At LSEG Due Diligence team, we provide our customers with research and business insights that enable them to handle reputational and legal risks to make conscious business decisions. Our clients look to us to provide comprehensive third party risk management solutions and robust technology to support their business needs. We offer a full range of services including advisory, due diligence, and compliance technology. We are looking for hardworking individual to join us at our Penang office to as a Senior Research Analyst. For more information, please visit Due Diligence services | LSEG

Summary

A successful candidate should have prior experience and knowledge of conducting due diligence searches, writing research reports, handling client queries

and feedback.

Key Responsibilities

Senior Research Analysts tasks may include:

• Conduct media and Internet searches on companies and individuals in English and a secondary language

• To search on official sources (registrars, regulators, courts, etc.) for information gathering.

• To work with external vendors and provide training and feedback to the vendors on improving their quality

• To analyse the collected information with a view to reputational, financial and integrity risk (sanctions, corruption, bribery, money laundering, terrorism financing, regulatory violations, etc.)

• Assists in training, guiding or even mentoring new hires in research work.

• Communicates, trains and shares methods for success with the team and department.

• Attends to sophisticated and/or special client requests.

• Assists the Team Leader/Research Manager in people management

• Works closely with report/case partners such as Specialist, Quality Control, Peers and secondary writers, external vendors or customer success manager/account manager to ensure the completion of the report that meets the client’s requirements.

• Works with immediate team members as well as with other team members across the RDD organisation (from various offices)

• Point of contact for the particular subject matter or knowledge expertise

Qualifications/Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (preferably in international relations, political science, legal studies or business management)

• Good command of English and Korean language. Additional South-East Asian languages such as Bahasa Malaysia, Thai, etc would be an added advantage.

• Compliance, due diligence, AML/KYC or third-party risk management experience.

• Excellent written and critical thinking skills, ability to work in a highly exciting, fast-paced, and dynamic environment.

• Strong research skills, including online search tools related to corporate registries, litigation, bankruptcy, ESG, government filings and media sources.

• Strong editing and proofreading skills – prior experience in research/editorial roles is an advantage.

• Flexibility and adaptability to change

• Excellent organisation and interpersonal skills

• Ability to meet strict timelines and balance multiple projects simultaneously

• Team-player with a high level of initiative and proactive approach to work

• To take ownership of assigned tasks

• Knowledge and curiosity about current international news and affairs

• Proactive in team management and problem solving

This role is on blended work model with 3 days working in office and 2 days remotely. Does this sounds exciting to you? Apply today!

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