Research Analyst

YipitData (Primary); Singapore; Remote; SGD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading market research firm is seeking Research Analysts in Singapore. The role requires experience in equity research and business analysis, with a strong emphasis on data-driven insights. Candidates who are fluent in English and Mandarin are preferred. The position offers competitive salary ranging from SGD 75,000 to SGD 100,000, along with flexible work options and a focus on personal growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible work hours

Wellness budget

Learning reimbursement

Parental leave

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of experience in equity research or management consulting.
• Experience utilizing data to understand business trends.
• Commitment to learning new technology skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and communicate valuable insights from datasets.
• Derive trends from large datasets using SQL.
• Collaborate with teams to build new research products.

Skills

Equity research writing

Business analysis

Fluent in English

Fluent in Mandarin

Data-driven analysis

SQL skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics or related field

Job description

Overview

YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and recently raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation of over $1B. Every day, our proprietary technology analyzes billions of alternative data points to uncover actionable insights across sectors like software, AI, cloud, e-commerce, ridesharing, and payments.

Our data and research teams transform raw data into strategic intelligence, delivering accurate, timely, and deeply contextualized analysis that our customers—ranging from the world’s top investment funds to Fortune 500 companies—depend on to drive high-stakes decisions. From sourcing and licensing novel datasets to rigorous analysis and expert narrative framing, our teams ensure clients get not just data, but clarity and confidence.

We operate globally with offices in the US (NYC, Austin, Miami, Mountain View) APAC (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Singapore), and India. Our award-winning, people-centric culture—recognized by Inc. as a Best Workplace for three consecutive years—emphasizes transparency, ownership, and continuous mastery.

About The Role

We are expanding our research team by hiring Research Analysts (Official Title: Research Specialists) to develop fundamental research for our popular subscription data products. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with 1-4 years of experience who wants to lead the data-driven future of investment research. You could be a good fit if your background includes buyside or sellside equity research, management consulting, or have experience utilizing data to understand business trends and solve customer problems.

This is a remote-friendly opportunity that will be based in Singapore

As a Research Analyst (Official Title: Research Specialist), you’ll gain experience in:

• Data Driven Research: Create and communicate valuable insights from our datasets
• SQL-driven Granular Analysis: Learn to derive trends from large datasets using advanced queries, building cohort, concentration, penetration, and competitive analyses
• New Product Development: Collaborate with our data and revenue team to help build new research products and features
• Customer Relationships: Become a trusted resource for our subscribers, the largest investors in the world
• Product Marketing: Work with our Sales and Marketing teams to position our products on clients calls and webcasts

Responsibilities and Qualifications

You're likely to succeed if you have:

• Experience in equity research or management consulting-style writing
• A background in business analysis and a passion for data-driven fundamental equity investing
• A commitment to learning new technology skills and working at a company where everyone learns to code
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Finance, Economics, Statistics or a related field
• Fluent in both English and Mandarin. The languages are required due to the project collaborations with international teams, including colleagues and clients from China, US, India etc.

Meet Your Team

Check out this video to learn why our Research team members love being part of YipitData!

What We Offer

• Our compensation package includes a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit offerings.
• The annual compensation for this position is anticipated to be SGD 75,000 to SGD 100,000. The final offer may be determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal team benchmarks.
• Opportunities to build a career as a manager or individual contributor through our career ladder that promotes based on impact. You will have regular career conversations with your manager where you will discuss your short and long-term career goals. We are committed to helping you develop in your career and offer the potential for internal mobility opportunities.
• We care about your personal life and we mean it. We offer flexible work hours, flexible vacation, parental leave, team events, a wellness budget, learning reimbursement, and more!
• Your growth at YipitData is determined by the impact that you are making, not by tenure, unnecessary Facetime, or office politics. Everyone at YipitData is empowered to learn, self-improve, and master their skills in an environment focused on ownership, respect, and trust.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Note

This description reflects the role and its responsibilities as of the date hereof and is not a contract. The company reserves the right to modify duties or job responsibilities at any time.