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Capital IQ - Russian Research Associate

Employment Type: Permanent
Location: East London - London, United Kingdom, Canary Wharf
Salary: Competitive Salary
Languages: English, Russian, Polish
Required Languages: 1

Advertiser Details

  • Name:
    Capital IQ
  • Posted:
    07-07-2009
  • Code:
    00
Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor’s and a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill, is currently recruiting Research Associates to join our London team


We are looking for a Research Associate to cover Russian & CEE markets for the London, Canary Wharf office. Working as part of a regional team, you will have direct responsibility for the coverage of the local private equity market. In addition, you will participate in time-sensitive projects, data quality-assurance and collaborative initiatives with colleagues across offices.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Identifying relevant information on deal-activity and the buy/sell-side entities involved.
Maintaining regional investment firm profiles through primary (direct contact) and secondary (web-based) research.
Working with colleagues across multiple locations, to address market specific queries.
Quality control of regional market data.
Participating in and developing projects and processes focusing on data-integrity and workflow solutions.
Maintaining and developing relevant sources of information and direct contacts within your market.

Requirements:

Fluency in Russian. A good understanding or fluency in Polish is a bonus, as well as an additional language.
A University graduate or at post-graduate level.
An inquisitive and investigative nature with a positive attitude and a strong interest in research.
A good communicator, with excellent written and spoken skills, and a confident telephone manner.
Able to work to ambitious productivity goals.
Computer literate with working knowledge of MS Office and ability to work easily with new software.
You must not require a work permit or sponsorship to work in the UK.
As intensive training is provided, a financial background is not essential; however a keen interest in learning about the private capital markets and the global business environment is important.

Please include:

An outline of your language skills.
A brief cover letter highlighting your reasons for applying for this role. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

To apply, please click on the link below, stating the number: 9741

http://www2.standardandpoors.com/portal/site/sp/en/us/page.topic/careers
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The entry-level salary is competitive (circa GBP26K) with a substantial benefits package.

About Capital IQ:

Capital IQ provides high-impact information solutions to over 2000 leading financial institutions, advisory firms, and corporations. Our solutions are based on the Capital IQ Platform, a unique combination of global private and public capital market data and software applications that enable end-users to draw deep market insights, generate better ideas, optimise relationships, and simplify workflow. Clients can deploy the Platform either as a standalone solution or seamlessly integrate components of its data and tools into existing business applications and portals via systems integration and custom data feeds.

Due to the nature of this position, the recruiter has requested to restrict applications by location. Only candidates in Europe (EEA) may apply.

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