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Business Development Associate - Dubai
AQR Capital Management
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
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About the Role
AQR Capital Management seeks a full-time Associate for its EMEA Business Development group in Dubai. The role supports senior team members in building investor relationships, preparing marketing materials, and coordinating client meetings.
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Responsibilities
- Provide support to senior members of the Business Development team to build and deepen relationships with investors
- Develop strong AQR product and asset class knowledge and demonstrate interest in the industry
- Liaise with other members of Business Development to update marketing materials and leverage the firm’s intellectual capital
- Ensure completion of Requests for Proposal/Information and Due Diligence Questionnaires to a high standard in a timely fashion
- Interact with portfolio managers to help create and maintain up to date, high quality presentation materials
- Act as a point of contact for existing investors and coordinate responses to all investor inquiries
- Coordinate client meetings and conference calls with investors
- Act as a central point of contact internally for sustainability related projects and investor inquiries
- Raise the profile of AQR by proactively taking on opportunities to represent the organization at conferences, seminars, and road shows
- Assist the MD in the development and execution of a broader and deeper sales strategy in the Middle East and across Sovereign Wealth Funds Globally
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Science, Quantitative, or Engineering from a top university
- 3+ years of relevant post undergraduate experience within a professional services environment; financial services, investment management, or management consulting preferred
- High proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
- High degree of intellectual curiosity
- Well organized and detail oriented with ability to project manage and execute effectively with minimal supervision
- Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
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About AQR Capital Management
- AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver concrete, long term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most. Since 1998, we have become a leader in alternative strategies a
The Team
- AQR is looking to hire a full time Associate to join our EMEA Business Development group, based in Dubai. The group works with AQR’s clients in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East to provide solutions to achieve their investment objectives.
Your Role
- Provide support to senior members of the Business Development team whose objective is to build and deepen relationships with investors.
- Develop strong AQR product and asset class knowledge and demonstrate interest in the industry.
- Liaise with other members of Business Development to update marketing materials and leverage the firm’s intellectual capital.
- Ensure the completion of Requests for Proposal/Information and Due Diligence Questionnaires to a high standard in a timely fashion coordinating with other parts of the business.
- Interact with portfolio managers to help create and maintain up to date, high quality presentation materials.
- Act as a point of contact for existing investors and be responsible for marshaling the full resources of the firm to coordinate responses to all investor inquiries.
- Coordinate client meetings and conference calls with investors.
- Act as a central point of contact internally for sustainability related projects and investor inquiries.
- Raise the profile of AQR by proactively taking on opportunities to represent the organization at conferences, seminars and in due course road shows.
- Assist the MD in the development and execution of a broader and deeper sales strategy in the Middle East and across Sovereign Wealth Funds Globally.
- The successful candidate will be expected to cover a meaningful amount of the Tier 2 and 3 client base within the first 18 months.
What You’ll Bring
- A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business or a Science, Quantitative, or Engineering Program from a top university is preferred MBA/Master’s Degree is a plus.
- 3+ years’ of relevant post undergraduate experience within a professional services environment; financial services, investment management and management consultant backgrounds are a plus.
- High degree of intellectual curiosity.
- High proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel is required.
- Arabic speaker preferred.
Who You Are
- Hard working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, collaborative environment.
- Well organized and detail oriented with an ability to project manage and execute effectively with minimal supervision.
- Enthusiastic about developing and implementing ideas.
- Self starter, able to work independently as well as within a team.
- Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of finance and the investment management industry.
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