About your role
This role exists to support the smooth operational running of investment research and to identify areas for improvement, driving positive change and encouraging best practice to achieve desired business outcomes. Working closely with colleagues in Gurgaon, as well as team members globally, you will develop a deep understanding of FIL’s internal research and reporting platforms, as well as the investment research processes, enabling you to provide mission critical information and support to analysts and their managers on a timely basis. Specifically, you will need to collate, compile, mine and present a broad range of analyst output and company financial data for internal use and regulatory reporting. You will additionally perform administration of company and issuer coverage, create, design, and analyse bespoke reports and dashboards for the Research management team using multiple sources and prepare company meeting packs for the Investment Management team.
About you
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...About your role
This role exists to support the smooth operational running of investment research and to identify areas for improvement, driving positive change and encouraging best practice to achieve desired business outcomes. Working closely with colleagues in Gurgaon, as well as team members globally, you will develop a deep understanding of FIL’s internal research and reporting platforms, as well as the investment research processes, enabling you to provide mission critical information and support to analysts and their managers on a timely basis. Specifically, you will need to collate, compile, mine and present a broad range of analyst output and company financial data for internal use and regulatory reporting. You will additionally perform administration of company and issuer coverage, create, design, and analyse bespoke reports and dashboards for the Research management team using multiple sources and prepare company meeting packs for the Investment Management team.
About you
• Excellent spoken and written English is essential, along with the ability to build strong, collaborative working relationships globally
• Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel (including VBA), working knowledge of databases (e.g. SQL), and experience with a visual analytics tool (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau) is essential
• Experience with programming languages Python, or other programming languages would be advantageous
• Previous experience in a research, operations support, data management role, ideally gained in the financial services/investment management industry will be taken into account, but we are happy to consider less experienced but highly numerate and technically skilled candidates with an interest in financial markets and investment management
• Self-motivated, proactive, and positive team-player with strong organisational skills and ability to coordinate multiple schedules
• Responsive; able to understand client needs and to provide and articulate solutions in a timely manner
• Flexible, with a willingness to collaborate and take on new tasks in what is an environment of rapid change
• Experience managing small-scale projects and working on process enhancement and automation