Assistant Director/ Associate Director - Solutions Specialist (Corporate & Government)
Cape Analytics
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
- Strong technical expertise in third-party risk management, supplier risk, AML/financial crime compliance or enterprise risk data solutions
- Demonstrated experience in solution architecture, including end-to-end data workflow design and multi-source integration
- Deep understanding of structured and semi-structured data formats including JSON, XML and CSV, with strong field mapping capability
- Experience designing and supporting RESTful API integrations including authentication models and payload structuring
- Advanced analytical capability with strong understanding of data models, identifiers and large-scale analytics environments
- Ability to translate complex technical architecture into clear commercial value propositions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills across both business and IT stakeholders
- Willingness to travel up to 20% of time across Australia and NZ
- Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with curiosity and enthusiasm for learning how AI tools can be used to improve processes and drive efficiency. Interest in exploring AI systems and a willingness to develop awareness of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Analytics, Finance or related discipline required
- Postgraduate qualifications in data science, analytics or business are desirable
Responsibilities
Architect and position technically robust risk and data solutions to support sales growth across Australia’s Corporate and Government segments.
- Sales & Technical Solution Architecture (45%)
- Partner with Sales Specialists and Client Relationship Managers to design scalable solution architectures aligned to client use cases
- Analyse client data environments and propose optimal integration methods including APIs and secure file transfers
- Conduct data discovery sessions to understand schema requirements and ingestion workflows
- Develop solution diagrams outlining data flows and system interoperability
- Lead technical components of RFIs and RFPs
- Lead Proof of Concept engagements including integration testing
- Data Integration & Analytics Expertise (25%)
- Map Moody’s data fields to client systems ensuring alignment across identifiers and risk indicators
- Support API integrations including JSON payload structuring and schema alignment
- Interpret and manipulate structured and semi-structured datasets
- Advise on data governance, validation and transformation processes
- Corporate & Government Market Engagement (15%)
- Act as technical SME across Australian Corporate and Government accounts
- Translate regulatory drivers into solution-led engagement strategies
- Participate in executive and technical stakeholder meetings
- Internal Enablement & Product Feedback (15%)
- Deliver enablement sessions on technical positioning of integration capabilities
- Provide market feedback to Product Management
- Develop technical playbooks and architecture reference materials
About the Team
The Corporate & Government Solutions team supports Australia’s largest enterprises, critical infrastructure providers and government agencies. The team designs data-driven risk intelligence solutions and partners closely with Industry Practice Leads to deliver technically executable, commercially viable outcomes.
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.