Research Associate

5 months ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates Preqin Full time

Overview:
Overview

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 individual is responsible for aiding in the future growth and development of the team’s internal and external services as well as assisting with the ongoing development of its team members. This role based in Dubai will form a core part of the Investors - Middle East & Africa team. This is achieved through operational excellence and clear day-to-day maintenance of the dataset & content, including core business-as-usual (BAU) tasks and going above and beyond to collaborate, innovate and execute on relevant ad-hoc projects to improve the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of data.

**Responsibilities**:
**In this role you will be**:

- Proactively communicating and building relationships with key professionals of all levels within the alternative assets industry to obtain valuable proprietary information on past, current and future investment activities
- Updating Preqin’s online database with key financial information, statistics, and analysis
- Troubleshooting escalated data quality incidents, collaborating with regional stakeholders and/or global BUs as needed
- Assisting in managing day-to-day data operations with an aim to create and further operational excellence
- Supporting senior team members on research projects and getting involved in further data enhancement and development activities
- Assisting in the day-to-day development of the team, ensuring that training is well-executed, protocols are followed, and the team remains engaged and motivated
- Assisting in hiring and performance management of the department
- Conducting bespoke statistical analysis for clients
- Conducting supplementary public/web research where necessary
- Provide support to Research Insights, Product & Marketing Groups, etc., to ensure all related publications and content are delivered according to guidelines and deadlines

Qualifications:
**You are a good fit if** you have**:

- At least 2 years of relevant working experience in data/financial data services/alternative assets required
- Extremely strong relationship building skills
- Proven ability to pick up domain knowledge relevant to data and financial markets
- People and/or project management experience
- Ability to think critically and strategically on ways of further developing and building out data
- Ability to introduce change management in data as appropriate introducing technology and processes
- Strong time management and prioritization skills
- Demonstrate communications skills with experience working with high-level executives
- Business fluency in English is required
- Education level - Bachelor’s Degree

**Desirable Experience**:

- Organisational design skills are key in order to work with senior management on strategic initiatives
- Experience in working across cultures and locations and/or in a remote management setup preferred
- Prior experience building relationships with fund managers and investors
- Prior experience working in or knowledge of the alternative assets industry or prior expertise within Data Management in financial services preferred
- Experience with various workflow tools such as Alteryx, Salesforce, Outreach, Jira, Office 365, etc.

Other:
**Company benefits**:

- Medical and dental benefits
- Flexi Benefits - Health and Wellness Incentives
- 21 days holiday
- We also sponsor employees to undertake professional training or to gain qualifications relevant to their career

**Our culture and values**:
At Preqin, we’re aligned around common values - our shared beliefs that shape Preqin’s corporate culture:
**Be customer-obsessed**
We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.

**Act with integrity**
We build trust through honesty and transparency. We’re committed to doing the right thing for our customers, our company, and each other.

**Own your success**
We’re a high-performance team. We challenge and champion each other in our pursuit of excellence. We never stop learning and strive to become experts in our fields.

**Think **forward**
We lead the industry through innovation. We foster collaboration and creativity to solve our clients’ next challenge and give them a competitive advantage.

**Make an impact**
We drive positive change as individuals, and as a company. We’re passionate about creating a better tomorrow for o


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