Senior Editor

S&P Global, Inc.; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in London seeks an experienced individual to write and edit credit-related research. Join a dynamic team to ensure the quality and accuracy of published articles. Candidates should have a degree in digital journalism or a related field and 3-5 years of experience in financial writing. The role offers competitive benefits and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Health care coverage

Generous time off

Access to learning resources

Retirement planning

Family friendly benefits

Qualifications

• Proven editing and writing ability with a minimum of 3-5 years' experience in financial research or business media.
• Strong interpersonal and decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit credit-related research and data.
• Ensure articles are grammatically accurate and adhere to house style.
• Apply digital-first principles focusing on brevity.

Skills

Editing and writing ability

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Collaborative spirit

Education

Bachelor's degree in digital journalism, communications, or related discipline

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 10

The Team:

Join our dynamic S&P Global Ratings Editorial team, consisting of about 100 staff worldwide, part of the Analytical Business Operations and Controls division. Our environment is exciting, diverse, and people-focused, offering a collaborative atmosphere where you will work closely with writers, economists, editors, digital content producers, and credit analysts across all sectors to transform complex research, data, and analytical concepts into compelling published articles.

The Impact:

Your work will be crucial in ensuring the quality and accuracy of our credit opinions, supporting S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide market transparency and accountability. The essential insights you provide will power the future of the markets and accelerate progress globally.

What You Stand to Gain:

Experience working in a fast-paced, stimulating environment with exposure to a diverse team of content creators at the forefront of next-generation publishing. Enjoy wide geographical exposure by collaborating on editing and writing assignments with analytical and editorial colleagues around the world. Benefit from career development through continuous learning opportunities, including the enhancement of your digital content skills and subject matter expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Write and edit credit-related research and data, including rating actions, comments on events, and in-depth entity-specific and industry reports.
• Ensure articles are grammatically accurate, adhere to house style, and meet publishing standards.
• Apply “digital-first” principles, focusing on brevity and the use of plain English.
• Highlight insights by refining key messages, topic sentences, and headlines.
• Pay strong attention to detail and processes to ensure error-free articles under tight deadlines that comply with regulatory standards.
• Perform production tasks, ensuring all articles conform to global publishing standards in terms of format, style, and branding specifications.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in digital journalism, communications, economics, or a related discipline.
• Proven editing and writing ability, with a minimum of 3-5 years' experience in financial research or business media.
• Experience in writing about specific sectors or emerging trends is an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of terminology and concepts used in financial markets.
• Strong interpersonal and decision-making skills.
• Hardworking with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative spirit to work in a team-oriented, global, and multicultural environment.

All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week.

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

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.

What’s In It For You?

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world. Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We are a global team of over 35,000 people, driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future. We are committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. 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 resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: Perks for partners and children with family-friendly benefits.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards.

For more information on benefits by country, this description does not include external links.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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