Research Associate, Company Intelligence - London, United Kingdom - Preqin

Preqin

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Overview:
About Preqin

You will be joining the world's leading data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.

We empower the global financial community with critical information and leading analytics solutions to help them make faster and smarter investment decisions, and to make them with confidence.

A forward-thinking company, we lead our industry through innovation. We trust in the power of data, and we use it to increase transparency in alternatives. We believe that access to information leads to more investment in the ideas and infrastructure that build strong communities.

Job Overview

The Company Intelligence Team aims to analyze, research, and collect sponsored-back company information.

The team will be responsible for extracting data points such as executive and board director information, business operating activities, company financial data, shares and equity allotment, and sponsored-back transaction data points.

In the long run, we will provide strong company information by building relationships with service providers and investors to obtain information.

New hires will have the opportunity to enhance our offerings and to bring innovation and creativity to build and strengthen our new product.

The data collected and analysis produced by the researchers will help clients to:

Evaluate a GP's track record at a company level (incl. financial & non-financial metrics, investment partner involvements/ deal team information etc.).
Gain insights on which investments drive fundlevel return.
Drive better business development based on portfolio company relationships (incl. service provider involvement, board memberships, GP, and LP collaborations etc.)
Evaluate irect and coinvesting opportunities for LPs.

Responsibilities:

In this role you will:

Daily tracking of online news and conducting indepth online research on private equity and venture capital deals.
Processing and inputting of deal information onto the online databases in a timely manner.
Reviewing large amounts of data from multiple sources and curating the relevant facts.
Performing data quality assurance checks and occasionally liaising with the team in other offices to provide feedback on the quality of their output.
Occasionally performing statistical analysis using MS Excel and putting together reports for publications and client data requests.
Writing in the 'house' style to compose online profiles and occasionally provide input to reports and publications.

Qualifications:

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ou are a good fit if:

Native fluency in English (other languages are a bonus)

Education level

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent)
Excellent research abilities, being able to exhibit persistence, patience, and a keen eye for detail to successfully gather valuable information.
A selfstarter with proactive approach to dealing with issues, investigating anomalies and a desire to get to the bottom of a problem.
A keen interest in the alternative assets and/or finance industry.
Comfortable working with numerical data.
Analytical thinker.
Strong team player who can successfully collaborate with colleagues across teams and offices but also has the ability, confidence, and enthusiasm to work independently and take on a project.
Diligence to meet targets and quality standards.
Relevant work experience in a researchled environment is desirable (particularly experience working in a research capacity covering private equity/venture capital/M&A deals) but not essential. We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, confident, and keen to learn.

Other:

Company Benefits:

The opportunity to work within a wellregarded organisation in a fastgrowing sector.
Develop your career in a high growth company with an international presence.
Subsidised Private Medical Insurance via BUPA, after successful completion of 3 months should you wish to.
Interestfree season ticket loans on completion of probation.
A pension plan under autoenrolment which currently requires a minimum employee contribution of 5% of annual salary. This is matched by an employer contribution of 4%. You can opt to contribute more should you wish to. After your 1year service with the company the employer contribution will be enhanced to match your contribution up to a maximum of 10% of your pensionable earnings. This means that if you are contributing the minimum contribution of 5%, after your 1year service, Preqin will automatically uplift the company contribution to 5% of annual salary.
Cycle to work scheme.
Study support of up to £900 per annum for relevant business qualifications and enhanced support of up to $2,500 for CAIA.
Excellent Offices in London close to Victoria station and the proximity to many shops and restaurants and London's West End.
Companysponsored sports teams.
Winter and summer office parties and a companyfunded team social budget.

Our culture and values are:

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