Financial Data Specialist
Accounting & Finance, IT
Financial Data Specialist
Bengaluru, India
- Posted
- 07/20/2026
- Job reference
- 14120
- Experience level
- Experienced Hire
- Job category
- Credit Analysis & Research
- Line of business
- ROC
At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.
If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.
Skills and Competencies
- Understanding of finance, capital markets, and financial data or credit analysis. We value curious problem solvers who love learning, working with others, and continuously honing their skills.
- Interact with lead and support analysts to resolve complex issues
- Interact with other team managers to resolve/ clarify straightforward issues
- Manage more than one project independently
- Strong SQL skills and extensive data management experience are essential. Proficiency in handling large datasets, ensuring data integrity, and applying best practices in data analysis, metadata management, and quality control is critical.
- Basic knowledge of AI concepts and a proactive interest in leveraging AI technologies to enhance operations and efficiency are expected. A commitment to learning about responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical application, is important.
- Proficiency in SQL query writing within a relational database environment an added advantage
- Experience with data science and analytics tools like Python, Power BI, and LC/NC is advantageous.
Education
- Master’s in finance, Economics, Business/Accounting
- Relevant experience of minimum 3+ years in credit/financial data analysis and interpretation, and managing projects independently; experience in structured finance will be an added advantage
- Strong organizational skills, dependable and able to multi-task and manage priorities
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, in particular advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills; excellent interpersonal skills
Responsibilities
- Perform analysis to support ratings, research, analytical outreach. Examples of work include:Projects & Processes: Work on financial data, research, and analytical outreach projects, driving process re-engineering, efficiency improvements, and resolution of complex/non-standard outputs. Serve as a Process Owner for one or more Analytic Data Operations processes.
- Business as Usual (BAU) Delivery: Responsible for end-to-end delivery of select BAU tasks such as complex data, research, and data processing for use in models. Produce valuable inputs into the rating and research process, including Moody's adjusted data, key indicators, ratios, charts and graphs. Complete simple deliverables such as newsletters, database maintenance, more complex or other ad-hoc support. Undertake initial reviews or quality assessments of other team members work for select complex tasks.
- Stakeholder Interaction: Independently manage stakeholder communication for accurate, timely outputs. Work directly with ratings analyst to understand data capture requirements, adjustments and other information needed by the rating team for ratings and research
Continuous Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies using advanced analytics and AI-driven insights, propose data-backed solutions, and implement intelligent process enhancements leveraging automation, machine learning, and agentic AI to optimize performance and scalability.
About the team
Our Ratings & Operations Control (ROC) team is responsible for 1) analytic data capture and enrichment, inputs and outputs to support ratings & research, 2) ratings transaction setup and release and rating desk services, 3) regulatory processes and operational controls, 4) product management for regulatory website, 5) center of excellence for process improvement and 6) project management support.
By joining our team, you will be part of exciting work in supporting ratings accuracy and timely market impact by delivering high-quality, consistent work product, while driving process excellence.
Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.
For more information on the Securities Trading Program, please refer to the Securities Trading Policy( opens in new window) on Moody’s Compliance Expo page( opens in new window)
Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.