through rigorous review of actual performance and analysis of financial results.

Responsibilities and Impact:
This is a senior finance leadership role responsible for shaping the financial strategy, performance narrative, and decision support agenda for Compliance, Legal, and broader Ratings functions across key revenue and expense areas. The role leads executive-level analysis of actual performance, financial results, annual and long-range plans, incentive slope modeling, headcount and location strategy, scenario planning, and investment trade-offs. This leader will influence resource allocation, strengthen financial governance, and provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership, including the Sr. Director, VP, and CFO.

• Lead enterprise-level review of actual performance and analysis of revenue and expense results, translating financial trends, risks, and opportunities into strategic recommendations for senior leadership.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders on annual budgets, three-year strategic plans, operating models, resource allocation, location strategy, and investment decisions.
• Drive high-impact scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, incentive slope modeling, monthly flash reviews, variance analysis, competitor analysis, regulatory reporting and executive presentations that inform business strategy and financial outcomes.
• Act as the senior finance advisor for Compliance, Legal, and other Ratings functions, bringing financial discipline, policy alignment, risk awareness, and strategic perspective to planning and decision-making.
• Work with senior leadership to provide financial insight & materials for executive leadership, including Power BI reports, PowerPoint presentations, waterfall analyses, CFO reviews, board presentations, QFRs, estimates, and close submissions.
• Collaborate with FP&A, HR, Work Force Planning team, Controllers, Tax, Legal, and Compliance to improve reporting accuracy, transparency, and process efficiency.

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $126,676 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:

​Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related roles, ideally with senior business partnering experience in a global, matrixed organization.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, variance analysis, financial modeling experience and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Oracle Financials, Power BI, SmartView, Anaplan, or similar tools preferred.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex financial results, shape the performance narrative, and communicate strategic insights and recommendations to senior executives.
• Strong FP&A, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, and financial modeling experience.
• Experience partnering across corporate functions, including Compliance, Legal, HR, Controllers, Tax, and Finance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and drive continuous improvement.
• This role requires 2 days a week or 9 days a month work from the S&P Global office.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, CPA, CFA, or relevant professional qualification.
• Prior people management experience.
• Experience leading through influence or matrix structures.

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-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

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