Fundamental Researcher - Canvas

Role Summary

When you join the Canvas team, you're signing up for the learning experience of your life. You will never look at anything the same - from grocery stores to tires to semiconductors. Every day you will speak with some of the most successful private company executives and learn about the businesses they've spent their lives building. You will synthesize your findings in comprehensive reports that are consumed by our investment professionals.

Other Market Intelligence divisions do quantitative research to explain what is going on in an industry. As a Fundamental Researcher, your qualitative research will explain the why. In this role you will:

• Become a subject matter expert on an assigned industry
• Learn from small, medium, and large private company executives about their businesses and the industries in which they operate, including gathering qualitative data on what is happening (e.g., structural shifts; real-time changes in supply/demand dynamics; and emerging competitors, markets, and technologies) and, importantly, why it is happening
• Synthesize your findings in comprehensive reports that present a view of the industry
• Gain unparalleled exposure to, and learn from, business leaders across industries, including private company executives and your colleagues
• Interact directly with our investment professionals and learn the discretionary investment process to help drive more informed investment decisions

What Excites You

• Staying current on the evolving alternative data market and its role in discretionary investing
• Speaking with experts both inside and outside the Firm to understand data needs and offerings
• Analytical thinking and sifting through available data to find "the answer"
• Fast-paced work environments that at times require switching gears to address the needs of the business
• Working as part of a cross-functional team made up of Investment, Research, and Compliance professionals

What Excites US

• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
• Superb business intuition and a solution orientated, methodological approach to problem solving
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the Firm
• People who "elevate the room" through their work ethic, curiosity, and solution-orientated attitude
• Adherence to the highest ethical standards working closely with the Firm's Compliance team

What's Required

• An undergraduate degree or advanced degree with demonstrated academic success
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• An eagerness to find out if your conclusions are right or wrong
• An understanding of how companies work (their processes and outcomes) or an interest in learning
• Intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, maturity
• Highest standards of ethical decision making

What Success Looks Like

• Integrity - You demonstrate 100% commitment to the highest ethical standards
• Ownership - You take charge of your work, uphold your commitments, and always do your best
• Commerciality - You focus on what matters most, ask questions when needed, and are cognizant about not wasting your time or that of others
• Humility - You welcome and are receptive to feedback and learn from past mistakes
• Adaptability - You can triage business needs and context switch quickly and efficiently
• Admirability - You elevate the room through your work ethic, domain knowledge, work product, and solution orientated attitude

We Take Care of Our People

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

• Fully paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Non-profit matching gift program
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBT+ community
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more