Graduate Research Associate - Private Equity & Investment Banking Executive Search

Graduate Research Associate, £35,000 base salary, plus generous bonus

Our client is an exclusive CEO, Board Advisory and Executive Search firm based out of London. They focus on Investment Banking and Private Equity across Europe and the USA.

Why should you join?

• Top 10 global leader within Investment Banking and Private EquityExecutive Search
• Enviable, bulge bracket client base
• Significant exposure and building relationships with C-suite executives at the top 5 Investment Banking and Private Equity firms globally
• Invaluable insight into the strategy and functionality within these businesses
• Become an expert within the Investment Banking and Private Equity space
• Exceptional mentoring, learning opportunities and training
• Direct report to the CEO who is one of the most established consultants in the industry
• Non-hierarchical, meritocratic and collaborative environment with an upward career trajectory
• International projects; U.S. and EMEA Investment Banking and Private Equity coverage
• Rewarded generously for your hard work
• Close knit and diverse team
• Flat structure with fast career progression
• High degree of exposure and autonomy
• Beautiful central City offices 

Graduate Research Associate Role:

An immensely exciting Graduate Research Associate role has arisen within this top tier boutique Executive Search firm, based in stunning St Paul’s offices. As part of a small vibrant team, your role will be exceptionally varied and hands-on, learning directly from more senior colleagues (including the CEO) who will train and mentor you.

Graduate Research Associate Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the identification of potential candidates based on job spec and resumes as well as active market sourcing via phone, email and in-person meetings; adds new people to database and captures market insights gathered during the course of an assignment
• Builds the knowledge base by proactively tracking and capturing information on individuals in targeted markets via good working knowledge of internal and external databases
• Provides timely, informed and accurate industry-specific knowledge both on the marketplace and on key executives in order to produce materials to support pitch/pre-search activities
• Creates and maintains internal knowledge documents e.g. organisation charts, mappings of key industry leaders (companies/people), people moves, newsletters etc
• Assists in developing, maintaining and implementing relevant website and intranet content
• Work closely with colleagues to capture both search and non-search related information in the database whilst maintaining highest level of data quality when populating in-house database in order to facilitate effective user access

Graduate Research Associate Requirements:

• Graduate from a respected institution or 1-2 years post qualification work experience
• Analytical and numerate. Highly organised – outstanding time management and ability to prioritise
• Excellent listening skills. Exceptional written and verbal communications skills and ability to produce focussed relevant documentation for clients
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure and working to demanding deadlines
• Ability to work in a very fast paced environment
• Ability to see the big picture whilst maintain strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills, particularly the ability to interact credibly with individuals from all levels of an organisation both internally and externally

Graduate Research Associate Personal Qualities:

• Bright, smart, intuitive individual possessing intellectual curiosity
• Pro-active self-starter, who is able to meet deadlines while multi-tasking
• Drive and tenacity with the desire to excel. A quick thinker. Resilient and results focused
• Attention to detail is essential
• Collaborative team player
• Cultural awareness