Finance - Investment Operations - Research Analyst

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Research Analyst

Business Unit: Investment Operations, Global Research Group

Job Title: Research Analyst

Job Description:

The Global Research Group provides business intelligence services to Blackstone’s business units. This group supports the firm with qualitative and quantitative research and analysis on a broad range of topics, from industry research to analysis of macroeconomic trends and financial markets. The group supports the full range of Blackstone’s activities and works closely with the deal teams throughout the deal process in their on-going industry coverage efforts.

The Research Analyst will work on qualitative and quantitative research including fact finding, financial analysis, competitive analysis, due diligence, macro-economic analysis, and data sourcing across multiple industries. Tasks include data retrieval and analysis, collating company information, creating industry overviews, identifying financial market trends, and benchmarking macroeconomic trends.

Requirements:

• Highly motivated, intelligent, and pragmatic individual that has demonstrated excellence in prior endeavours
• 1 years of experience in a research-based role at a professional services or financial services firm
• Strong quantitative, analytical and research skills, including innovative thinking and creative problem solving
• Strong communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to write effectively on complicated topics, the ability to work with a global team, and the ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders to meet needs, often with short-term deadlines
• A desire to work across a varied set of research assignments, spanning industries, macroeconomic variables, firm financials, and other deal-related or commercial topics
• Experience in sourcing and evaluating financial market data, microeconomic financial data, financial instruments, and/or macroeconomic variables is preferable
• Willingness to engage with ad-hoc tasks and initiatives as needed
  
  

Qualifications:

• Requires a BA or BSc degree, preferably in Economics or Finance.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  
  

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$95,000 - $125,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.
  
  

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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