Equity Market Specialist,Financial Solutions in London

Bloomberg Market Specialists provide practical guidance and industry expertise across markets to help clients maximize the value of their investments in our solutions and serve as their voice back to Bloomberg. For Bloomberg clients globally, who are positioning for a competitive edge across diverse markets and industry change, Bloomberg Market Specialists provide a practical and impartial view of the best practices, tools and workflows needed to take on intricate situations. Armed with our partnership and expertise, clients can maximize the business value from their investment in Bloomberg solutions.

Unlike similar teams at other vendors, Bloomberg Market Specialists have deep institutional knowledge about client workflows as the team partners with clients from pre-sale to present day to the future. The Bloomberg Market Specialist team backs this up through being:

• Asset Class or Workflow-Focused
• Experienced
• Client Centric
• Future Oriented

Comprised of former traders, portfolio managers, sales representatives, analysts, and more, the team also plays a vital role in improving the knowledge of our sales force and are a dedicated source of client feedback for our product development teams.

We trust you to:

• Apply your strong market experience, detailed knowledge of industry trends, and demonstrated technical skills to assist in generating revenue for our terminal business and suite of Enterprise solutions.
• Act in an advisory capacity to our clients concerning the challenges that they face and how they can use our products and technology to address them.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the competitor landscape and how this affects both internal and external customers.
• Influence the direction of Bloomberg products through thought leadership, contribution to innovative ideas, and establishing relationships between Bloomberg's decision-makers and our clients.
• Establish your own roadmap of initiatives that align with the company's product, sales, and goals.
• Maintain check-in points and self-report successes and challenges on these strategies.
• Participate actively in new projects that drive departmental and firm-wide initiatives and goals.
• Seek out additional ways to make an impact, such as mentoring, involvement in training, running campaigns, and active involvement in product enhancement.

You’ll need to have:

• Extensive experience in equities either as an Analyst, or Portfolio Manager.
• A minimum of 10 years of practical experience working across financial services.
• A sound understanding of Fundamental Analysis: financial statements & ratios and company valuation metrics & models.
• Practical experience using the terminal, or similar product, and applicable asset class functionality.
• The business insight required to use your knowledge & experience to make good judgement and quick decisions to tangibly impact the commercial success of our business.
• Proven consultative sales skills, including competitive market research, lead generation, prospecting, business development and closing sales.
• The ability to convey complex ideas and solutions in a simple and concise way to audiences both large and small.
• A willingness to travel across EMEA (6-9 nights a month) as required in order to provide clients with a premier service.
• Outstanding presentation, training and communication skills in English.

We’d love to see:

• Fluency in one or more European language.
• An entrepreneurial & commercial mind set with the ability to identify and develop opportunities - for other groups within the company and to build strong external networks.
• Experience of python, capable of writing basic applications and discussing the process of building data-driven products.
• CFA charter-holder and/or MBA.

What’s it like to work here?

We work hard. We are ambitious and set ourselves tough business goals. We are a meritocracy where everyone has a voice - not a job title! Working with people you trust, respect, and can collaborate with is more meaningful than titles or position. Things adapt quickly, and we want people who will enjoy working in this environment and feed off the energy. But it isn’t all about work. Giving back is one of our core values, and there are many ways to get involved in philanthropic initiatives from helping local school kids with their reading to helping clean up local parks and waterways.

If this sounds like you: Apply if you think we’re a good match! We’ll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are. Discover what makes Bloomberg unique - watch our for an inside look at our culture, values, and the people behind our success.

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