Financial Writer

Develop, optimize and refine content in the area of financial news and analysis for Zawya.com

Responsibilities

• Be able to independently write original, relevant financial and regional capital markets content that resonates with our target audience, with minimal direction.
• Be able to produce, on a consistent basis, a healthy output of in-depth financial- and capital markets-related stories, focusing on asset classes, investments, ECM, DCM, M&A, and macroeconomic outlooks.
• Review content for relevance, accuracy, factual errors, incorrect statements, and online usability.
• Correct content for style, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Work to tight deadlines and work with senior editors and team members to constantly give leads and flush out content ideas.
• Optimize content using best practices in tagging, keyword usage, headline creation, content optimization and basic SEO.
• Possess skills to work in a business news team and collaborate with colleagues on several stories.
• Maintain a solid working relationship with the regional financial community including Senior bankers, c-level executives, financial analysts, wealth and fund managers.

• Work regularly with senior editors and other team members to ensure editorial projects progress on schedule.
• Monitor content feeds and update spreadsheets, databases, and other related content repositories as required.
• Be able to use analytics to determine various metrics of content performance (e.g. traffic, engagement) and use this information to tailor, improve content.
• Push content through social media channels to increase readership numbers.

Experience/ skills

• At least 7-10 years’ experience as a finance writer/journalist with a local or global publication
• Excellent financial writing and reporting experience, with a strong grasp of capital markets. Must be able to translate complex financial concepts into clear, engaging content tailored for both informed audiences and lay readers. Experience writing for digital platforms in a conversational and accessible tone is critical.
• Basic understanding of HTML and SEO
• Quality control and fact checking
• Proficiency with Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Experience in video content creation is a plus
• Time management and managing workload
• Communication and ‘audience relationship’ skills
• Arabic language is a plus

Certifications / Education

A university degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Journalism, or Political Science is required.

A Master of Finance (MFin), Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) or a related financial qualification is an added advantage.

About Zawya

ZAWYA.com, a part of Refinitiv Middle East, is a leading source of regional news and intelligence, serving millions of professionals from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and rest of MEA. The website has both English and Arabic versions.

ZAWYA offers latest news and analysis from regional and global markets throughout the day. News on equities, commodities and currencies are updated on real-time basis. 

About LSEG

At LSEG, we believe that creating a diverse and inclusive organisation is fundamental to the way we deliver on our promise – and our purpose. You’ll be part of an organisation of over 25,000 people, spanning 70 countries. We recognise the individual perspectives each of our colleagues brings, and our diverse workforce is one of our greatest strengths. In supporting collaboration and creativity and encouraging new ideas across a diverse and inclusive workforce, we can improve how we are driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

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LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

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Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.