Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: MBA in Finance / CA is a must, B.Tech may be advantage
Experience: 15 years post qualification of which 5 years in ratings
Location: Mumbai
Position Overview:

Acuite Ratings & Research Limited, a premier full-service credit rating agency in India, is seeking a results-driven Chief Operating Officer. This senior leadership role is responsible for steering operational excellence and robust governance across the organization’s diverse business support functions. As a key member of the executive team, the COO will work closely with the MD & CEO to drive efficiency and ensure seamless subsidiary operations. The role also includes oversight of IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and data security through direct management of the designated CISO.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Subsidiary Operations:
   1. Governance & Compliance: Ensure that all subsidiaries adhere to stringent governance and compliance standards.  
   2. Operational Efficiency: Develop and implement processes and controls to streamline operations, reduce redundancy, and optimize performance across subsidiaries.
2. Client Servicing:
   1. Surveillance, Billing & Collections: Oversee the surveillance processes along with billing and collection functions to maintain high service quality and accuracy.   
   2. Client Relationship Management: Develop strategies to enhance client satisfaction and long-term loyalty.
3. Business Development Support:
   1. Quality Control: Enhance the quality control mechanisms to support business development efforts, ensuring consistency in service delivery.  
   2. CRM Management: Manage and refine CRM systems to enable effective tracking of sales leads, client interactions, and conversion rates.
4. Banker/Investor Outreach:
   1. Relationship Management: Actively build and nurture robust relationships with banks, investors, and other financial stakeholders.
   2. Stakeholder Engagement: Develop outreach initiatives to reinforce trust and credibility, contributing to improved lead generation and market positioning.
5. IT Infrastructure & Infosec Oversight:
   1. Cybersecurity & Data Security: Provide strategic oversight of IT infrastructure, ensuring robust cybersecurity measures and data protection protocols are in place.
   2. IT Governance: Collaborate with the CISO as well as the operations team to align IT Infra initiatives with overall business strategies and operational goals.
6. Human Resource & Admin Oversight:
   1. Talent Management: Supervise HR functions to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
   2. Organizational Development: Oversee initiatives related to employee training, performance management, and succession planning.
   3. Compliance: Ensure all HR practices comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.
   4. Admin operations: Ensure smooth operations of all office premises and maintain office infrastructure

Reports To: Managing Director & CEO

Direct Reports:

1. Head – IT Infra & Infosec (Designated CISO)
2. Head of SMERA operations
3. Head of ESGRisk.ai operations
4. Head of Client Servicing (Surveillance Collections)
5. Business Development Support Team
6. HR Support Team

Qualifications & Experience:

• Educational Background: MBA or equivalent qualification from a reputed institution.
• Professional Experience: Minimum of 15 years in progressively responsible roles within the financial services or credit rating industry, including at least 5 years in a rating agency environment.
• Operational Expertise: Demonstrated track record in managing complex operations, driving efficiency, and leading cross-functional teams.
• Strategic Leadership: Ability to develop and execute strategic plans, with a strong orientation towards continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Technical Acumen: Sound understanding of IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and data security principles, with proven experience in overseeing these functions either directly or through senior leadership.
• Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders, clients, and investors.
• Change Management: Experience in managing organizational change and transformation in dynamic business environments.

Personal Attributes:

• Result-Oriented: A strong focus on achieving operational excellence and measurable outcomes.
• Collaborative: A team leader who fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, and transparency.
• Collaborative: A team leader who fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, and transparency.
• Ethical Standards: High integrity and commitment to ethical business practices and corporate governance.

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: B.com
Experience: 1-2 years of similar Industry Experience (Preferable)
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Job Description:

Acuité is looking for candidates with good communication & interpersonal skills for their Quality Control Team.

The candidate should be a graduate experienced in Quality Checks, Operations & Admin.

The candidate shall be responsible for:

• Editing of Rating Rationales and other material including opinion pieces, commentaries
• Maintaining analytical quality and credit opinion as warranted by the rating
• Constantly communicating with Analysts across teams and locations
• Ensure that the cases move from one stage to another within the expected TAT
• Adhering to Acuite's policies and processes with due consideration of required compliances
• Completion of work within the defined Timeline is very critical for this Role.
• Primarily, it is a Quality Inspection / Checking Role, therefore attitude of ‘Right First Time’ is very critical.
• Need to understand contents of Rating Note (RN) / Rating Committee Minutes of Meeting (MoM) / Draft Rationale / Final Rationale very well.
• In case of Final Rationale, this is the last line of Inspection before Publication sincerity and dedication for ensuring defect free output is must.
• Create daily, weekly MIS and the monthly MIS.
• Maintain the records of QC and the related documents for future audit.

Knowledge/Skills

• Good communication skills with excellent command in English Grammar and Literature
• Ability to handle interactions with clients, team and other stakeholders.
• Ability to handle interactions with clients, team and other stakeholders.
• Ownership of the job assigned and the attitude to get things done
• Promptness in answering to the Queries
• Promptness in answering to the Queries
• Flexibility to take on new roles within the Organisation
• Would be ready to take additional responsibility if the situation warrants.

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: Inter CA
Experience: 1-2 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Job Description:

Acuité is looking for candidates with good communication & interpersonal skills for their Rating Administration Team.

The candidate shall be responsible for:

• Liaison with Internal Auditors for Planning and collation of related information and data for smooth execution of Internal Audit.
• Liaison with different internal and cross functional Teams for data / info gathering and collation.
• Liaison with Internal Teams to close all the observations from the Internal Audit.
• Developing a mechanism for Concurrent Audit in line with Internal (Operations) Audit for improvement of Quality of Internal Processes.
• Conducting this Concurrent Audit
• Create periodic (period to be decided) MIS for reporting the outcome of Concurrent Audit
• Helping Leadership Team for scheduled Regulatory Inspections.

Knowledge/Skills

• Good communication skills and ability to handle interactions with Internal Auditors, Internal teams and other stakeholders.
• Willingness to learn the regulatory requirements and remain updated with evolving regulatory landscape
• Consider use and adoption of technology from compliance perspective
• Ownership of the job assigned and the attitude to get things done independently.
• Promptness in answering to the Queries
• Flexibility to take on new roles within the Organization
• Willingness to take-on additional responsibility, if situation warrants.

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: MBA - Finance / CA / CFA
Experience: 2+ years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Job Description:

Acuite is looking for well-articulate candidates with a strong analytical acumen and sound working knowledge of securitization transactions in India. He or she will be a part of financial sector ratings which has a growing client base. Any experience in a team leading role can be an added advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Handle Credit Ratings and Loss Assessments for securitization transactions
• Handle Credit Rating of Financial Intermediaries like Banks/ NBFCs/HFCs/MFIs/Brokerage Houses etc.
• Ensure consistent and high-quality ratings reports in the Rating Committee
• Meetings and interactions with senior client people including CFO/CEO to position Acuité Ratings successfully
• Responsible for timely completion of Ratings and Rating Rationales
• Deliver client and investor presentations
• Keep oneself fully updated on the latest regulatory guidelines (as applicable to CRAs), the rating criteria and the rating policies of Acuité
• Keep oneself updated on economic and industry level factors that may have a bearing on credit quality

Knowledge/Skills

• Past experience in securitisation transactions is preferred
• Understanding of credit analysis for financial institutions including banks, NBFCs and other financial sector entities
• Ability to engage with originators and other stakeholders in the securitization market
• Knowledge of debt markets
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
• NOTE: This position requires relevant experience & qualification. Applications without relevant experience will not be considered.

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: Graduate
Experience: 2-3 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Responsibilities:

• Tele sales executive with Excellent communication skills (Hindi / English) to pitch sales
• Tele caller to Handle client queries and obtain information from the clients appropriately
• Generate quality appointments from provided database.
• Follow ups and update lead/data on timely basis by the telesales executive.
• Achieve weekly appointment targets
• Responsible for making outbound calls and regular follow up on leads assigned.

Knowledge/Skills

• Good computer skills (MS office) and Email Communication
• Good Online Research Skills
• Good English verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of debt markets

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: Graduate
Experience: Fresher
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Responsibilities:

• Design correspondence, communications, presentations and other documents
• Good understanding of Financial Analytics & Research
• Schedule meetings, events, conference calls and activities for the CEO
• Be a part of meetings and ensure to record and distribute minutes of meetings
• Monitor, screen, respond to and distribute incoming communications
• Manage personal errands, expense reimbursement activities, daily/weekly/monthly agenda and arrange new meetings and appointments
• Liaison with the Admin team to manage travel booking, web check-in, car booking and hotel accommodation etc.
• Design and maintain management/investor presentations
• Maintain records in file and ensure it is available whenever required
• Prepare & maintain various MIS & Reports as required

Knowledge/Skills

• Excellent verbal & written English communication skills
• Ability to handle interactions with vendors, HODs, employees & other stakeholders.
• Ownership of the job assigned and the attitude to get things done.
• Self-directed, organized and able to meet deadlines
• Ability to multi-task
• Must possess a high sense of confidentiality
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: CA, MBA-Fin
Experience: 2 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Responsibilities:

• Assisting Finance Head & Group CEO in specific Strategic Projects of the company.
• Preparing MIS of the Group and sharing with Finance Head.
• Preparing data of sales pipeline for the month.
• Reviewing the P & L on monthly basis.
• Candidate should have acumen to do number crunching and data analytics.
• This will not be accountant role but MIS / Strategic assistance role.
• Excellent MS office Skills, Writing and Oral Communication Skills.

Knowledge/Skills

• Excellent verbal & written English communication skills
• Self-directed, organized and able to meet deadlines
• Ability to multi-task
• Must possess a high sense of confidentiality
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: Any Postgraduate, MBA/PGDM - Any Specialization
Experience: 12 - 15 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Responsibilities:

• The incumbent will be required to handle the entire gamut of HR Activities right from Talent Acquisition to Talent Management & Development to HR Operations & HR Compliance.
• HR Analytics
• Put into action the People & Culture initiatives and strategies of the company in line with the overall business plan
• Drive the Employee Engagement activities
• Stakeholder Management
• Maintain the high performance & high trust culture while cultivating a supportive workplace

Knowledge/Skills

• Excellent verbal & written English communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• People skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, with hands on knowledge of MS Excel
• Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn the organization's HRIS, payroll, and similar employee management software.

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: MBA in Marketing / Finance
Experience: 2-4 years’ experience in Credit Ratings Industry
Location: Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Responsibilities:

• New business origination in corporate segment
• Increase Acuite's market share in the region for Corporate Sector
• Conduct high impact meeting and negotiations with CXOs of companies
• Build and maintain strong senior level connects with lead arrangers, influencers, and bankers
• Provide market feedback to the company leadership regarding competition
• Adopt a professional and knowledgeable approach to each new business call

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: MBA in Marketing / Finance
Experience: 2-4 years’ experience in Credit Ratings Industry
Location: Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Responsibilities:

• New business origination in corporate segment
• Increase Acuite's market share in the region for Corporate Sector
• Conduct high impact meeting and negotiations with CXOs of companies
• Build and maintain strong senior level connects with lead arrangers, influencers, and bankers
• Provide market feedback to the company leadership regarding competition
• Adopt a professional and knowledgeable approach to each new business call

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Company: ESG Risk Assessments & Insights
Minimum Qualification: Post Graduation / Masters in Finance / Economics / ESG related courses.
Experience: 0-2 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Job Description:

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) refers to the three central factors in measuring the sustainability and societal impact of an investment in a company or business. These criteria help to better determine the future financial performance of companies.

The role will involve:

• Quality check for any gaps on ESG data
• Writing high quality ESG rating and risk assessment reports
• Post training, independently handle ESG rating assignments
• Manage and monitor a portfolio of companies under different industries
• Build sustainability models as needed
• Client management and engagements
• Write research articles on sustainability

What do you need to apply for this role?

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation and report writing skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Passion and strong aptitude for research
• Ability to work under stretched timelines
• Attention to detail
• Excellence in excel and PowerPoint

What’s in it for you?

Regular training and development will help you gain deep understanding of the ESG space You will get an opportunity to interact with CXOs and senior stakeholders across corporates You will be part of a highly motivated team and a fast growing, knowledge driven company

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Company: SMERA Ratings Private Limited
Minimum Qualification: B.com/BAF Graduates only
Experience: 0-5 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Job description:

• Undertaking analysis of financial statements, which includes analysis of P&L, balance sheet, and key ratios
• Interacting with clients to understand their business model and projections
• Undertaking rigorous credit risk analysis encompassing industry / business and financial analysis
• Preparing credit rating/evaluation reports, based on management discussion, financial and business risk analysis
• Making credit rating recommendation to the Rating Committee
• Maintaining a high quality of analytics and rating committee presentation
• Adhering to SMERA's policies and processes with due consideration of required compliances
• The incumbent should be highly focused on delivering quality work efficiently.

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Company: SMERA Ratings Private Limited
Minimum Qualification: Post Graduate / Graduate
Experience: 1-3 years, preferably worked on SME published reports
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Job description:

SMERA is looking for candidates in with good communication & interpersonal skills for their Research Team in Mumbai. The candidate should have a fair understanding of the economic & financial factors affecting the SME sector.

The candidate shall be responsible for:

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research for SME sector and publish reports and articles independently to contribute to thought leadership
• Prepare monthly & quarterly research reports as per requirement
• Deliver client and investor presentations
• Prepare trend analysis in the data sheet

Desired Competencies:

• Strong analytical understanding of SME sector
• Good presentation and report writing skills
• Very strong communication skills – both written and verbal
• A passion and strong aptitude for research
• Ability to work under stretched timelines

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: B.Tech / B.E.
Experience: 3 - 6 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Technical Skills:

Asp.Net 4.0+, MVC, MS SQL 2012+, My SQL, C#.Net, TFS/GitHub, Web services, Web APIs, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JQuery, Azure, Angular JS, PHP, Cloud Architecture, Stakeholder Management.

Job Description:

• Design, Develop, Test and Deploy various business applications/websites using Microsoft Technology Stack as per project deadlines with quality output (bug/glitch-free).
• Excellent knowledge and exposure of ASP.Net, C#.NET, MVC, 3-Tier Architecture, Design Patterns, WCF services, SQL Server programmability.
• Exposure on Client-side web technologies like Java Script frameworks (JQuery/Knockout JS/Angular JS). Exposure toward Visual Studio, Source Control/Versioning, Web APIs and Web Services.
• Exposure in deploying the application/website on the IIS server/DMZ environment/ Cloud (AWS / Azure)
• Exposure on Design Patterns, Database Design, Normalization, writing Stored Procedures, handling SQL CLR, Triggers, Views, Functions and SSIS/DTS Packages in MS SQL Server and involved in all the stages of Software Development Life Cycle
• The candidate should have the ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines, ability to communicate clearly with business users and project manage, ability to innovate and provide functional applications with intuitive interfaces, ability to construct / draft user guides and documentation, provides guidance/suggestions to junior developers, resolves complex issues and conducts advanced research.

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Company: Acuite Ratings & Research Limited
Minimum Qualification: B.Tech / B.E.
Experience: 3 - 6 years
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Technical Skills:

Asp.Net 4.0+, MVC, MS SQL 2012+, My SQL, C#.Net, TFS/GitHub, Web services, Web APIs, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JQuery, Azure, Angular JS, PHP, Cloud Architecture, Project Management, Team Management, Stakeholder Management.

Job Description:

• Track, monitor and manage timely execution of software projects as per project management guidelines along with proper documentation at every stage. Strong experience into agile methodology and sprint plannings.
• Excellent knowledge and exposure of ASP.Net, C#.NET, MVC, 3-Tier Architecture, Design Patterns, WCF services, SQL Server programmability, web technologies like Java Script frameworks (JQuery/Knockout JS/Angular JS)
• Exposure toward Visual Studio, Source Control/Versioning, Web APIs and Web Services, deploying the application/website on the IIS server/DMZ environment/ Cloud (AWS / Azure)
• Train, mentor, guide and manage a team of software developers for timely execution of projects with high quality output. Ensure adequate bandwidthof the team at all times.
• Identify new product or service opportunities, work with key internal and external stakeholders to drive the product planning process. Identify ways to improve the efficiency, coverage and quality of the existing products and processes.
• Monitor quality and productivity metrics to ensure continuous improvement.

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Company: ESG Risk Assessments & Insights
Minimum Qualification: Post Graduation / Masters in Finance / Economics / ESG related courses
Experience: 3-5 years of work experience in B2B Consultative Sales to Financial Services Sector and well networked in BFSI segment
Location: Mumbai
Salary Band: As per industry standards
Other Benefits: Family Health Insurance, Accident & Term Life Insurance

Job Description:

• New business origination for ESG Ratings and other ESG solutions
• Reach out to influencers and decision makers of prospective and existing clients across segments
• Banks, AMCs, Corporates, Private Equity Firms
• Presenting products & tailored solutions to all relevant stakeholders
• Presenting regular MIS to leadership team with sales forecasts, pipeline, market feedback and ideas for new product development based on emerging needs of the market
• Structuring deals and commercial proposals
• Closing high value deals which involves complex negotiation with senior stakeholders
• Implement strong client engagement plans and ensure retention of existing clients

Knowledge/Skills/Attitude:

• Presentable, Confident, Excellent Communication (verbal and written), Strong negotiation, and networking skills
• Strong PowerPoint, Excel skills
• Proven track record of dealing with CXOs, making high impact presentations and revenue expansion
• Ability to adapt quickly and perform in a high performing culture of the organization
• Good understanding of ESG, ESG Ratings will be added advantage

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