Junior Analyst at S&P Global

Overview:

As a Junior Analyst the candidate will be responsible for delivering research and assisting Senior Analysts in providing specialized solution services to clients mostly across EMEA and APAC on Corporate Governance and M&A topics to support companies strategy.

S&P Global’s Strategic Corporate Governance and M&A Advisory Team helps corporate issuers, predominantly their management, supervisory board, investor relations and corporate secretary teams, on public takeovers, general meetings as well as ESG-related topics. The candidate will ideally understand the impact of corporate governance and ESG factors on investment management and voting.

Responsibilities:

The position of a Junior Analyst is a multifaceted one which requires verbal communications skills, writing skills, research skills, analytical abilities, and financial acumen. This also includes being proficient with Microsoft office tools such as Excel and PowerPoint and being used to working with databases. S&P Global provides hands-on training in an atmosphere that fosters teamwork and emphasizes client service. The candidate will ideally possess a comprehensive understanding of the Financial Markets, Securities Trading and Shareholder Meetings, especially their preparation.

The candidate will be familiar with how Proxy Advisers work and how their recommendations can impact vote outcome.

The candidate will work in the team of the regional director who s/he reports to and supports with research and reports. The candidate will work closely with other team members within Issuer Solutions in our global offices to support Senior Analysts/project leads and to help ensure quality services to clients.

The desired candidate will:

• Support project leads with clients' corporate governance research and shareholder communication campaigns in relation to AGMs, EGMs, M&A and other corporate action type events.
• Drafting bespoke research reports for clients which will require research and analysis of shareholder meeting agenda items.
• Undertake engagement (via calls/emails) with institutional shareholders to discuss AGMs/EGMs to solicit intentions on meeting agenda or transactional sentiment.
• Develop an understanding of proxy voting mechanics and corporate governance standards across multiple regions.
• Maintain several databases containing contact information and proprietary data (including data research, -collection and quality checks).
• Survey institutional shareholders to collect research data to write an annual report which discusses trends in ESG and proxy voting.

What we’re looking for:

• University degree required.
• Advanced level in Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBi and familiar with handling and structuring large amount of data. Any additional skills in the field of data analysis (i.e. writing macros - VBA) are a plus.
• A prior corporate governance related work experience of 1-2 years.
• Excellent attention to detail, efficient workload management and strict commitment to deadlines.
• Strong analytical and interpretation skills.
• Fluent in English and optional German, French, Mandarin.