Private Equity Researcher for International Consulting Firm, Beirut The Middle East Research Hub is comprised of a team of seasoned researchers with a clear mandate to support client projects and marketing efforts through in-depth industry knowledge, insights, and access to specialist information sources. The candidate will be responsible for the following: • General research support: Ad-hoc research that includes downloading datasets, macro and financial indicators and data on market sizing and growth. • Practice sector research support: Conducting thorough industry research and analysis services f project and proposal teams. • Value-added services: Working closely with client staff as extended or embedded team member to develop sections of deliverables that are aligned to service menu products (Company profiling and financial analysis, benchmarking exercises, industry insights newsletters/competitive landscape awareness) • Knowledge Products: Supporting the development of research toolkits and knowledge products for the team. Responsibilities: • Autonomously support client project and proposal teams on research requests pertaining to private equity, sovereign wealth funds and real estate, by leveraging internal and external subscriptions across the network. • Conduct research to obtain information for benchmarks, company profiles, financial analysis, industry baselines and market trends, with minimal oversight. • Become familiar with internal intellectual capital availability and work with topic specialists to create well- rounded research outputs. • Synthesize findings and key takeaways in an easy to read, presentable format (Excel and/or PowerPoint). • Coordinate and schedule request delivery to ensure on-time and quality outputs. • Liaise with the energy, utilities and resources team leads to plan upcoming research needs of projects. • Serve as an embedded team member on client engagements to support select work streams by taking full ownership of data requirements, research, and synthesis. • Support in creation of digital tools to aid client staff teams to work efficiently and easily extract relevant trends and insights.

Qualifications: • University degree or equivalent, preferably with 4 years of experience in consulting or research; Private equity or real estate experience are a plus. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in Arabic (reading and speaking) is preferred. • Strong communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills • Strong fundamental research and analytical skills. • Experience working with Excel and PowerPoint • Team player with a strong work ethic and a desire to assume significant responsibility. • Innovative thinking and willingness to push boundaries. • Proactive “self-starter,” able to work with minimal supervision. • Strong work ethic and a desire to grow.