EMEA Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews

Job Description 

 
Reuters Breakingviews is looking for a talented, imaginative and hard-working columnist to join our crack team in EMEA. 
 
This is an opportunity to set the agenda on mergers, corporate finance, banking, and markets in one of the world’s largest financial centres. 
 
Over more than two decades, Reuters Breakingviews has built an unrivalled reputation for delivering clear, punchy, and well-informed views to senior decision-makers around the world. As a key part of Reuters’ global newsroom, we enjoy access to executives, financiers and policymakers while upholding the highest standards of independence and accuracy. Ideally based in London, and reporting to Breakingviews’ EMEA editor, the columnist will have a wide license to sniff out, formulate and present their views on the biggest stories affecting financiers and dealmakers.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Research and write punchy and original views on deals, companies and financial markets that set the agenda for our global audience. 
• Develop and maintain contacts with senior executives, financiers, and policymakers. 

• Combine quick, authoritative takes on breaking news with original and deeply researched columns on the biggest topics. 

• Project ideas through eye-catching graphics, podcasts, videos, and participating in live events. 

• Collaborate with the global Breakingviews team to explore topical ideas and illuminate cross-border themes. 

Required Qualifications 

• A firm understanding of how companies and financial markets work, and a grasp of the basic concepts of corporate finance. 

• A proven ability to formulate strong, well-argued opinions under tight deadlines. 

• Proficiency at sourcing, organising and analysing data to support your arguments. 

• The highest standards of accuracy, editorial integrity, and professionalism. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• A base of high-level contacts among corporate executives, bankers, investors and policymakers, and a talent for developing sources. 

• A proven track record of writing analysis or opinion for sophisticated audiences. 

• Experience of using data visualisation tools to support and lend weight to your arguments. 

• A working knowledge of Excel and financial data providers. 

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