Senior Associate, Preqin, a part of BlackRock

• 2-4 years professional experience; working experience in finance/alternative assets preferred
• Communication skills, both verbal and in written materials, targeting an audience up to and including senior executives
• A strong sense of urgency, as well as comfort 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

• This person will sit within the global research team and the role presents an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual with a keen interest in finance to cover the ‘behind the scenes’ players of private equity
• The Senior Research Associate will be contacting service providers and advisors to the private funds industry, gathering intelligence on what clients the service provider works with, the types of services they offer and their key contacts
• Preqin’s clients expect and depend on the data to be of the highest quality, something you will be expected to contribute towards. Opportunities are also available to contribute towards the production of bespoke data analysis for Preqin users and the financial press as well as Preqin’s reports and publications
• As a Senior Research Associate, you will work to become a subject matter expert of your defined data domain, working cross functionally across other Research teams and internal departments
• Some additional responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following: identification and execution of ad-hoc data improvement projects, assisting with data curation requests (internally and externally) and providing training and onboarding support for new team members
• Call and e-mail law firms, banks, fund administrators, consultants and other service provider types daily to obtain valuable, proprietary information that is used by our clients
• Establish and maintain strong personal working relationships with key industry experts both locally and globally
• Understand and effectively communicate Preqin’s value propositions
• Utilize subject matter expertise to deploy and originate projects to enhance respective data domain
• Locate, track and make use of a variety of online and public sources to gather relevant information on industry entities and events
• Update our service provider database with detailed firm profiles containing key information such as key contacts, services offered and market growth
• Assist with data curation questions from internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain timely turnaround on BAU requests from customers or customer-facing groups independently
• Perform quality assurance for existing data and output from offshore teams
• Provide training and onboarding support for new team members
• Ensure others on the team are well supported to achieve KPIs and assist wherever appropriate to support the mutual success of the team
• Produce bespoke data reports for clients and press outlets
• Occasionally contribute to research reports, blogs and publications
• Support team members with ad-hoc research projects
• Execute data improvement projects, propose new and innovative ways to identify new data opportunities, improve team efficiencies, manage data expansion or data quality projects

• We will schedule a 30 minute call with a member of the recruitment team, for us to get to know you better. The purpose of this call is to find out more about your experience and to give you the opportunity to ask any questions about the role, company, process
• 1st stage interview - The purpose of this call is to delve deeper into your experience and to give you the opportunity to ask any questions about the role, company, process
• Final interview with a senior member of the team, talking through your skills and experience and giving you the opportunity to ask any further questions
• Once we're both aligned, we'll make you a formal offer. This will be sent by email and you can sign it digitally

• Hybrid workplace & unlimited holiday allowance
• Parental leave: maternity & paternity leave policies
• Pension/retirement contributions: contributions are matched up to 14%, with only a 4% personal contribution needed
• Full medical insurance for you and your dependents, includes cover on pre-existing conditions.
• Annual health assessment
• Medicash and Dental Cover options
• Discounted gym membership
• Access to discount & reward programs
• Family forming benefit, to help you start a family on your terms.

Preqin is a London-based investment data company empowering the alternative asset market with essential data and insights. Supporting customers throughout the entire investment lifecycle, Preqin provides critical information leading to analytical solutions. Its customers use Preqin's vast database for due diligence, benchmark performance, market research and investment opportunity analysis.