Research Analyst

About OMB Labs OMB Labs is the research and intelligence function of OMB Group, a private multi-sector group operating across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. The function exists to identify and assess the catalysts that affect each of the group's businesses before they happen. Research here feeds decisions directly. The role You produce research across the function's five workstreams: group-wide risk assessment, analytical studies, investment research, risk management and long-term sustainability. Day to day:

• Data gathering, screening and analysis on FactSet, our primary data platform
• Research notes written to our house standard: conclusion first, every figure traceable to a primary source, clear about the limits of the data
• Primary-source verification as a working habit: filed accounts, registers, regulators, official statistics
• Maintaining the risk register, task log and monitoring feeds
• Commissioned studies and ad-hoc research for the function's sponsors You work to a directed research agenda and run commissions with increasing independence as you settle in. The function is growing, and there is genuine room to take on more senior research responsibility as it does. Requirements
• 2 to 3 years or more producing written research or analysis in a professional setting: sell-side or buy-side research, consultancy, economic or policy research, corporate strategy, or credit and risk analysis
• Examples of research you have personally produced, which we will discuss at interview
• Experience with a professional financial data platform (FactSet, Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Capital IQ or similar) is preferred; full FactSet training is provided
• Strong Excel and data handling; statistical tooling a plus
• Clear, plain written English and comfort moving between unfamiliar industries
• Care with confidential material; confidentiality terms form part of the contract What we offer
• Salary of £35,000 - £42,000 depending on experience
• Employer pension contribution
• Private health insurance
• Travel allowance
• Hybrid working from our London base
• Full FactSet training and access to a professional research platform To apply If this sounds like the kind of work you want to be doing, we would like to hear from you. Please apply with your CV directly on LinkedIn.