Research Assistant – Wealth

Research Assistant – Wealth

at Forbes (View all jobs)

United States

Forbes believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate success and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Gathering, vetting and checking information needed to update and maintain billionaire wealth files in the U.S. and outside the U.S.
• Accessing web sites, government registries and regulatory filings and compiling the data using the Wealth team’s standardized file format, and assuring that the data is accurately entered in the publication data
• Advanced news and information searches on individual billionaires to identify newsworthy events that will affect the fortune or should be incorporated into the live bio page, as well as efforts to discover new assets, missed assets or other information that will enhance the Forbes valuation.
• Database maintenance, including file formatting and/or reformatting, working with the tools used to manage, organize and expand Forbes Media’s franchise wealth rankings and contributing to the review and update of Forbes valuation methodologies through data research, including polling industry experts and data

The ideal candidate:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Data, or a related field
• 1+ year of professional, experience in research or data.
• Strong working knowledge of Word and Excel (Pivot Tables, V-Lookups), and be comfortable working in a remote but highly collaborative environment.
• Ability to multitask and work with a sense of urgency
• Ability to use good judgment, tact and discretion in handling confidential information
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Must be detail oriented and organized.
• Eager to stay up to date with industry news, trends and events.

The hourly rate for this role is $24.00 – $24.00

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