Junior Analyst - Venture Capital

StepStone Group•Baltimore, MD

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Junior Analyst will be a member of the Analytics Team within StepStone’s Portfolio Analytics and Reporting department. The person will assist in the processing of data, creation of models, and generation of analysis used for investment research. The candidate should have a basic understanding of financial markets, an entry level knowledge of Excel, an elementary ability working with database and programming languages, and an interest in learning about private market investment concepts. This will be a Full-time (40 hours per week) 16-week paid opportunity with a possibility to extend for additional 16-week terms or transition to a permanent role.

Requirements

Possesses or in pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Information Systems, or a related field
Demonstrated track record of academic success
Entry level proficiency in Excel is required
Basic familiarity of Python or other coding knowledge is required
Extremely strong attention to detail to maintain data integrity
Willingness to ask questions
Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.

Nice To Haves

Preference for individuals with relevant internships or work experience
MySQL or other database experience preferred
Power BI or other modeling concepts preferred
Knowledge of investments and/or private markets

Responsibilities

Assist 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.
Process Secondary models, which are used to analyze the historical and project performance of secondary opportunities.
Aid in the creation and testing of the team’s automation and other code processing tools
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