Financial Services Research Professional (Private Capital)

We are seeking experienced research professional to join Oliver WymanKnowledge Department. You will work closely with partners and consultants in the Private Capital Practice Group to support secondary research efforts, ensure successful delivery of client work focused on due diligence projects as well as other corporate finance and advisory projects.

Oliver Wyman's Private Capital Practice provides an array of capabilities to support investment decision making, backed by deep expertise across diverse industry sectors. Our clients include private equity funds, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, investment banks, commercial banks, arrangers, strategic investors, and insurers.

The Knowledge Department supports our consultants with planning and execution of on-demand research projects as well as the interpretation, evaluation, and preparation of results. You will have expert level research skills and ability to quickly develop knowledge of research tools to facilitate effective and creative research approaches. You will be helping consultants and research colleagues to scope and develop their research needs, conduct timely, accurate and cost-effective research and deliver compelling synthesized research products. You will work with a wide range of information tools and proprietary databases to provide research for client projects and business development.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a wide range of information tools and proprietary databases, providing both quick solutions and in-depth research for the business.
• Synthesise information and glean key concepts and trends from the information, provide own point of view and basic insights in the deliverables. Ability to think critically and develop the most efficient solutions to information requirements is key in this role.
• Collaborate with consultants engaged in client service, business development or intellectual capital building by delivering highly relevant and well-synthesised research. Directly engage in strategic projects, together with our research specialists and consultants, contribute to updates and maintenance of customized knowledge products
• Develop strong trusted relationships with practice members and research colleagues to promote effective knowledge sharing and positive work environment.
• Independently manage the pipeline of industry-specific tasks, set priorities, and collaborate with a team of international colleagues to meet client demands. You will be required to exercise independent judgment to solve internal client demands. This will involve prioritizing your own work to satisfy competing needs and building excellent task management and time management skills
• Use MS Office tools to produce graphical portrayal of research findings, customised to project needs

Experience and Skills Required

• 3-5 years experience of working in a research environment, providing business information on multiple sectors. Preferably in a private equity or venture capital firm, consulting firm, bank or rating agency
• Experience of working with specialised data sources is essential. For example: Preqin, Capital IQ, M&A databases (eg. Cortex/Dealogic, Mergermarket, Debtwire), Pitchbook, Bloomberg, Refinitiv and other databases.
• Knowledge of private capital markets (in particular PE, VC, LBO)
• Ability to operate under pressure and tight deadlines to meet the needs of a high paced globally focused. This requires the ability to manage several tasks effectively while prioritising and managing your own time
• Creative problem-solving skills and inquisitive nature with tenacious drive to solve complex research challenges.
• Attention to detail and high accuracy
• Excellent communication skills and research synthesis skills allowing you to draw out key insights and to provide basic data analysis.
• The ability to apply Generative AI tools to enhance efficiency and quality of research deliverables
• Excellent Excel skills. Proficiency with rest of MS Office suite. Experience with Power BI is an advantage.