Senior Associate

Ion

3+ Years | Shanghai, China (On Site) | Full Time | 9 months ago
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Job Summary

Blackpeak is seeking a Senior Associate to manage cases, conduct extensive research and analysis, finalize high-quality written reports, and provide support in recruitment and development of team members. Responsibilities include managing projects from proposal to report finalization, conducting primary and secondary research through interviews and travel, assessing findings, ensuring timely project completion within budget, presenting research to clients, maintaining client relationships, supporting the internship program by screening applications, conducting interviews, training, and managing interns. The role also involves supporting team member recruitment and development, mentoring junior team members, managing external consultants, and collaborating with colleagues globally.

Must Have

  • Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 3+ years experience in investigative due diligence, business intelligence research, corporate investigations
  • Solid understanding of China and Hong Kong business environments
  • Effective communication and presentation skills (written and oral)
  • Strong people management skills
  • Strong self-management skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • Strong analytical skills, critical thinking, problem-solving
  • Ability to perform detailed research via databases, internet, human sources
  • Ability to identify and interview sources effectively
  • Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize, multi-task under pressure
  • Ability to perform job functions with minimal supervision
  • Native or complete fluency in written and spoken English
  • Native fluency in Mandarin Chinese

Job Description

The Role
Blackpeak is seeking a Senior Associate to manage cases, conduct extensive research and analysis, finalize high quality written reports, and provide support in recruitment and development of team members.

Key Responsibilities:

    • Take responsibility of projects and deliverables, and act as a case manager to manage cases from preparing proposals to finalize written reports
    • Carry out extensive research and analysis (both primary and secondary) through desktop and database research, interviews, and traveling where necessary, and then assessing accuracy, reliability, and relevance of findings
    • Finalize written reports, including confirming the accuracy, logic, and overall quality of research reports to meet clients’ expectations
    • Track progress and ensure timely completion of projects, and ensure all reports are delivered according to agreed deadlines and within budget
    • Present research findings to clients in a professional manner
    • Maintain client relationships
    • Contribute to the BP internship program, including screening intern applications, conducting interviews, and providing training to interns, and managing interns
    • Provide support in recruitment and development of team member, including conducting interviews, mentoring and training junior team members
    • Manage and work with external consultants
    • Work closely with colleagues in Blackpeak’s offices in Asia, the Americas, and UK.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

    • Bachelor's degree or higher
    • At least 3 years of industry experience in investigative due diligence, business intelligence research, and corporate investigations
    • A solid understanding of the business environment in mainland China and Hong Kong, including the key issues affecting investors
    • Effective communication and presentation skills – ability to communicate research findings in writing and orally in discussion with clients
    • Strong people management skills - ability to manage and direct team of internal researchers and work with external consultants
    • Strong self-management skills – ability to take initiative and ownership of cases, and produce results under tight time constraints, both independently and as a member of a team
    • Strong project management skills
    • Strong analytical skills, including critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
    • The ability to carry out detailed research and analysis via proprietary databases, the internet, and human sources
    • The ability to identify and effectively interview sources
    • The ability to meet deadlines, prioritize workload, and multi-task under pressure
    • The ability to perform job functions with minimal direct supervision
    • Native or complete fluency in written and spoken English; native fluency in Mandarin Chinese
About us
We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.        

• Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.        

• Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure. ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe.

Our ever-expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision. ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business. ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.

7 Skills Required For This Role

Team Management Communication Problem Solving Budget Management Talent Acquisition Quality Control Business Intelligence