Associate / Analyst recruitment

Expand Research, a company of The Boston Consulting Group, provides market research within the Capital Markets and Financial Services Industry with a focus on technology and operations. We are seeking individuals to strengthen our London and New York offices.

Based – London/New York

The role:

We are looking for associates/analysts to work within the delivery team. Projects typically deal with decision support, syndicated benchmarking, strategy research and technology investment. Roles would be ideal for candidates who are seeking to increase their exposure to the financial services industry with a special focus in the fast growing domain of corporate and investment banking technology and operations. Aptitude for strategic thinking, research and an attention to detail are essential. Key responsibilities include:
*Answering to project manager on series of research projects
*Working within delivery team to ensure timely results
*Reviewing primary research and secondary documents to deliver presentations
*Reviewing documents, collating information

Qualifications:
*Bachelors degree with a minimum required GPA of 3.4 (US); 2.1 (UK)

Experience:
*Previous internship/experience in a financial institution is an advantage
*Knowledge of the capital markets and financial industry is desirable
*Knowledge of capital markets technology and operations solutions is an advantage

Key Skills, Technical:
*Excellent Excel skills, must be fluent in the use of pivot tables and comfortable with processing large datasets
*Advanced MS Office skills
*Previous programming experience using VBA

Non technical skills:
*Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
*Excellent written and verbal communication skills
*Fluency in English a must, an Asian language can be an advantage
*Strong attention to detail
*Highly organised and efficient, ability to respect deadlines
*Ability to work using own initiative

Application procedure:
Please forward curriculum vitae with a covering letter (no more than 200 words) to careers@expandresearch.com. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.