About the Role

The Team of Data Analysts works on various research reports and company documents to collect information & generate meaningful consensus from the collected data. This effort is coupled with real-time monitoring of global industry trade publications and websites/news aggregators. Different Team supports the below & many more business lines:

Transactions (M&A), Public Ownership & Private Equity – The Private Equity and Advisory Profiles Team primarily focuses on maintaining and updating profiles of Private Equity and Venture Capital firms. With global coverage, we aim to deliver research, content, and analytics about the public and private capital markets to investment banks, investment managers, and alternative investment firms. The team also establishes relationships with Private Equity Firms to gather rare insights about public & private investments, exits, and investment strategies. This effort is coupled with our real-time monitoring of global industry trade publications and websites/news aggregators to cover and track all public/private investment markets. 

Corporate & Reference Data -The Corporate & Reference Data works as a backbone of the S&P Global databases which maintains & delivers all the Entity level data for S&P Global products involving research-centric data collection for profile information, entity & security level symbol linking, people data, and corporate structure. Reference data integrates, maintains, manages, and delivers Cross Reference Identifiers at Entity and Security levels. The Corporate Data focuses on maintaining and updating profiles of company and professional level data for private and public companies with Research firms globally including profiling information like Industry classification, descriptions, headquarter addresses along with business relationships & professionals. The team also maintains Corporate Structure information for public & private companies globally. Our data enables corporations, institutions, and investors to make informed business decisions. 

The Impact:

We provide the highest quality content that is essential for our clients to make decisions with conviction. As a Data Analyst, you will support the integrity and comprehensiveness of the data set by utilizing internal & external public research sources such as government & regulatory documents, stock exchanges, industry journals, analyst reports, and our internal research tools to collect, summarize, and synthesize relevant information.

What’s in it for you:

With exciting learning opportunities at their core, we’ll help you focus on building the essential skills needed for a successful and meaningful transition into the professional world.

This position is an excellent stepping stone to understanding the global market dynamism, which will allow you to gain a comprehensive understanding of the market and enable you to learn the various facets of the assigned industry. Once a strong fundamental understanding of the dataset and proficiency at workflows is developed, this role would require working with new talent to develop/enhance your skillset and working on process improvement projects including LEAN/automation projects.

Responsibilities:

• High-quality data (Financial / Non-Financial Data) collation, analysis, extraction, and entering the data in work tools as per guideline specifications for assigned vertical
• Understand the working of the dataset, be aware of the workflows, and have a strong working knowledge of work tools
• Providing input and ideas for new collection methods and product enhancements related to the dataset
• Deliver on predefined individual and team targets including delivering outcomes with quality and excellence.
• Create tech expertise within the department
• Troubleshoots problems or issues and support the team in enhancing the workflow/processes for the department
• Reviewing feedback involving transaction content to help correct errors and establish or refine procedures and processes to improve accuracy

What We’re Looking For:

• Graduate / MBA / PGDM (Finance Specialization) fresher (0 to 6 months experience) with a good academic track record
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Knowledge of corporate finance/accountancy i.e., financial statements and annual reports
• Well-versed in secondary research sources
• Willing to work in a 24*5 environment on rotational shifts
• Certification or knowledge/experience in MS-office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and interpretive skills
• Ability to conduct efficient thematic online research