Financial Research Analyst - Investor Relation at S&P Global

As an Investor Relations Analyst, you will have the opportunity to help drive the growth of a leading Investor Relations surveillance services provider and make an immediate impact on the business and our corporate clients.

Are you an enthusiastic and collaborative team member? Do you enjoy learning and discussing various aspects of the financial markets in a supportive team environment? 

We’re looking for an Analyst, within the Investor Relations division to:

• Support clients with intelligence about their institutional investors and what is driving trading in equity markets.
• Provide clients with targeting intelligence on institutional investors in conjunction with their investor relations outreach efforts.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the investor relations and executive teams of publicly traded companies.
• Follow public equity markets and update clients about events affecting individual stocks, specific sectors, and the broader economy. 
• Identify leading institutional buyers and sellers of clients’ stocks, and provide insight, color and context around the movements.
• Connect with buy-side institutional portfolio managers and trading desks to gain insights on investment strategy and trading.
• Participate in the growth and improvement of the team’s service offering to clients.

Your team:

• You will be working within our Investor Relations division focused on our Surveillance and Targeting offerings. The team is located across the globe with offices in New York, Raleigh (North Carolina), Cape Town, Hong Kong, London, Toronto and Buenos Aires.  
• The Surveillance and Targeting division is broken down into ten sector teams that cover the North American market and two regional teams in APAC and EMEA.  Each team is headed up by at least one Director that has over 10 years of financial industry experience with team members of all levels actively contributing to the team’s success.  In addition, our division currently offers a flexible work-from-home policy with most analysts working in a hybrid environment.

You have:

• 1-3 years of financial experience or in a related field
• Prefer fluent in English and Chinese
• “Dual-threat” skills with both strong quantitative and qualitative talent
• Analytical reasoning ability as well as effective speaking and written communication skills (proficient in the English language)
• Collaborative skill set that allows you to work within a dynamic and inclusive team
• An ability to analyze data and absorb new information in an enthusiastic, fast-paced environment
• Comfort with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint; experience with S&P Cap IQ Pro a plus
• Demonstrated interest and understanding of capital markets
• Aptitude to learn internal proprietary applications
• Detail-oriented; able to multi-task; strong organizational and time management skills
• Comfortable in client-facing situations
• Resourceful and not afraid to ask questions
• Undergraduate degree in a financial or quantitative-related discipline, focus on data analytics a plus