Financial Product Sales and Analytics – London/Dubai/South Afri recruitment

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The Role

We are looking for highly motivated individuals with a strong passion for finance and sales to join our training program in April 2012. You should have demonstrated problem solving and communication skills. You will spend your first 1-2 years in our London office in the Analytics department before moving to sales and transferring to one of our regional offices - Dubai or Johannesburg.

Your career will begin in our Analytics department in London, where you will gain a comprehensive training on our products and services, our clients, as well as insight into the global financial markets. By consulting our clients, assisting with their use of the Bloomberg Professional® Service, and demonstrating the advantage our products can give them, you will develop the knowledge and skills needed to progress in your career at Bloomberg. Starting as a generalist you will then specialize in one of four market areas: Fixed Income, Equities, FX /Commodities or Derivatives.

The role will then move to one of our regional offices to cover regional and prospective customers. You will gain the opportunity to build relationships, support and sell the suite of market leading solutions we provide to our high-level clients. Enjoy the challenges and rewards of a career at Bloomberg. When working in sales the role will include a minimum 8-10 working days of travel per month depending upon the region assigned to.

Qualifications/requirements:
-Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is required
-Strong interest in the financial markets
- The desire and flexibility to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Multi-tasking skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Strong problem solving skills
- Team player
- Knowledge/ Interest of Regional Markets of coverage
- Fluency in relevant languages an advantage
- Available to start in April 2012
- We are hiring for people who wish to relocate to Dubai or Johannesburg within 1-2 years of joining Bloomberg. Please only apply if this is the case.

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.