Vice President, Ratings Advisory – TD Securities
Location: New York, New York, United States of America
Hours: 40 hours per week
Line of Business: TD Securities
Pay: $250,000 – $275,000 USD per year
Employment Type: Full-time
Seniority Level: Executive
Job Description
TD Securities offers a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, financial sponsor and institutional clients. The firm focuses on key financial centers including Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London and Singapore. The Syndicated and Leveraged Finance function is an integral part of our Investment Banking suite, providing clients with capital markets and banking advice, transaction execution, and credit and investment banking expertise.
Position
- Work with deal teams and clients to provide expertise on credit ratings methodologies and advise on deal structuring for credit rating optimization.
- Initially partner with senior Ratings Advisory team members; progress to producing independent rating opinions and leading corporate ratings mandates for TD’s clients.
Position Summary
- Provides ratings indications on unrated issuers and analyzes rating implications of capital structure and strategic changes on rated issuers.
- Advises on and reviews rating‑specific content for client and ratings agency presentations.
- Keeps abreast of market and rating agency developments, producing thematic ratings‑focused materials for clients and internal stakeholders.
- Develops and maintains ratings‑focused internal models and templates.
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders such as external clients, ratings agency personnel and internal constituents.
- Assists with and eventually leads the ratings‑related workstream of deal execution.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience at a credit ratings agency or in a corporate/investment banking role.
- Strong accounting, finance, quantitative and business writing skills.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to interact effectively with senior professionals, clients and stakeholders.
- Ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines, synthesize large amounts of information and develop innovative solutions.
- Adaptability and ability to manage projects independently.
- Series 7 and 79 licenses.
Education & Experience
- Undergraduate degree in Business (Accounting or Finance) or Mathematics/Economics.
- Series 7, 79 and 63 licenses.
- 5–7 years of related experience.
Physical Requirements
- Domestic travel – Occasional.
- International travel – Never.
- Performing sedentary work – Continuous.
- Performing multiple tasks – Continuous.
- Operating standard office equipment – Continuous.
- Responding quickly to sounds – Occasional.
- Sitting – Continuous.
- Standing – Occasional.
- Walking – Occasional.
- Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional.
- Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional.
- Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never.
- Squatting – Occasional.
- Bending – Occasional.
- Kneeling – Never.
- Crawling – Never.
- Climbing – Never.
- Reaching overhead – Never.
- Reaching forward – Occasional.
- Pushing – Never.
- Pulling – Never.
- Twisting – Never.
- Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous.
- Applying common sense to standardized situations – Continuous.
- Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous.
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous.
Equal Opportunity
TD Bank is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
For applicants with a disability requiring accommodations to complete the application process, please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at with your full name, best contact method and the accommodation needed.
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