FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access
to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.
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Your Team's Impact
StreetAccount is a division of FactSet that aggregates, filters, and contextualizes real-time financial market news for institutional investors. We are expanding our sector coverage and seeking a News Analyst to cover the Oil and Gas and Power and Utilities sectors.
What You'll Do
Your role will involve all aspects of providing content to our clients, from identifying information, research, and news that is material and actionable, to writing concise comments that allow investors to immediately grasp their impact. The News Analyst will collaborate with the analytical team in the creation of content.
You will be primarily focused on providing daily commentary on the Oil and Gas and Power and Utilities sectors, as well as time-sensitive comments and more in-depth observations of current sector dynamics.
Sector positions require an early start time to ensure that detailed summaries are published before the North American market open.
What We're Looking For
Minimum Requirements:
- 1-2 years’ experience in a market-focused role (analyst, trader, PM, equity/currency/bond sales, economist, etc.) or demonstrated working knowledge of US equity markets
- Demonstrated understanding of equities and/or stock markets, acquired through professional or academic experience
- Excellent written communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future
Preferred Skills:
- Ability to quickly digest and analyze information
- A strong interest in Financial Markets
- Familiarity with commodities, such as oil and gas, is a plus
- Experience or in-depth knowledge of Oil and Gas and/or Power and Utilities sectors is preferred
- Advanced degree preferred
What's In It For You
At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means:
- The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.
- Support for your total well-being. This includes health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, and family leave.
- Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives.
- A global community dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.
- Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development.
- Business Resource Groups open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging. Learn more about our benefits here.
Salary is just one component of our compensation package and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and certifications.
Company Overview:
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. FactSet participates in E-Verify
Skills Required
- 1-2 years' experience in a market-focused role
- Demonstrated understanding of equities and/or stock markets
- Excellent written communication skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship
Factset Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Factset and has not been reviewed or approved by Factset.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental/vision in some descriptions, and life and disability insurance. Company-wide wellness days and region-specific add-ons (e.g., Vitality PMI, Bupa dental, Health Shield cashback) further reinforce a strong health-and-wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is consistently included as part of the core package through retirement savings plans. The presence of these programs is framed as a meaningful component of total rewards beyond base salary.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase program is highlighted as a standard part of the total rewards package. This provides a pathway to share ownership alongside cash compensation.
Factset Insights
What We Do
FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions. For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 23 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients, and we’re proud that 95% of asset managers who use FactSet continue to use FactSet, year after year. As big as we grow, as far as we reach, and as successful as we become, we stay connected to our clients and to each other.
