Innisfree M&A Incorporated is a leading shareholder engagement firm that provides strategic advice and proxy solicitation services to top corporations and investors. The Data Researcher will work closely with various datasets to maintain quality, improve efficiency, and support teams with data-related requests, becoming a subject matter expert in internal data structures and flows.
Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of expected data behavior across different time periods, data transformations, and application views
- Proactively identify and resolve data discrepancies and data drift issues
- Validate outputs of SQL stored procedures and queries to ensure data accuracy and consistency
- Verify solutions and fixes in a QA environment prior to production releases
- Interface with both internal and external software developers to clarify requirements and validate new features and document findings
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Statistics, Computer Science or related field
- Ability to analyze large, complex and dynamic data sets
- Understanding of the stock market, financial instruments and the investment process
- Understanding of stock valuation methods
- Experience working with SQL Server, or other relational databases
- Intermediary knowledge of the SQL language
- Ability to manage multiple projects and multiple project team requests
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Attention to detail
- Self-direction and initiative
- Strong written and oral business communications skills
- Ability to work as a collaborative team member
- Technical analysis
- Advanced-level MS Office skills, including PowerPoint and Excel
- U.S. employment authorization without current or future need for sponsorship
- Experience using languages such as C#, VBA, or Python
- Related internship, industry or academic experience
- Experience working with financial data from sources such as Bloomberg and FactSet
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation
- Mentorship and support
- Top-flight benefits, including 100% employer-paid medical/dental/disability/life insurance, generous time off, paid parental leave and 401(k) plan with profit-sharing
- Firm’s annual merit-based bonus program
- Discretionary profit-sharing 401(k) plan
- 100% employer-paid medical/dental/disability/life insurance plans
- Flexible, safe options for remote and on-site work
- Hybrid position which will require on-site presence, in-person training, and collaboration with other team members on a regular basis
- Employees may be asked to attend client meetings, in-person team building exercises, and firm gatherings
Company Overview
Innisfree delivers shareholder intelligence, strategic advice and solicitation execution services to the world's leading corporations and investors when it matters most. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.innisfreema.com/.