Research Assistant

East Capital är en ledande, oberoende kapitalförvaltare som specialiserar sig på finansmarknaderna i Östeuropa.Investeringsstrategin baseras på ingående kunskap om marknaden, djupgående analyser och täta företagsbesök av våra investeringsteam.East Capital investerar i både noterade och onoterade bolag inom East Capital Universe som omfattar 30 länder och mer än 400 miljoner personer.Bolaget grundades 1997 och har huvudkontor i Stockholm samt kontor i Paris, Tallinn, Moskva, Oslo, Hong Kong, Wien och Kiev. Vår vision handlar om att frigöra den potential som finns inom East Capital Universe genom fyra dimensioner ?det kapital vi investerar, de bolag vi investerar i, hela regionen och våra medarbetare. JOB DESCRIPTION As a Research Assistant you will work within our Research Department (Public Equity) as the first point of contact for all requests for information from the Sales and Communications department.Your work will also include assisting the Research Analysts and the Chief Economist on various tasks. Work tasks include: .Create a service desk that will centralise all requests from the Sales and Communication departments.Your task will be to coordinate and liaise internally with Research Analysts, Portfolio Analysts, and the Chief Economist to ensure correct and timely delivery of information material .Preparation of information spreadsheets used in the daily morning research meetings within the Public Equity team .Updates and maintenance of internal databases used by the Research department .Assisting in preparing and compiling monthly and quarterly financial and fund reporting material, used by the Sales department, in the form of power point presentations and spreadsheets.This also includes coordination with external layout specialists .Provide support to the Chief Economist in dealing with reports and publications as well as on request by the Research analyst compiling information and preparing documents to the Portfolio Management meetings. KNOWLEDGE CRITERIA .Academic background, preferably with a major in Finance or Macro Economics .Some knowledge about the financial markets is preferred .Fluent in English and Swedish, both spoken and written.Russian or other Eastern European language skills are looked upon favorably .Strong English writing skills .Good knowledge in MS Office, particularly in Power Point and Excel To be successful in this role we believe that you are a person who is service minded, proactive and helpful.You are interested in equities and the Eastern European market and have an analytical mindset.We wish to fill the position as soon as possible and interviews will be held on going.Last day for applying is[August 20th 2010.[[