Senior Associate, Public Equity - London, United Kingdom - Gerson Lehrman Group

Gerson Lehrman Group

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Senior Client Solutions Associate role sits within our Public Equity team, based in London.

We have a prestigious and sophisticated client base at leading financial institutions in the EMEA region, including some of the world's largest Credit funds, Private Equity funds, Hedge funds and Mutual and Sovereign funds.

This is a key role within GLG, you will be autonomously responsible for delivering projects to clients, building relationships with our experts and working with senior colleagues to maximise GLG's growth and impact.

At GLG you will have both the opportunity to progress quickly and to also work in a collaborative environment.

This role is based out of our London office & operates under GLG's hybrid working policy. Working in Public Equity, you'll be expected to work from the office 8x monthly. Further details will be provided to you during the interview process.

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Learning the workflow by recruiting new senior industry experts for the first
4 months to grow GLG's network
Once successfully certified on recruiting, executing timesensitive projects for GLG's clients working within a specialised team and building strong client relationships
Leveraging GLG's network to match experts with clients, based on the client's needs
Daily interaction with GLG's experts over the phone to qualify profiles to ensure exact fit for client projects
Maintaining accountability and responsibility for client projects and the overall client experience
Working with our Business Development/Sales team to map out users and how to engage them in order to grow revenue and ensure retention of existing accounts
Towards end of tenure, collaborating with GLG's Events, Strategic Projects and Survey teams to pitch and execute a wide range of products
Collaborating with senior team members to program virtual and live content events
Preparation for and attendance of client meetings
Ability to multitask and prioritise activities effectively, while ensuring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
Excellent communication skills both written and verbally
High motivation to exceed commercial targets
Confidence in making outbound cold calls when needed and various other outreach methods
Demonstrable client services skills where you have owned relationships with clients
Experience of working in a fastpaced environment
Demonstrable commercial acumen
Strong desire to work in a collaborative environment
Bachelor's degree, or above
12 years of work experience in a client servicefocused position postgraduation
Full business proficiency in English; additional European languages are desirable but not essential for this post

Career Progression: 12-24 months after achieving specific qualitative goals (consistent high-quality end-to-end project delivery, quality of client relationship management and outreach), Senior Client Solutions Associates typically progress onto Client Solutions Manager roles, where you are responsible for your own book of business, managing client relationships and increasing mentorship responsibility of other/junior team members.

About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world's insight network.

Our clients rely on GLG's global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of approximately 1 million experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).

GLG's industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards.

Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company's culture.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.

("GLG") is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, race, religion, color, marital status, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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