Research Associate, Hedge Funds AMRSDepartment: DataEmployment Type: Permanent - Full TimeLocation: ChicagoReporting To: Manager, Hedge Fund AMRS - DataCompensation: $50,000 - $55,000 / yearDescriptionAbout the Research Team:Preqin's Research team is responsible for maintaining our online databases and products. In addition, they contribute towards producing financial publications and analysis for ad hoc requests from clients and the press when required.The Research Associate:This role is responsible for contacting fund managers and institutional investors, building relationships with them, and gathering information regarding their investment preferences, funds managed, deals, and performance data. Preqin's clients expect and depend on its data to be of the highest quality, something Research Associates are expected to contribute towards. They may also contribute towards producing bespoke data analysis for Preqin users and the financial press, as well as Preqin's reports and publications. In the data management scheme, a Research Associate serves as a Data Custodian, reporting to the domain's designated Data Steward. What you'll be doing:Functional:
- Call and email fund managers/investors daily to obtain valuable, proprietary information.
- Establish and maintain strong personal working relationships with key industry experts both locally and globally.
- Understand and effectively communicate Preqin's value propositions.
- Locate, track, and make use of a variety of online and public sources to gather relevant information on industry entities and events.
- Occasionally contribute to research reports, blogs, publications, and bespoke data reports for clients and press outlets.
- Support team members with ad-hoc research projects.
Data Management:
- Implement changes Resolve data quality incidents as triaged by a Data Steward (AVP or VP).
- Custodial responsibilities may span across entities and domains, depending on remit and access.
- Produce, update, delete, retire, and/or archive data (with Data Steward steer).
- Update our database with detailed company profiles containing key information such as investment preferences and targeted returns.
- Perform quality assurance for existing data and output from offshore teams.
What you'll bring to us:
- Relevant professional experience, which may be in the form of an internship.
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
- Communication skills, both verbal and in written materials, targeting an audience up to and including senior executives.
- A strong sense of urgency and comfort in making a high volume of outbound calls daily.
- Excellent research abilities; exhibiting persistence, patience, and a keen eye for detail.
- Strong team player with the ability and enthusiasm to work independently.
- Proactive approach to dealing with issues, investigating anomalies, and a desire to get to the bottom of a problem.
Why join us?About UsYou 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.Our CultureWe centre our culture in our teams members growth, sparking their curiosity and fuelling their career adventures. We celebrate and recognise contribution, high performance and strong collaborative behaviours. We're building and growing our learning programs, frameworks and tools to help people thrive and it's an exciting time to join us. We support our internal communities and donate our time, knowledge and support to the communities that surround our offices globally. Equal opportunities Preqin is an equal opportunity employer, with diversity at the heart of our business. It is the policy of Preqin to ensure equal employment and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.