Content & Data Analyst

Capital Group • Los Angeles, CA

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Content & Data Analyst is an integral part of Capital Group’s content team. This role involves supporting the creation of innovative and tailored investment content for an audience of financial advisors and institutional clients. Responsibilities include researching and providing content for key programs such as insight articles, white papers, presentations and various sales literature. A significant portion of the work involves creating charts and other data visualizations. Additionally, the analyst collaborates with the creative team to brainstorm ideas for thought leadership-driven marketing campaigns, webinars, and other publications as part of the ongoing content publishing program.

Requirements

• Demonstrates a solid understanding of how data can be presented to deliver an insight and tell a story.
• Intellectual curiosity and analytical skills in areas of high complexity.
• Ability to identify, assess, respond to and escalate risks or potential risks encountered through day-to-day activities.
• Effective collaboration and written and oral communication skills with team members and managers.
• Effective and professional service orientation and builds appropriate rapport with internal and external contacts.
• Working knowledge of macroeconomic and investment data analysis and ability to apply it to work assignments.
• Displays a passion for research and analyzing investment data using industry software.
• A subject matter expert in Excel who enjoys understanding and manipulating data, charts and tables.
• Enjoys brainstorming and solving problems, as well as pitching ideas in a creative environment.
• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis on economics, finance, statistics, applied mathematics or a related field.
• 3-5 years of professional experience in data research and analysis related to within the financial services or economics.
• Strong functional knowledge of the investment industry, including fixed income and equities.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using financial tools such as Morningstar, FactSet or Bloomberg is preferred.
• Experience building financial models using such software as Python is a plus.
• Advanced Certification a plus (Ex CFP).

Responsibilities

• Independently handles standardized and recurring content assignments, under direct supervision of more senior team members on complex projects, analyses, and tasks aimed at publishing outward-facing content.
• Supports the writers by conducting research to develop investment insights content for various audiences.
• Partners with writers to identify research needs, execute research, and present findings to writers and other creative groups.
• Fosters story and content ideas through trusted recommendations.
• Proactively identifies and explores additional research gaps or emerging trends.
• Conducts research on statistical, economic, product, asset class, anecdotal, and other relevant information to support creative and content development, utilizing a range of internal and external sources and leveraging existing research.
• Summarizes and presents research findings, synthesizing input from sources and delivering findings to writers in an appropriate format.
• Provides data to designers for the creation of charts and graphs and consults with them through to final publication, ensuring the design team creates award-winning charts.
• Collaborates with the statistical results group to ensure data accuracy.
• Performs additional responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonuses
• Company-funded retirement contribution (15% of eligible earnings)
• Generous time-away
• Health benefits
• Flexible work options
• 2-for-1 matching gifts for charitable contributions
• Opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love
• Access on-demand professional development resources
• Individual annual performance bonus
• Capital’s annual profitability bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees