Business Analyst at the leading equity crowd-investing platform

POSITION

Our growing investment marketplace platform is looking for a bright and engaged BUSINESS ANALYST. Working hand in hand with the management team of CROWDBERRY across Czech and Slovak Republic, the candidate shall become our core team member and participate/lead our market and company research, identify, acquire and execute new exciting investment opportunities in START-UPs and SMEs for our registered investors. Our new team member shall be responsible for a complex set of business analytics tasks, representing Crowdberry externally and drive the operational as well as strategic activities of the firm going forward.

If you know how to look at the business environment from a helicopter view, appreciate very flat corporate hierarchy and want to learn to connect the right dots to succeed, we would love to hear from you and take you onboard.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Business analysis of Startup/Small and Medium sized enterprises for new deal-flow opportunities § Market research of the crowdfunding competition in the CEE region and beyond
- Gather, analyse and interpret corporate, financial and market information
- Prepare reports and workshops for selected industries and megatrends
- Support the team with deal-flow management, marketing and investment related activities § Participation in an open-minded, creative and hard-working team (start-up affinity)

REQUIREMENTS

- Market and (financial) data research skills with attention to details and appreciation of numbers. § Experience in reading and understanding financial statements, reports and presentations
- Sound writing and communication skills in both Slovak and English language
- Appropriate university education with solid results and up to 3 yrs targeted work experience
- Sound proficiency in MS Office suite
- Out of the box non-business/financial background will be considered with care too!

YOUR PERSONAL PROFILE

- Intellectually curious, adaptive & flexible. You prefer new challenges over routine
- An entrepreneurial “can-do” attitude facilitated by continuous learning
- Self-starting (!), motivated, responsible and reliable
- Ability to handle multiple projects and work on tight deadlines
- Ability to process complex information, work with incomplete and unstructured data, while being able to form an opinion and communicate in a clear and relevant way
- Strong interest in market trends, business models and deal structuring
- Permanent review of the crowdfunding market and its potential in Czech and Slovak Rep.
- Business implementation of any recommendations from the research/competition analysis Investment process support with project kick-off up to closing participation

GOALS

- Permanent review of the crowdfunding market and its potential in Czech and Slovak Rep.
- Business implementation of any recommendations from the research/competition analysis § Investment process support with project kick-off up to closing participation
- Develop and advise (young) companies looking to fund their visions and growth
- Fun and intellectually intense work with a hands-on business contribution

- flexible hours
- internationally experienced young and dynamic team (hard-working but fun)
- environment in and around innovative businesses and interesting network of private investors, both national and international
- growth within the team based on a career plan desirable
- relocation to other offices (e.g. Prague) possible

SCREENING PROCESS
- Profile screening with a focus on motivation and skillset
- Simple phone/skype/personal structured interview
- Group interview/skype with the team accompanied with a simple business case study