About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

09

The Team 

S&P Global Ratings' Editorial team comprises approximately 100 professionals worldwide, operating within the Analytical Business Operations and Controls division. The team collaborates with writers, editors, digital content producers, and Ratings analysts across all sectors. This role transforms complex credit research, data, and analytical concepts into clear, accurate, and market-ready digital content in an environment that values collaboration, accountability, sound judgment, and continuous learning. 
 

The Impact and Responsibilities  

The quality of this work directly supports S&P Global Ratings' mission to provide transparency and accountability to financial markets. Accurate and clearly presented credit opinions are essential to the organization's reputation as a provider of market intelligence and analytical insight. This role ensures that credit-related research is clear, concise, complete, timely, and relevant for market participants who rely on these insights to make informed decisions. 
 

Responsibilities 

• Edit credit-related research and data, including rating actions, event-driven commentary, and in-depth entity-specific and industry reports, ensuring grammatical accuracy, adherence to house style, and compliance with publishing standards. 

• Apply digital-first principles — including brevity, plain English, and audience-focused content presentation — to refine key messages, topic sentences, headlines, and article structure. 

• Use sound editorial judgment to clarify complex financial market concepts while preserving analytical meaning, accuracy, and compliance with applicable standards. 

• Collaborate with analysts, editors, digital content producers, and other stakeholders to resolve editorial questions, manage competing priorities, and support timely publication. 

• Perform production tasks to ensure articles conform to global publishing standards for format, style, and branding specifications. 

• Take ownership of assigned work, apply sound decision-making, and escalate issues appropriately when editorial, regulatory, or reputational risks arise. 

 
Compensation and Benefits Information (Canadian Candidates) 

S&P Global states that the anticipated range of compensation for this position is $79,500 to $88,000 CAD. Final compensation will be based on the individual's performance, geographic location, experience level, skill set, training, licenses, and certifications. In accordance with Ontario's new regulations effective January 1, 2026, this job posting provides information on expected compensation. S&P Global will not be utilizing artificial intelligence in our hiring process. Additionally, S&P Global is committed to transparency and will inform all interviewed candidates of hiring decisions within 45 days of their interview. This posting is for an existing vacancy, and inquiries regarding hiring practices or other questions are encouraged. Thank you for considering a career with S&P Global! 
 

What We're Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications 

• An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 3+ years of relevant experience in editing for financial research or business media. 

• Demonstrated experience editing digital content for professional, financial, business, or market-focused audiences. 

• Sound knowledge of financial markets terminology and concepts. 

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify inconsistencies, clarify complex information, and ensure content is clear, concise, complete, and accurate. 

• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound editorial judgment, manage deadlines independently, and make decisions that support quality, accuracy, and market relevance. 

• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a global, team-oriented environment, with the interpersonal skills to engage effectively with subject matter experts and cross-functional stakeholders. 
   

Additional Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience working with credit research, ratings-related content, financial news, investment research, or other regulated financial market content. 

• Familiarity with digital publishing workflows, content management systems, search-friendly headline writing, and audience-focused content presentation. 

• Demonstrated ability to partner with global stakeholders and communicate clearly with subject matter experts, including analysts, researchers, economists, product teams, and publishing colleagues. 

• Interest in identifying opportunities to improve editorial processes, consistency, quality, and the reader experience. 

• Education: Bachelor's degree in digital journalism, communications, or a related discipline required.  
   

Additional Information 

• We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global Ratings office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer. 

• Employees are required to work from the office a minimum of two days per week. 

 

About S&P Global Ratings
At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction. By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.

S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).  S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.

For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and 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 send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.  
 
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