Analyst - Financial Research

Transaction-related Research Support

• Researching specific industries / sectors as part of the transaction evaluation process, including:
• Synthesizing findings from consultant research into concise summaries / reports or providing data summaries / charts as appropriate
• Identifying similar transactions (and terms) to proposed transaction
• Identifying potential sources of information or experts to use in the formal due diligence phase
• Processing and analyzing large sets of data related to potential borrowers (customer, financial etc.)
• Execute valuation and financial analysis and conduct industry research

Non-Transaction Related Research Support

• Breaking down specific industries / segments (issues, participants, recent transactions, capital providers) with goal of identifying potential opportunities for Arena e.g. Litigation Funding
• Leading research in support of Arena European Credit team new business development
• Personnel: finding potential Arena hires
• Firms: finding firms Arena can partner with to invest in a specific sub-sector
• Companies: finding companies Arena can fund or acquire (portfolio companies)

Lead Generation and Knowledge Management

• Using the internet, Arena subscribed databases or other sources to create leads including brokers or other vendors across Europe
• Utilizing the firm’s proprietary CRM system to maintain and drive leads through the pipeline and coordinating with Operations for all administrative steps

• Creating and maintaining internal metrics / information relating to past deals within a specific Arena vertical or subvertical (both internal and broader Arena)
• Maintaining and updating standardized templates for pre-deal, deal and post-deal

Requirements

The Financial Analyst needs to have significant initiative and the ability to think creatively to “get to the right sources”. They will ultimately have a lot of responsibility in shaping the output of many of the research products created and will work closely with all team members including Managing Directors on a frequent basis. The ideal candidate should be comfortable with data accumulation through various methods (utilizing databases, google searches, etc.), interpreting and presenting data, synthesizing research findings into concise reports / summaries, etc. based on above.

The preferred candidate should also have either work or educational experience in elementary financial analysis e.g. worked as an analyst, or accountant or studied financial management / analysis.

The candidate must thrive as a self-starter, as they will have tremendous autonomy and they should be 100% comfortable with working remotely.

Financial industry experience; MBA/PGDM in Finance required

Strong oral and written communication skills & excellent time management

Computer skills including use of Word /Excel/ Presentation

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, and duties may change.