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S&P Global

Licensing Operations Senior Analyst

S&P Global, West Valley City, Utah, United States

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Overview S&P Global Market Intelligence (SPGMI) offers a comprehensive suite of credit solutions designed to help organizations across the globe assess and manage credit risk. Credit Solutions (CS) is the commercial arm that sells Ratings credit ratings, advanced analytics, and financial risk solutions including subscription-based offerings, RatingsXpress®, RatingsDirect®, and Credit Analytics. CS contributes significantly to SPGMI’s growth, generating nearly $5 billion in annual revenue.

About The Role The Licensing Operations Senior Analyst will play a critical support role in deals involving a broad array of clients worldwide, across client segments such as Investment Management, Investment Banking, Insurance, Commercial Banking, Non-Financial Corporates, and Government Agencies. He/she/they will work closely with Product, Commercial, and Legal teams to support licensing governance, mitigate losses, and enforce compliance by reviewing and evaluating licensing deal terms and contracts and protecting S&P’s proprietary data rights.

Responsibilities And Impact The Licensing team’s work is instrumental to protecting and growing the CS business and in mitigating operational, financial, legal and regulatory risks.

Key Responsibilities

Support Commercial and Product teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC by providing insights and analysis on client use cases, licensing terms, deal structures, and assisting with negotiations for new and existing CS licensing agreements.

Draft, review, and negotiate legal contracts to ensure consistency related to deal terms and pricing across clients and industries as well as evaluate and provide recommendations related to non‑standard deal terms.

Provide world‑class customer service to the Product and Commercial teams by maintaining a consistently high‑level of service quality, proactively anticipating their needs, and engaging in continuous improvement.

Support the Licensing team across a number of projects, key initiatives and internal processes.

Promote a culture of value‑based business practices and compliance by educating stakeholders across the company on best practices for licensing CS products and services.

Compensation and Benefits (US Applicants Only) Base salary range: $80,000 – $135,000 (may vary by geographic location). The role is eligible for a commercial incentive plan and additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on benefits, visit

S&P Global Benefits .

What We’re Looking For Basic Required Qualifications

Juris Doctor (J.D.) or experience with commercial contracts (e.g., paralegal).

3+ years of relevant experience in the financial services sector as a compliance, legal or risk management professional.

Driven, self‑directed person with a strong commercial mindset and creative problem‑solving ability.

Team player with experience working with cross‑functional teams, including Product, Commercial, and Legal.

Ability to turn high‑level requirements into executable plans with actionable steps, secure consensus from partners and follow through to execution.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Curiosity to learn and adaptability to develop new skill sets.

Ability to work independently in fast‑paced and ambiguous environments.

Flexible and adaptable to work across international time zones.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Excellent computer skills, including MS Office.

Understanding of banking and asset management functions.

Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), Excel, complex formulas, pivot tables and experience in data analysis and reporting.

Fluency in foreign languages.

Other Information This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Flexible Working We pride ourselves on our agility and diversity, and we welcome requests to work flexibly. For most roles, flexible hours and/or an element of remote working are usually possible. Please discuss the type of arrangement that works best during the interview.

Return to Work As part of our Return‑to‑Work initiative, we encourage enthusiastic and talented returners to apply and will actively support your return to the workplace.

Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please email

EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com .

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