Data & Research Administrator

Descripción del puesto

Key Responsibilities: Provide day-to-day administrative and data support to the Investment/Research team, acting as an assistant to colleagues across a range of recurring and ad hoc tasks. Extract data from internal and external sources and prepare it for use in reporting, analysis and operational processes. Clean, organise, reconcile and manipulate data in Excel, including combining datasets, identifying inconsistencies and resolving data-quality issues. Maintain accurate and up-to-date records, databases, spreadsheets and reporting tools, ensuring information is complete, consistent and available when required. Produce regular and ad hoc reports, schedules and data summaries for internal stakeholders, following established templates and procedures. Carry out data checks and reconciliations, investigate exceptions and follow up missing or inaccurate information with the appropriate team members. Review existing administrative and data processes, identify inefficiencies or control gaps, and suggest practical improvements to make processes more accurate, consistent and efficient. Skills & Experience: Advanced Excel skills are essential, with confidence using formulas, lookups, PivotTables, filters, sorting and other tools to extract, clean and manipulate data. Strong numerical and analytical ability, with the confidence to work with large volumes of data and identify errors, trends and inconsistencies. Experience in a data administration, reporting, operations, record-keeping or similar support role is preferred; financial services experience is useful but not essential. No specific finance degree or professional finance qualification is required; practical data-handling ability, accuracy and strong Excel skills are more important. Excellent attention to detail, organisation and time-management skills, with a methodical approach to maintaining records and completing recurring tasks. Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to ask que