Junior Analyst - Portfolio Management

StepStone Group Inc.•La Jolla, CA

66d•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Information Systems, or a related field
Demonstrated track record of academic success
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

Nice To Haves

Preference for individuals with relevant internships or work experience

Responsibilities

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

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