Job Purpose and Background

CDP is seeking a highly motivated research analyst to join its multi-award-winning investor research team. The successful candidate will ideally have 2-3 years’ experience in an analytical role and a business or financial background / qualification with a passion for climate issues.

About CDP’s Investor Research team:

The investor research team produces sector specific, climate focused research for the investment community. Our analysis identifies transition risks and opportunities for companies in transitioning to a low carbon economy based on climate (carbon and water) metrics in a number of high-emitting sectors, which in aggregate could have a material impact on company earnings. The research aims to improve investor understanding and knowledge of CDP data and inform investor engagement with companies on climate-related issues.

Key responsibilities include:

• Helping the research team in an interim role in producing quarterly industry reports.
• Company analysis: undertaking research including data extraction from CDP databases, company reports and other public sources.
• Report production: data analysis and articulation of conclusions relevant to investment decisions.

Required skills and experience:

• Exceptional analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent written skills.
• An understanding of capital markets and investment management will be helpful.
• Work with data sets in a clean, methodical manner, minimising risk of error.
• Ability to assess credibility / usefulness of different data sources.

Additional characteristics, traits and skills:

• Technologically competent: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ideally also Bloomberg (although training can be arranged).
• Motivated, enthusiastic, hard-working, personable and ability to work to deadlines.

This is a full time fixed term role based at CDP’s Central London office reporting to CDP’s Head of Investor Research.

Salary and benefits: £35,000 annual pro-rated over three months, 24 days’ holiday pro-rated, life assurance, generous pension provision of up to 8% of salary.

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.

Before you apply

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To apply please email your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages, to [email protected] with ‘Interim Research analyst’ in the subject. The deadline is 23:59 GMT on 8th January 2019.