Morningstar Hiring for Research Associate at Mumbai, Maharashtra Full Time

Title: MDP Associate (Earlier known as Research Associate)

Department: PitchBook Data, a Morningstar company

Shift: Afternoon (2:30 PM to 11:30 PM)

CTC: INR 4.74 LPA

Job Location: Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Eligibility:

• Aadhar Card is mandatory for candidate registration.
• Those who appeared for PitchBook hiring drive in the last 6 months are ineligible.
• We welcome candidates from diverse locations as selected candidates will start by working

from home and well require everyone to work from the office once it is safe to do so per our

assessment.

• We are hiring for multiple joining dates in Q3 of 2022.

Selection process:

• The process comprises an online competency test, followed by a candidate information

session and two rounds of interviews.

• We will email eligible candidates the link for an online test with instructions.
• We will invite candidates who clear the test for a candidate information session to address
• frequently asked questions and confirm their interest in the profile.
• Interested candidates will undergo four virtual interview rounds.

The Program:
At Morningstar, we want people who are smart, creative, hard-working, curious, and passionate

about their work. We built the Morningstar Development Program (MDP) to prepare recent

graduates for successful, long-term careers here at Morningstar. Throughout this two-year

program, you will be placed in a cohort where you will receive ongoing career development,

mentoring, training opportunities, and exposure to different areas of the business to help you

succeed at Morningstar.

The Team:
PitchBook Data specializes in researching global M&A, private equity (PE), and venture capital

(VC) investments, and market participants such as limited partners, investors, service providers,

and the professionals involved. It provides the investment community with a proprietary data

platform, research tools, and custom analysis to enable better investment outcomes. The Private

Market Data Operations team performs web-based research and uses technology tools to

capture hard-to-find data that enables its institutional clients such as VC and PE firms, investment

banks, and law and accounting firms to develop insights into the flow of capital across the

industry, conduct research on potential investment and acquisition opportunities, connect with

professionals and advisors and gain an edge in investment evaluation and negotiations.

The Role:
The MDP Associate accurately and efficiently collects and enters data on companies, deals,

people, funds, investors, and service providers across the entire private investment life cycle. The

entry-level role reads and processes volumes of data and picks out relevant information from

news, regulatory filings, and websites to collect key data points on financing rounds, company

management, financials, service providers, etc. and enter those into a web-based tool.

Responsibilities:

• Review news, web and regulatory filings to create an accurate view of an event and quickly

extract

• and enter relevant information in a web-based tool
• Quickly scan multiple documents for additional information and be able to compare against

other

• sources and an internal database
• Complete data collection tasks within a specific dataset and process area such as PE, VC,

M&A,

• People, Service Provider, Investor, Limited Partner, Funds, and News
• Learn methodology and processes quickly and be able to apply that knowledge consistently
• Understand and learn financial concepts and figures
• Interpret daily and weekly performance metrics and seek to improve personal performance
• Identify areas for improvement across all areas, including processes and tools.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Liberal Arts,
• Management or Science.
• Candidates about to finish their post-graduate degree or awaiting results are eligible
• Freshers and experienced candidates can apply (prior work experience is not mandatory)
• Keen interest in finance and capital markets
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong grammar and English language skills and the ability to identify such errors
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Willing and flexible to work in the UK shift and occasionally on Indian holidays

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

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