Senior Associate, Editor

Senior Associate, Editorial

The Senior Associate, Editorial is a crucial member of the Exiger Delivery team. As part of the Quality Assurance function, the Senior Associate, Editorial reviews due diligence research reports and provides editorial feedback to researchers to ensure clarity of writing, consistency of style, and effectiveness of written communication to our clients. The Editorial team works together to ensure that daily deadlines are met and act as resources to the Delivery business. The Senior Associate, Editorial will be trained in our research and writing processes and style, and will apply their own editorial experience and best practices to the work of our researchers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Commitment to integrity and thoroughness of research, writing, and editing
• Commitment to teamwork and innovation in working toward high quality on short, daily deadlines
•  Provide specific, concrete, and timely feedback on reports to ensure consistency in style and clarity of writing
• Develop mastery of all report templates and styles for various industries, clients, and report types
• Understand the research process
• Work with research- and editing-specific tools
• Edit reports to ensure a clear, concise, and thorough product for clients
• Complete editing of cases of all levels of complexity
• Manage multiple cases with overlapping deadlines simultaneously
• Support editorial-related project(s), such as creating/updating editorial-related guidance, trainings, and templates; data collection to assess editorial KPIs; etc.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent writing skills
• Rigorous attention to detail
• Superior teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills with a high level of initiative and a proactive approach to work

• Solution oriented, outcome driven

• Superior comprehension, analytical abilities, and logical deductive skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage and prioritize several projects and assignments simultaneously
• Organizational and time management competency
• Ability to mentor others
• Experience with all four types of editing; copy edits, substantive edits, proofreading, and developmental edits
• Experience with editing various types and styles of written work
• Proficiency in working with Microsoft Office software such as Word
• Experience in teaching/tutoring preferred
• Experience in the due diligence industry a plus
• Understanding of current events, international affairs, financial regulations, economics and/or finance

Professional Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree preferred
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience
•  Proficient in English