Research Associates (RA) Full-Time: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

Company Overview

Glass Lewis is the world’s choice for governance solutions. We enable institutional investors and publicly-listed companies to make sustainable decisions based in research and data. We cover 30,000+ meetings each year, across approximately 100 global markets.

Our customers include the majority of the world’s largest pension plans, mutual funds, and asset managers, collectively managing over $40 trillion in assets. We have teams located across the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific giving us global reach with a local perspective on the important governance issues. Founded in 2003, Glass Lewis is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in Kansas City, Missouri; Paris, France; Limerick, Ireland; Karlsruhe, Germany; Sydney, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; and Manila, Philippines.

Position:

Research Associates (“RAs”) will work with Glass Lewis’ research teams to produce unbiased, independent research (Proxy Papers) covering your markets’ general meetings, by:

• Reviewing meeting materials disclosed by publicly listed companies (e.g. annual report, notice of meeting)
• Analysing information with regards to corporate governance and remuneration practices
• Summarising meeting proposals and providing voting recommendations based on best practice

RA positions are offered into two areas of focus:

1.      Governancecovering meeting proposals for board of director elections, committee memberships, environmental and social issues, skills matrices, auditor appointments, etc.

2.      Remunerationcovering meeting proposals for executive pay practices, incentive plans, pay-for-performance, etc.

Contract: Fixed term full-time (3 months)
Start Date: Jan/ Feb 2025
Location:Ireland (remote or onsite)

Qualifications: 

Undergraduate or postgraduate students currently enrolled, or candidates with a degree in the following: 

• Business 
• Economics
• Finance
• Law
• Finance journalism
• Corporate Governance
• Language translation
• Public policy

Languages

• Excellent English reading and writing skills
• Basic reading competency in at least one of the following languages: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

• Task and time management skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure to meet tight deadlines whilst paying attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; personable
• Excellent written English plus reading competency in one of the languages listed above
• IT skills: proficiency in MS Office, Excel and online research tools
• Understanding of economics, financial services, accounting, compliance, corporate law, governance, finance journalism and public policy is considered an advantage
• Experience in qualitative research or corporate governance is considered an advantage

• A comprehensive training program on corporate governance and executive remuneration, including how to analyse data and write analysis on these topics
• An understanding of Glass Lewis policy and voting guidelines
• An overview of global governance and ESG market practices
• A supportive team-oriented work environment
• A city-centre location in one of Ireland’s largest cities with lots going on outside of work hours
• A multicultural work environment with 20+ nationalities and languages