Newswriter

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 08
**Newswriter**: Asia-Pacific Financial News
**Location**: Manila/Gurgaon
**The Role**: S&P Global Market Intelligence seeks a business journalist with a passion for financial news to join our news team in either Manila or Gurgaon.
We focus on the banking, fintech and insurance industries in the Asia-Pacific region but our team is global, providing around-the-clock coverage of all the news that matters in the financial industry: monetary policy decisions, bank regulations, M&A, fintech startups — we cover it all, and we do it with our proprietary data that helps us drive stories beyond the headlines.
In this role, you will help shape our content by producing our daily dose feature, an aggregation of the top news developments in the Asia-Pacific region that we send out as a daily newsletter to our discerning subscribers as they start their day in the region.
In addition, you will spend about half of your time developing fresh story ideas and delivering sharp, concise content using in-house data sources. You will write news articles covering a range of topics, including M&A, capital markets activity and regulation.
**The Team**: With a global newsroom of more than 350 reporters and editors across five continents, you will work daily with people from a wide variety of backgrounds. The Financial Institutions news team is a tightknit group working from several different bureaus. In this role, you will be part of a seasoned group of financial reporters covering breaking news and developing long-form stories.
**The Impact**: Our real-time, subscription-based global news service reaches an influential readership, including investment bankers, credit risk analysts, buy
- and sell-side teams, and regulators. The news we provide is a critical part of S&P Global Market Intelligence's highly valued product offering.
We monitor market trends, attend top industry events, and comb through regulatory filings to bring readers the information they need to know. Our comprehensive and timely news gathering operation combined with our enterprise journalism creates a unique news source essential to any sector-focused professional.
**What’s in it for you**: This is an ideal opportunity for a business reporter looking to expand his/her horizons and develop deep sector expertise. In the spirit of continuous learning, the newsroom also offers extensive training and other development support, such as a mentorship program, supporting our journalists as they develop a career path leveraging S&P Global Market Intelligence and other parts of S&P Global.

**Responsibilities**:
Monitor newswires, newspapers, and company websites to gather information and news articles about the financial sector and companies under our coverage.
Provide timely, insightful news blurbs and insightful articles in English to tight daily and weekly deadlines
Cover news by incorporating in-depth interviews, conference coverage, proprietary data and analytical insights
Collaborate with our Data Journalists to incorporate data into stories, driving our news beyond the headlines
Collaborate with our Production team to craft creative infographics and visuals
**What we’re looking for**:
**Basic Qualifications**:
Solid background in writing and keen eye for details
Able to work well under pressure and tight deadlines
Strong interest in business news
A passion for telling data driven stories and a commitment to work with in-house and external market intelligence data and graphics to enhance our coverage, requiring collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Fluency in spoken and written English necessary. (Knowledge of another major Asian language is highly desirable)
**Preferred Qualifications**:
A strong track record writing about business, preferably financial services, in clear, authoritative English
In-depth knowledge of Asia-Pacific banks/financial services and of Asia's financial regulatory frameworks are desirable, but not essential
A passion for telling data-driven stories and a commitment to work with in-house and external market intelligence data and graphics
About S&P Global Market Intelligence
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.
What’s In It For You?
**Our Purpose**:
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Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we