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Governance, Risk & Compliance is a new and fast-growing Thomson Reuters business. It focuses on connecting our customers' business to the ever ever-changing regulatory environment, and client groups includes compliance, audit, legal and risk functions in financial services, law firms, accounting firms, regulators, insurance, energy and other industries undergoing regulatory change. The business currently has revenues of more than $130m and has over 1,200 employees located in major locations in London, New York, Washington D.C., Minnesota, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. It is the world's largest dedicated GRC group and has over 10,000 customers. Industry expectations are that governance, risk and compliance market will grow rapidly worldwide over the next few years, and the creation of this business unit positions Thomson Reuters very strongly to take advantage of these increasing opportunities. The business is expected to grow at double digits or more over the next five years.
Thomson Reuters Accelus is looking for an intern journalist for its Compliance Complete publication. As part of a small, specialized editorial team, the intern will provide editorial support to the editors and journalists in Asia by sourcing for news stories on regulatory developments in the Asia Pacific region-ex Australia. He/she would be required to trawl through Westlaw, a Thomson Reuters's database system, on a daily basis for local regulatory news in the various jurisdictions in Asia.
The ideal candidate should be a school of journalism or business administration undergraduate with a sound understanding of how financial markets work and are regulated, with a strong awareness of global political developments. Knowledge of and an interest in global financial regulation would be an advantage.
Regulation sits at the crossroads between business and politics, and the intern is expected to be able to keep track of the developments and understand the impact of new rules on financial institutions and their compliance and legal departments. A willingness to learn on the job is crucial to the role. The intern is expected to work closely with the editors and journalists and be able to understand regulatory developments in the respective markets.
The applicant must be highly self-motivated, able to work independently and should have a strong interest in contemporary publishing and financial regulation. The role will suit someone who has an aspiration to develop a career in financial journalism. Any qualifications in finance, law, compliance or publishing would be an advantage.
We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world’s businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization.
Title: Contract Journalist
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For submissions: via Thomson Reuters's jobs site
Website: http://thomsonreuters.com/
Governance, Risk & Compliance is a new and fast-growing Thomson Reuters business. It focuses on connecting our customers' business to the ever ever-changing regulatory environment, and client groups includes compliance, audit, legal and risk functions in financial services, law firms, accounting firms, regulators, insurance, energy and other industries undergoing regulatory change. The business currently has revenues of more than $130m and has over 1,200 employees located in major locations in London, New York, Washington D.C., Minnesota, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. It is the world's largest dedicated GRC group and has over 10,000 customers. Industry expectations are that governance, risk and compliance market will grow rapidly worldwide over the next few years, and the creation of this business unit positions Thomson Reuters very strongly to take advantage of these increasing opportunities. The business is expected to grow at double digits or more over the next five years.
Thomson Reuters Accelus is looking for an intern journalist for its Compliance Complete publication. As part of a small, specialized editorial team, the intern will provide editorial support to the editors and journalists in Asia by sourcing for news stories on regulatory developments in the Asia Pacific region-ex Australia. He/she would be required to trawl through Westlaw, a Thomson Reuters's database system, on a daily basis for local regulatory news in the various jurisdictions in Asia.
The ideal candidate should be a school of journalism or business administration undergraduate with a sound understanding of how financial markets work and are regulated, with a strong awareness of global political developments. Knowledge of and an interest in global financial regulation would be an advantage.
Regulation sits at the crossroads between business and politics, and the intern is expected to be able to keep track of the developments and understand the impact of new rules on financial institutions and their compliance and legal departments. A willingness to learn on the job is crucial to the role. The intern is expected to work closely with the editors and journalists and be able to understand regulatory developments in the respective markets.
The applicant must be highly self-motivated, able to work independently and should have a strong interest in contemporary publishing and financial regulation. The role will suit someone who has an aspiration to develop a career in financial journalism. Any qualifications in finance, law, compliance or publishing would be an advantage.
We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world’s businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization.
Title: Contract Journalist
- Primary Location: Singapore-Singapore-SGP-Singapore-18 Science Park
- Organization: F&R GRC Global Sales
- Schedule: Full-time
- Monitor information flow and research on Westlaw with a specific focus on regulatory news
- Communicate with editors and journalists on the relevance of the news stories obtained from Westlaw
- Post regulatory news on Editor, an internal news platform
- An understanding of financial regulation, governance, risk and compliance
- Strong research skills
- Impeccable time-keeping in meeting daily deadlines
- Knowledge of regional newspaper titles and news wires/sources
- Ability to work independently in an outcome-oriented environment with minimal supervision
- Responsible and mature approach to work
- Excellent attention to detail and a high standard of literacy
- Good organisational skills
- Computer literacy
- English language proficiency
- School of journalism, business administration or communications undergraduate
- Knowledge of electronic media, publishing and basic web skills (content management systems, HTML)
- Understanding of law and legal publishing.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For submissions: via Thomson Reuters's jobs site
Website: http://thomsonreuters.com/
