1. About our Role

Fideres have been investigating corporate and financial wrongdoing for over 10 years, bringing advanced quantitative and data driven techniques to highly complex disputes involving competition infringement or financial instruments.

We are looking for a Financial Data Analyst to join our Securities Litigation Service team. Our Securities Litigation Service team are leading damages experts in securities fraud cases and have been involved in some of the most high profile cases, including RBS, Tesco, Steinhoff or Wirecard.

The successful candidate in this role will support the securities litigation team by liaising with investors and claimants to manage end-to-end data collection and reconciliation throughout the litigation cycle: from filing to settlement allocation.

Our ideal candidate might have 1-2 years’ experience in a middle office role, or in the accounting or bookkeeping department, of an investment management firm, bank, or securities custodian, and is looking for an opportunity that will allow future growth into a broader financial analyst role.

2. Key Accountabilities

Sourcing and extraction of financial statements and/or transaction records from investors
Organising the financial data into databases
Managing large databases and data pools of transaction information
Reconciling, validating and analysing transaction data
Liaising with lawyers, claimants and other parties to ensure data integrity and managing the due diligence process
Calculating damages or settlement allocations and assisting the team with the production of reports for clients and or the courts
Other operational and analytical tasks as may be required from time to time

3. Required Skills and Qualifications

3 A Levels (A* to B one of which must include Maths)
Degree preferred but not essential
Studying for bookkeeping or accounting qualifications
A sound understanding of financial securities and order flow management
1-2 years’ work experience in middle office or the accounting/bookkeeping department of a financial service firm (investment management firm, bank, custodian) is desirable but not essential
An understanding of financial malpractices (either academic or through relevant work experience)
PC skills including Microsoft Office, in particular Excel and PowerPoint
An interest in learning python programming language

4. Key Attributes

Excellent communication skills to liaise with claimants and investors
Highly disciplined and methodical
Excellent attention to detail
Strong organizational skills
Helpful and shows initiative
Effective multi-tasking and management of deadlines
Not afraid to express an opinion and offer new solutions
Self-motivated to perform in a demanding business environment and to assume a wide range of responsibilities
Innovative and consistently looking to improve processes
Focused on delivery and committed to seeing projects through to their close

5. About Fideres

Fideres was founded in 2009 out of the financial crisis to investigate corporate misconduct and abuses and is now a provider of economic analysis to law firms and their clients as well as regulators. This can include working alongside law firms, investigating wrongful conduct to allow clients to take action and providing expert testimony at court. We have been engaged by all major US and UK litigation law firms, governments, and other public-sector entities to assist in numerous high-profile antitrust investigations and private litigation, spanning across several industries and jurisdictions. We have developed innovative modelling techniques for highly complex competition and financial issues, and our work has contributed to a heightened standard of economic evidence in litigation globally, particularly in class action.

6. What we offer

You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge, and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities.

We offer flexible working hours and hybrid remote working, competitive salaries and bonuses, and competitive benefits.

We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce, and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe, welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.

7. Application Process

Please submit your curriculum vitae and a cover letter explaining your motivation to join Fideres and your interest in the role offered to careers@fideres.com.

Please note that we consider a thoughtful and considered cover letter to be an integral part of the application.

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