Investor Insight Associate

Colmore, a Preqin company which was founded on one idea - to empower those who invest in private markets. Private investments that are, well, a little less private and a little more open. With customers at the centre of our decision making, we are building industry-defining products and services for the fintech era, designed to give investors control, clarity, and confidence.

We operate from five offices located in the US, UK and India, with an employee count of 200+ professionals. As an established Fintech company, we are seeking creative and proactive individuals  for our Investor Insight operations team in Bangalore who will be a valuable  addition and help us define the future of our service.

As an Investor Insight Associate, reporting into the Investor Insight Senior Associate, you will be part of a high impact team focused on exceptional client delivery. Data is integral to our clients giving them clear visibility of the performance of their investments. You will play a key role in collating, interpreting, understanding and presenting this performance data to our clients through internal software.  In addition the role requires the Associate to oversee daily operations, providing coaching and feedback to individuals to allow them to grow and develop, whilst providing excellent client delivery.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Have a clear understanding of the Private Equity industry and Fund structure in order to be able to formulate questions to the Fund Managers regarding transactions and financial statements and be able to make independent judgements and formulate
• Finding and summarising information (performance metrics, types of fees, expenses and Fund structure) relevant to Portfolio Monitoring for Private Equity / Limited Partnership funds.
• Should formulate and ask questions, as required, to the Fund Managers regarding transactions and financial statements 
• Able to constantly raise the bar in terms of delivering an exceptional client experience.
• Create a culture of right first time to make sure that both internal and external client’s journeys are not impacted on.
• Review colleague’s output and ensure that the quality of MI reporting is accurate and inline with the expectations.
• Must be capable of independently conducting analyses of financial statements and capital account movements.
• Experience working with extracting correct quantitative and qualitative information from financial reports.
• Able to work closely with other internal departments to ensure timely accurate client reporting.

Key requirement for this role:

• 6+ years of experience in Financial Industries
• Education level – Bachelors’ Degree. Masters/Professional/Technical qualification is a plus
• Experience working in Financial reporting will have an advantage over other candidates
• Experience or understanding of Private Equity Industry/Limited partnership funds is a plus.
• Should have experience working on projects end to end.
• Should have a good understanding in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office 365.
• Business fluency in English is required.
• Strong Analytical skills
• A highly effective leader with strong analytical skills and consistently delivering good client outcomes.
• Capable enough of identifying how to approach tasks, prioritising and planning work in an organised manner, monitoring and measuring progress.
• Should be confident with managing stakeholders, internal and external, to a senior level.
• Influencing change and engagement, and well versed in reporting and presenting. 
• Ability to work accurately under pressure to meet client deadlines.
• Experienced in working with multiple deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail and curiosity to investigate out-of-pattern items and to always ask “Why”.