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Title :
Research Assistant
Company :
McGraw-Hill
Location :
New York, NY 10095
Date Acquired :
7/15/2010 11:27:24 PM
Title: Research Assistant
Location: NY-New York
Standard & Poor's is the world's premier provider of investment research, market indices, credit ratings, financial data, and fixed income research and analysis. With more than 10,000 employees and offices in nearly two-dozen countries, S&P is valued by investors and financial decision-makers everywhere for its analytical independence, market expertise and thought leadership. For 150 years Standard & Poor's has been an integral part of the global economic infrastructure. Its operations provide essential information to nearly every segment of the global financial community, creating the tools, analysis and research needed to make informed investment decisions. www.sp-150.com
The Data Solutions & Operations group has an opening for a Research Assistant. In this role, selected individual will generate and input appropriate financial and economic data from/to PC/Mainframe databases, retrieve source documents, and update ratings data assisting the analytical staff. Additionally, under limited supervision, the Research Assistant follows established procedures, undertakes specified tasks, performing the following:
* Contacts source of information to gather required documentation as specified by group document checklists.
* Extracts financial and economic data from source materials pertinent to assigned deals and inputs to group applications.
* Generates reports from computer systems.
* Updates gross debt volume.
* Works in conjunction and at the direction of senior analysts in preparing necessary information for rating committee presentations.
* Provide research for various groups supported by Operations teams.
* Maintains adherence to deadlines.
* Maintains related records and files.
* May answer mail or telephone inquiries.
* Provide other basic ad hoc data requests for management or the business units
We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits.
Key Functional Competencies:
* Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Mathematics
* Minimum of 1-2 years work experience in related fields
* Requires intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Access skills, including the ability to create queries, tables and reports within MS Access
Key Managerial and Behavioral Competencies:
The success of this role will be greatly impacted by the individual's ability to meet deadlines and work within an existing process. Therefore the following levels of knowledge/experience are essential:
* Good communication skills (written and oral)
* Ability to work well within the context of a team
* Ability to meet strict deadlines
* Good decision making skills
The McGraw-Hill Companies is an equal opportunity employer. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. For special accommodation due to disability, please see instructions in the last paragraph foundhere.
This is an S&P Guild- represented position.
Location: NY-New York
Standard & Poor's is the world's premier provider of investment research, market indices, credit ratings, financial data, and fixed income research and analysis. With more than 10,000 employees and offices in nearly two-dozen countries, S&P is valued by investors and financial decision-makers everywhere for its analytical independence, market expertise and thought leadership. For 150 years Standard & Poor's has been an integral part of the global economic infrastructure. Its operations provide essential information to nearly every segment of the global financial community, creating the tools, analysis and research needed to make informed investment decisions. www.sp-150.com
The Data Solutions & Operations group has an opening for a Research Assistant. In this role, selected individual will generate and input appropriate financial and economic data from/to PC/Mainframe databases, retrieve source documents, and update ratings data assisting the analytical staff. Additionally, under limited supervision, the Research Assistant follows established procedures, undertakes specified tasks, performing the following:
* Contacts source of information to gather required documentation as specified by group document checklists.
* Extracts financial and economic data from source materials pertinent to assigned deals and inputs to group applications.
* Generates reports from computer systems.
* Updates gross debt volume.
* Works in conjunction and at the direction of senior analysts in preparing necessary information for rating committee presentations.
* Provide research for various groups supported by Operations teams.
* Maintains adherence to deadlines.
* Maintains related records and files.
* May answer mail or telephone inquiries.
* Provide other basic ad hoc data requests for management or the business units
We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits.
Key Functional Competencies:
* Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Mathematics
* Minimum of 1-2 years work experience in related fields
* Requires intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Access skills, including the ability to create queries, tables and reports within MS Access
Key Managerial and Behavioral Competencies:
The success of this role will be greatly impacted by the individual's ability to meet deadlines and work within an existing process. Therefore the following levels of knowledge/experience are essential:
* Good communication skills (written and oral)
* Ability to work well within the context of a team
* Ability to meet strict deadlines
* Good decision making skills
The McGraw-Hill Companies is an equal opportunity employer. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. For special accommodation due to disability, please see instructions in the last paragraph foundhere.
This is an S&P Guild- represented position.
