Salary: | Competitive |
---|---|
Location: | London, Central London |
Start date: | ASAP |
Sectors: | Consultancy, Research & Analysis |
Position Overview
The Senior Research Associate will work
within one of the three key client facing Business Units at GLG, which
are Private Equity, Equity and Credit. The main role of the Senior
Research Associate will be to support senior colleagues with their
client’s customised research projects and work directly with GLG Council
Members.
Key Responsibilities:
GLG Senior Research Associate is
responsible for:
• Support the client facing team. The Senior Research
Associate will provide project support to the client facing team who
manage multiple projects on a day-to-day basis.
•
Facilitating educational interactions between GLG Council Members
and our clients, enable our clients to make more informed and confident
investment decisions. The Senior Research Associate is tasked with
fulfilling time sensitive research requests by analysing client
requests, and building and qualifying primary populations of topic
experts. Most GLG client/expert interactions consist of telephone
consultations but also may consist of surveys, research travel programs,
and in-depth engagements.
• Assist in the programming of
live meetings.The Senior Associate is responsible for supporting the
client facing team organise and host small group conversations between
GLG Council Members and GLG clients.
• Enhancing the GLG
Councils. Developing relationships with GLG’s most respected thought
leaders across sectors, as well as recruiting new senior executives and
leading consultants into the GLG Councils through research, networking,
and direct outreach.
• Working towards growing GLG client
relationships. The Senior Research Associate will be working towards
gaining responsibility of developing relationships with GLG clients, who
are primarily leading investment professionals across EMEA. This
relationship development will stem from in-person client meetings,
project execution, and telephone interactions.
• Team-wide
collaboration. The Senior Research Associate is expected to work
closely with our Sales and Business Development team and other research
professionals to develop customized products for GLG clients.
Required Skills
GLG attracts employees from the most distinctive professional and academic backgrounds. Across all of our positions, we insist upon excellence, integrity, creativity, and professionalism.
• Interest in financial industry
• Bachelor’s degree, or above
•
2+ years of work experiences as client-facing or Analyst roles in
relevant industries such as banking, business services, market research,
consultancies and financial services, etc., plus significant ongoing
curiosity about trends and personalities in the project-related sector.
•
Demonstrated performance and business judgment, in some or all of the
following areas:
• Sales, negotiation, or networking with high-end
professionals; and/or
• Business development, corporate development,
product development,
• Product management.
• Excellent
communication skills and fluent in English
• Ability to identify best
match/solution of requests/questions and to handle increasing
responsibility over time
• Successful track record working in a team
environment
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise activities
effectively, while ensuring a high level of accuracy and attention to
detail
About GLG
GLG is the world's leading platform for professional
learning. Business leaders, investors, consultants, social
entrepreneurs, and other top professionals rely on GLG to learn through
short- and long-term engagements from a membership of more than 500,000
experts. Clients partner with GLG to address their most complex
strategic challenges, make better business decisions, and advance their
careers through conversations, mentorships, small group convening’s,
surveys, and other interactions—all within a rigorous compliance
framework. A Global, technology-driven, and nimble, GLG’s 1,400
employees work in 22 offices in 12 countries.
We believe strongly in our mission- and values-driven culture. Our core values drive our success. They are: learning & curiosity, responsibility, courage, judgment, fresh perspective, service, and integrity.
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