[# Preqin - Intern Research Associate Funds - Korean Speaking.pdf (137.3K)]

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Richard Wurichard.wu@preqin.comTalent Acquisition Associate 
Research Associate Internship – Korea Fund Data
 

The Company:

Preqin is an award-winning, independent, research company providing data and intelligence to the financial industry, Investment professionals use Preqin’s online products to obtain key information for business-critical decision-making. Preqin’s clients include fund managers, legal firms, institutional investors, financial advisors and placement agents.

Primarily a data company; Preqin is a fast-moving fintech with a strong growth record and a world-wide staff base of over 1000. Owned by our founder, directors and employee shareholders, we care passionately about our customers, brand and the employees that make it all happen.

Role Overview:

The successful candidate will fit within Preqin’s APAC Research team and take on a role primarily focused on updating information on Korean Fund Data with the goal of obtaining data through Korean public sources. This data is sourced from Korea’s FSS, DIVA and DART sources which includes fundraising data and investor data across private capital asset classes.

Daily duties include desktop based web research as well as understanding and incorporating such data into our online database in an accurate and concise manner for our end users to access on the Preqin Platform.

The successful candidate is responsible for the maintenance and growth of Preqin’s Korea market dataset and will have the opportunity to learn about Korea’s private market ecosystem.

Full training relevant to the role will be provided, including but not limited to:

·       Structured training on finance and alternatives industry

·       Understanding of private market data for the end users

Roles and Responsibilities:

·       Updating online databases on a concise and timely manner primarily using desktop web research

·       Conducting web-based research for further information of Funds outside of FSS, DIVA and DART for purposes of verification of data points

·       Communicating and coordinating with the wider team to ensure profiles are updated accurately and in a timely manner, and to convey issues and solutions.

·       Using computer-based business applications, including Microsoft Excel, to analyse large data sets and to control for quality and accuracy.

·       Ensuring that Preqin’s Korea Fund data is of high quality, meets client expectations, and is world class in terms of breadth and depth

·       Promoting cross-team collaborations in growing Preqin’s presence in the Korean market.

·       Completing other tasks as/when required.

Key Requirements for this Role:

·       Proficient in speaking and writing Korean to target and liaise with the Korea market. Experience or familiarity with Korean working culture would be very helpful

·       Students undergoing or awaiting to undergo Degree/Diploma studies are most welcome to apply

·       Interest in finance and alternative assets. Prior relevant experience in the space preferred

·       Enthusiastic and confident with an eye for detail

·       Strong communications skills necessary to build relationships with high-level executives

·       Willing to take initiatives with analytical skills

·       Growth mindset, open to improvements and constant development

Benefits:

·       Exposure to Alternatives/Private Equity Data

·       Young and Energetic team culture

·       Central Business District Office location

Equal Opportunities:

Preqin is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is at the heart of our business. It is the policy of Preqin to ensure equal employment and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Preqin is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, so everyone has the opportunity to be successful.  If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please let the Preqin recruiter know at the start of the application process. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. 

Covid 19 note

While the COVID-19 Situation improves, Preqin's primary goals are still to ensure the safety of our employees, and to keep providing our clients with the best-in-class support they have come to expect from us. As such our Singapore Office is moving to a hybrid working arrangement, with the workweek split between WFH and Office.

However, we have not slowed our recruitment activity due to the outbreak, and have adopted a remote interviewing, onboarding and training process. Our growth plans have not stopped, and we anticipate onboarding a significant number of staff in the coming months.