Student Analyst at Private Equity Insights London, United Kingdom

Private Equity Insights; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading private equity community in London seeks a Student Analyst to assist with editorial tasks and research. This role offers the chance to grow within a dynamic environment and gain experience in the private equity sector. The successful candidate should have a strong academic background and a passion for finance. This is a voluntary position with a commitment of 15 hours a week, providing invaluable skills and opportunities for future employment.

Benefits

Volunteer certificate

Invaluable transferable skills

Guidance from high-performing team

Qualifications

• Knowledge of financial systems and general commercial awareness.
• Aspiration to become a leader in the industry.
• Passion for the company's mission.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring news channels related to the PE sector.
• Conducting job openings searches at top GPs and LPs.
• Building a watchlist of PE funds.

Skills

Knowledge of private equity ecosystem

Research skills

Interpersonal skills

Organization skills

Project management skills

Education

2.1 or higher predicted grade at a reputable university

Job description

Overview

Student Analyst at Private Equity Insights London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

This role offers you the opportunity to expand and develop our editorial business and deepen your knowledge and network in the Private Equity Industry. The role involves 15 hours a week on a voluntary basis, with the aim to join our team full-time upon graduation.

Why Private Equity Insights

Private Equity Insights is the world’s largest Private Equity community with 529k followers on LinkedIn organizing a series of 12 global private equity events every year with 3,000+ GPs, and 2,000+ LPs among the attendees.

Private Equity Insights is part of United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) which focuses on building large-scale industry media and conference products in sectors such as insurance, finance, retail, etc. Over the past 10 years, we have organized and hosted 132 events. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

You get the unique opportunity to take ownership of one of our key business areas. You’ll be working in-person in our HQ in London together with our editor, where you will constantly be pushed out of your comfort zone. To ensure a never-ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• The opportunity of having a real impact - You’ll get research experience in a growth company where your work and the results are tangible and have a high on the business.
• Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.
• Invaluable transferable skills - boost your interpersonal, research, organization, outreach, and project management skills through experience and training.
• Inspiration and guidance - A chance to work closely with our high-performing team as well as with the CEO and founder of our company.
• A volunteer certificate at the end of the experience to showcase your efforts and achievements.
• Opportunity to join us in hosting our conferences.

Your Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this job will vary, however, they will be mostly centered around the following:

• Monitoring various news channels and scout the biggest PE Fundraising and M&A Deals to be shared with our 529k LinkedIn community.
• Conducting searches of job openings at top GPs and LPs, as well as the most important job moves, hirings, appointments in the PE sector for our exclusive “Roles in PE” newsletter.
• Building a watchlist of PE funds, both local and international.
• Assisting with the compilation of the World’s #1 Private Equity newsletter.
• Researching and pitching local stories relating to the PE sector in the markets where our company operates.
• Managing the accurate translation of the local stories and ensuring consistency with our editorial standards.
• Monitoring the activity of the top LPs in Europe and reporting all findings to the editorial team.
• Collaborating closely with the editorial team to ensure all deadlines are met.

The successful candidate will preferably have

• 2.1 or higher predicted grade at a reputable university.
• Knowledge of the private equity ecosystem and financial systems, as well as general commercial awareness.
• Foreign language skills are welcome, but not required.
• Aspiration to become world champion in a field or leader of the company of tomorrow.
• Passion for the company's mission and a commitment to achieving long-term goals.
• UK work permit (we do not sponsor visas).