Finance Experts for BAT Test Review
The Company
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.
About Bloomberg Institute:
Bloomberg Institute is a new business developed by Bloomberg Ventures, a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomberg Institute aims to become the world's leading financial education, recruitment and training business with products which span the lifecycle of a customer's financial career. From educating students in their first finance job, to helping the seasoned executive learn a new product or asset class, Bloomberg Institute will provide our customers with the information and tools they need for their career and financial success.
Bloomberg's Institute's first product line is the Bloomberg Assessment ('BAT') and preparation material. The BAT is a global, standardized online exam that the Bloomberg Institute has developed in partnership with premier financial institutions and university faculty around the world. The test is designed for undergraduates and recent graduates, who are interested in an entry-level job at a financial institution (e.g. an analyst position within the Equity Capital Markets group at a bulge bracket investment bank). Therefore, the test reflects the skills, knowledge and abilities required for a range of entry-level financial positions. Student-permissioned BAT scores will be maintained in a Bloomberg Institute database, access to which will be sold to recruiters and business managers looking to filter and hire job applicants. The Bloomberg BAT aims to become the de facto test for entry-level financial applicants around the world.
The Role
Bloomberg Institute, seeks Subject Matter Experts in finance to join our team of freelance consultants to help review and provide feedback on test items (questions). Assignments are done remotely, so individuals must be highly reliable and accurate, able to work independently, and comfortable with technology.
Qualifications:
Successful candidates will have a Master's degree or higher in finance or related fields. They will have a strong understanding of current financial theory, markets and news. A minimum of 3-5 years at a global financial institution is strongly preferred. Specific expertise, work or teaching experience in the following content/product areas is required.
- Economics
- Financial Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Valuation
- MA, Financial Restructuring or Leveraged Finance
- Debt or Equity Capital Markets
- Sales Trading
- Investment Research
- Investment Management
- Private Equity / Merchant Banking
Successful candidates will also possess the following skills:
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent English grammar and writing skills
- Strong analytical/thinking skills
- Strong research skills
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to follow detailed instructions and guidelines
- Ability to use basic technology tools (MS Office, FTP, online authoring tools, etc.)
- Ability to adhere to tight deadlines
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and security of all testing materials
- International Experience is highly desirable
PAYMENT
Hourly
Bloomberg is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by law.
