Junior Analyst - Portfolio Management

Junior Analyst - Portfolio Management

La Jolla

We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world's investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.

Position Overview:

The Junior Analyst will be a member of the Research Data Processing and Governance Team within StepStone's Portfolio Management department. The person will assist with data processing, model creation, and generation of analysis used for investment research. The candidate should have a foundational understanding of financial markets, strong Excel skills, and an interest in learning about private market investment concepts.

Essential Job Functions:

• Support the Research team with the due diligence of new private markets funds by constructing track record models, which are used to analyze the historical performance of private markets fund managers
• Classify and store characteristics of investment managers into StepStone's proprietary database
• Transform and maintain integrity of data in StepStone's database from a variety of sources
• Develop a general understanding of concepts and terminology within private market investments

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Information Systems, or a related field
• Demonstrated track record of academic success
• Preference for individuals with relevant internships or work experience

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced proficiency in Excel is required
• Knowledge of investments and/or private markets
• Extremely strong attention to detail to maintain data integrity
• Willingness to ask questions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Salary: $30 / hour

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At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.

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