[{"country_short": "AUS", "city": "Melbourne", "description": "Title: Contract & Database Assistant\nLocation: AU-Melbourne\nAn opportunity exists to join Standard & Poor\u2019s as a Contract & Database Assistant for a 7 month fixed term contract. In this role you will work closely within a dynamic Asia Pacific regional team as the contract and database expert. To be successful in this role you will have sound experience dealing with contract databases, you will be an autonomous worker who is process orientated with strong attention to detail.\n\nDo Not Click \"Apply\" -Applications will only be accepted through our careers website:http://www.standardandpoors.com/about-sp/careers/en/au\nJob Reference Number:120000005D\n\n\nResponsibilities:\n* Manage the intake, formatting and administration of licensing and related contracts for the Asia Pacific region in accordance with global processes and requirements.\n* Assist members of the Asia Pacific Sales Team with contract process issues, training on matters relating to the contracts process and database.\n* Maintenance of the contract database, and provide administrative support to department personnel.\n* Assist the Australian Sales Team by coordinating the return of fully-executed contracts to external Australian clients.\n\nRequired:\n* Experience in contract administration and contract management databases\n* Solid understanding of Microsoft Office (specifically Excel and Word) and Adobe.\n* Process oriented mind-set\n* Attention to detail is a must!\n* Strong interpersonal and communication skills\n* Ability to influence others and build relationships with colleagues within international teams\nPreferred:\n* Tertiary qualified in a business, finance or data management discipline\n* Experience working with legal agreements\nAbout the Company\n\nStandard & Poor's, a part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings. With offices in 23 countries, Standard & Poor's is an important part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for 150 years in providing investors with information and independent benchmarks for their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visithttp://www.standardandpoors.com/.\n\nHow To Apply:\n\n\nDoNotClick \"Apply\" -Applications will only be accepted through our careers website:http://www.standardandpoors.com/about-sp/careers/en/au\nJob Reference Number:120000005D\n\nPlease note that applications will only be accepted by submitting a CV and cover letter via our careers website. \n\nSuccessful candidates need to have current, permanent Australian working rights and will be required to complete police and credit checks.\n\n\n\nJob Type: Administrative Support", "date_new": "2012-05-18 03:53:24", "url": "http://mcgraw-hill.jobs/xml/28784288/job", "country": "Australia", "company": "McGraw-Hill", "title": "Contract & Database Assistant", "reqid": "120000005D", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Melbourne, AUS", "uid": 28784288}, {"country_short": "AUS", "city": "Melbourne", "description": "Title: Research Assistant - Insurance Ratings (Contract role)\nLocation: AU-Melbourne\nAn opportunity exists to join Standard & Poor's Insurance Ratings team, based in Melbourne on a fixed-term contract basis (6-9 months). We are looking for an enthusiastic person with experience in business and financial risk analysis who is interested in developing a career with the world's foremost ratings agency.\n\nOnly people with current Australian working rights that allow for full-time work are eligible to apply. Please do not apply if you do not have these working rights.\n\nResponsibilities:\n* Maintain a centralised financial data base and assist analysts in modelling of financial information\n* Develop spreadsheet statistics, including peer group analysis\n* Develop and maintain a centralised source of news information providing the team with updated information on stories and breaking news.\n* Attend analyst meetings.\n* Provide and update peer comparisons for various industries as needed\n* Collate material for portfolio reviews, management meetings, reports and press releases\n* Prepare materials for ratings publications and credit reports\n* Assist in undertaking sector analysis and commentaries\n* Familiarisation with rating criteria, including relevant training as required\nRequired:\n* Degree qualified in commerce, finance, or economics\n* Around one to two years experience in analysis or research\n* Self-driven, energetic and proactive\n* Strong interpersonal and communication skills\n* Ability to work in a team-oriented, global, multi-cultural environment\nAbout the Company\nStandard & Poor's, a part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings. With offices in 23 countries, Standard & Poor's is an important part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for 150 years in providing investors with information and independent benchmarks for their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visithttp://www.standardandpoors.com/.\nPlease note that applications will only be accepted via our careers website. Please submit a CV and covering letter.\n\nSuccessful candidates need to have current, permanent Australian working rights and will be required to complete police and credit checks.\n\n\n\nJob Type: Analytical/Research", "date_new": "2012-05-08 04:35:26", "url": "http://mcgraw-hill.jobs/xml/28499928/job", "country": "Australia", "company": "McGraw-Hill", "title": "Research Assistant - Insurance Ratings (Contract role)", "reqid": "24550", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Melbourne, AUS", "uid": 28499928}, {"country_short": "AUS", "city": "Melbourne", "description": "Title: HR Manager\nLocation: AU-Melbourne\nWe are looking for a highly skilled individual to act as a Business Partner and trusted advisor to the Pacific management team and employees in order to optimise people, structure, process and culture, with the goal of implementing the Pacific business plan. The role will manage the design and delivery of human resource solutions by partnering with internal HR specialists, Global HR business partners and external resources.\n\nThe successful candidate will be an enthusiastic professional with experience in financial or professional services, who is interested in developing a career with the world's foremost credit ratings and financial solutions providers.\n\nResponsibilities include but not limited to:\n* Acting as a Business Partner to develop and execute a people plan for the Pacific business.\n* Partnering with the business and talent development teams in the Pacific sub-region to identify high potential talent, build leadership capability and be involved in succession planning for key roles within the organization. \n* Managing the Compensation and Benefits strategy for the sub region.\n* Providing guidance and counsel to global and regional leaders with regard to all areas of employee relations. \n* Formulation of policy as appropriate to ensure compliance with internal guidance, local legislation and best practice\n* Close liaison with global centres of expertise and regional HR functions to ensure consistency of approach. \n* Managing local processes with regard to relocation and expatriate hires.\n* Representing the company on external HR councils and membership organizations as required.\n* Management and development responsibility for a team of two.\nRequired:\n* Relevant HR degree qualification.\n* Extensive practical and hands on experience of generalist HR, ideally within the financial services environment.\n* Demonstrable experience of building relationships with regional, global and other head of team within the business \n* The ability to advise managers and employees of all status on highly complex HR issues, including employee relations, talent development, retention and recruitment strategies\n* High level of teamwork and ethical standards.\n* Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team.\n* Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure. \n* Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n* Ability to manage HR related projects, such as divestitures, transfers and outsourcing through to successful conclusion, using sound judgment and autonomy where appropriate.\n* Possess a sound knowledge of employment law, policy development, recruitment and resourcing, and be able to advise on practical application of each area, suitable to the business area concerned\n* Ability to manage own workload ensuring that all deadlines are met within timescales set and work with the team to help others meet their deadlines.\nInterested?\nWe offer the opportunity to work alongside qualified professionals in a dynamic, global organisation and provide salary and benefits commensurate with experience. To apply please visit our website athttp://www.mcgraw-hill.com/site/careers/job-search.\n\nApplications will not be accepted via the \"Apply Now\" button on Seek.\n\nSuccessful candidates need to have current, permanent Australian working rights and will be required to complete police and credit checks.\nx\n\n\n\nJob Type: Human Resources", "date_new": "2012-05-04 04:26:12", "url": "http://mcgraw-hill.jobs/xml/28426871/job", "country": "Australia", "company": "McGraw-Hill", "title": "HR Manager", "reqid": "24299", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Melbourne, AUS", "uid": 28426871}, {"country_short": "AUS", "city": "Sydney", "description": "Title: Account Manager - Capital IQ\nLocation: AU-Sydney\nAn opportunity exists to join the desktop sales team at S&P Capital IQ as an Account Manager in our Sydney team. As an Account Manager you will be primarily responsible for managing existing accounts, delivering a positive overall client experience and supporting account growth and new business development. In return you will be provided with a challenging and flexible work environment in which self-motivation, client interaction and team collaboration are key components of the role.\n\nResponsibilities :\n* Help drive sales of S&P Capital IQ desktop products by obtaining sales leads through regular and on-going client interaction\n* Use your exceptional understanding of S&P Capital IQ products to train existing or prospective clients on our platform\n* Maintain strong relationships with client organisations, with a focus on customer satisfaction.\n* Address product related questions from clients by seeking solutions across appropriate internal groups\n* Manage internal and external tracking and reporting and analysing client usage trends\n* Incorporating personal and client feedback into product designs for future releases\n* Stay current on competitor offerings to identify the strengths and vulnerabilities of S&P Capital IQ offerings in comparison.\n* Partner with Business Development (Sales representatives) to support and service multiple accounts, both domestically and globally\n* Collaborate effectively across teams as well as creating an atmosphere of trust and open communication\nRequired:\n* Bachelors degree\n* At least two years of direct experience working in a related financial markets field preferred (Investment Banking analyst program or Financial Data sales program is preferred)\n* Strong communication, organisation and presentation skills.\n* Strong personal integrity and a confident and positive manner.\n* Entrepreneurial mindset; demonstrates drive, initiative, energy and sense of urgency.\n* Analytical capabilities, including financial modeling and valuation analysis.\n* Work effectively in a team-based environment as well as independently.\n* Desire and flexibility to learn and grow in an ever-changing environment.\n* Strong service orientation, optimism and drive for achievement.\n\nS&P Capital IQ is the powerful new combination of offerings previously provided by Capital IQ. We deliver comprehensive fundamental and quantitative research and analysis solutions to over 4,500 investment management firms, private equity funds, investment banks, advisory firms, corporations, and universities worldwide. Its solutions offer an array of powerful applications for desktop research, screening, real-time market data, backtesting, portfolio management, financial modeling, and quantitative analysis. Our simplified product suite empowers clients to reduce risk, become more efficient, and make better decisions.\n\nPlease note that applications will only be accepted by submitting a CV and cover letter via our careers website. Please DO NOT apply via Seek using the Apply Now\u201d button. \n\nSuccessful candidates need to have current, permanent Australian working rights and will be required to complete police and credit checks. \n\n\n\n\nJob Type: Sales/Business Development", "date_new": "2012-04-07 08:40:49", "url": "http://mcgraw-hill.jobs/xml/27724828/job", "country": "Australia", "company": "McGraw-Hill", "title": "Account Manager - Capital IQ", "reqid": "23459", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Sydney, AUS", "uid": 27724828}, {"country_short": "AUS", "city": "North Ryde", "description": "Title: Regional Sales Manager-Sydney Based\nLocation: AU-North Ryde\nAre you a highly motivated senior sales representative who has strong leadership skills, and is looking to advance in their career? Are you looking to work for an innovating organisation who are leaders in digital learning solutions? If this sounds like you then read on!\n\nMcGraw-Hill Education Australia & New Zealand is a leading publisher of digital and print-based learning solutions for sale in the professional, medical, primary and higher education markets. \n\nOur Higher Education division has an exciting opportunity for a Sydney-based Regional Sales Manager. The position reports to the Sales Director and will be responsible for growing the revenue of higher education product in the respective territory and managing a dynamic sales team.\n\nThe successful applicant will be tertiary degree qualified and will be able to demonstrate:\n\n* a proven successful sales career\n* considerable experience in publishing, or a related industry\n* the capacity to lead and motivate a team of high achieving sales professionals\n* the ability to analyse and interpret financial information and translate this to action\n* the desire to manage people and empower them to achieve and exceed their targets\n* Outstanding communication skills and the ability to negotiate and 'close the sale'\n* The ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously\n\nWe seek a creative, solutions-driven individual who can work very closely with internal stakeholders such as Marketing Managers and Publishers to develop and deliver a strategic sales plan for all key accounts in their territory. We therefore seek applicants with strong organisational skills who can inspire their sales teams to deliver innovative and profitable teaching and learning solutions (both digital and print-based) to our customers.\n\nThis position includes a fully maintained company vehicle and bonus scheme on achievement of sales target. Some interstate travel may be required.\nMcGraw-Hill Education offers attractive remuneration and benefits commensurate with experience and is committed to providing genuine career enhancement opportunities within a global organisation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJob Type: Sales/Business Development", "date_new": "2011-11-23 07:47:37", "url": "http://mcgraw-hill.jobs/xml/25015484/job", "country": "Australia", "company": "McGraw-Hill", "title": "Regional Sales Manager-Sydney Based", "reqid": "22358", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "North Ryde, AUS", "uid": 25015484}]