Associate, Investors

**Description**:
The individual is responsible for aiding in the future growth and development of APAC investor dataset. This role based in Bangalore will form a core part of the Investors - South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia team.

As a Data Management Associate**,** your primary focus will be on the data processing and quality assurance of public data. This individual will also be involved in conducting primary research via direct outreach to investment professionals to obtain valuable proprietary information. This is a unique research role, requiring a sales-like mindset to unlock research relationships across the region. The role will also include handling data inquiries, quality assurance, data monitoring for consistency, and client engagement regarding our Preqin Pro platform.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Conduct in-depth web-based research to collect data relating to firm, fund, and transaction activity in the alternative asset universe
- Proactively communicate and build relationships with key professionals of all levels within the alternative assets industry to obtain valuable proprietary information on past, current, and future investment activities
- Update Preqin’s online database with key financial information, statistics, and analysis
- Troubleshoot escalated data quality incidents, collaborating with regional stakeholders and/or global BUs as needed
- Support senior team members on research projects and getting involved in further data enhancement and development activities

**What you’ll bring to us**:

- You have a Bachelors’ Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Engineering
- You have prior experience focused on communication and relationship management
- You have strong research capabilities and investigative instincts
- You have the ability to perform effectively in a target-driven environment, working towards set KPIs and performance metrics
- You are highly organised, self-motivated, and collaborative
- You have a keen interest in finance and knowledge of financial markets
- You are fluent in English and have excellent writing and communication skills
- You have experience using Microsoft tools such as Excel, SharePoint, and Office 365

**Why join us?**:
**About Us**

You will be joining the world’s leading data and insights provider for the alternative assets market. We empower the global financial community with critical information and leading analytics solutions to help them make faster and smarter investment decisions, and to make them with confidence. A forward-thinking company, we lead our industry through innovation. We trust in the power of data, and we use it to increase transparency in alternatives. We believe that access to information leads to more investment in the ideas and infrastructure that build strong communities.

**Our Culture**
We centre our culture in our teams members growth, sparking their curiosity and fuelling their career adventures. We celebrate and recognise contribution, high performance and strong collaborative behaviours. We’re building and growing our learning programs, frameworks and tools to help people thrive and it's an exciting time to join us. We support our internal communities and donate our time, knowledge and support to the communities that surround our offices globally.

**Equal opportunities**

Preqin is an equal opportunity employer, with diversity at the heart of our business. It is the policy of Preqin to ensure equal employment and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

**About Preqin**:
You will be joining the world’s leading data and insights provider for the alternative assets market. We empower the global financial community with critical information and leading analytics solutions to help them make faster and smarter investment decisions, and to make them with confidence. A forward-thinking company, we lead our industry through innovation. We trust in the power of data, and we use it to increase transparency in alternatives. We believe that access to information leads to more investment in the ideas and infrastructure that build strong communities.