Financial Markets Data & Research – Business / Data Consultant recruitment

Our client is an innovative and leading provider of financial research, market data and analysis tools for the investment banking and securities industry. Due to the unique nature of what they provide and market strength of their proposition, their US operation is growing and they’re looking to hire someone to perform a client facing business / product consulting role.  A rare opportunity to join a fast-growing, industry-leading firm in an exciting market sector.


Responsibilities of the role include:

-  Consulting with institutional clients on the most effective application of the data products to the clients' research business needs.
 

-  Providing internal and external training on research data and products.

-  Support clients in the fulfillment of custom research and data requests.

-  Develop and maintain library of Excel and other data templates, together with training materials including FAQs and technical manuals.

-  Play a key role in assisting the outside sales team by attending meetings as required and preparing materials etc

-  Provide input to news and research production through data analysis, analysis presentation, and written reports and scripts.

Appropriate candidates will have the following background and experience:

-  Financial markets knowledge with 1-2+ years experience or an interest in learning about financial markets and wanting to move into this sector.

-  You may have experience working for another market data or research vendor such as FactSet, Bloomberg, SP or Thomson Reuters etc in a consulting, training, or client support position and be looking to progress your career away from support to a more client facing role in a smaller company offering greater variety and responsibilities.

-  Strong working knowledge of Excel / spreadsheets preferred, and if you have used FactSet this would be beneficial.

-  Analytically minded and comfortable in using numeric applications.
-  Intelligent, articulate and confident, and you will possess exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

-  An undergraduate degree in either Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Business or similar.

This is an excellent opportunity, working for a unique solution provider servicing top tier hedge funds, asset managers and investment banks, in a role that offers a great deal of autonomy and responsibility.