Assistant Editor

ABOUT IBS INTELLIGENCE & THE CEDAR GROUP

• Established in 1991 and
• headquartered in the UK, IBS Intelligence (IBSi) is the world's only pure-play
• Financial Technology research, advisory and media firm, with global coverage
• and a 360° portfolio of intelligence offerings. For over 30 years, IBSi's
• expert teams have delivered independent, in-depth, actionable insight across
• Financial Technology and the global banking, consulting, technology and
• institutional-investor world. IBSi covers 5,000+ FinTech vendors in depth — the
• largest such coverage by any research firm in the space — and its iconic annual
• Sales League Table has been the industry's barometer of global FinTech vendor
• performance for 20+ years, spanning 120+ leading participants across 150+
• countries and 20+ system types.
• IBSi is part of the wider
• Cedar-IBSi platform. The platform runs Cedar-IBSi FinTech Labs, a BankTech /
• B2B FinTech accelerator home to 70+ FinTechs since 2017; Cedar Hill Capital, an
• early-stage venture capital fund backing founders building AI-first enterprise
• technology for financial services; and Cedar, a 40-year-old global management
• consulting firm with deep expertise in business strategy and technology and
• digital transformation for financial-services clients worldwide.

ROLE PURPOSE

• The Assistant Editor supports
• the end-to-end delivery of the IBSi Journal and related editorial content —
• planning, writing, interviewing, editing, production coordination and
• publication — while supporting commercial outcomes across subscriptions,
• advertising, sponsorships and IBSi events.

ROLE OVERVIEW

• Although this is an
• individual-contributor role, the Assistant Editor works closely with the Mumbai
• editorial team to maintain quality, consistency and delivery timelines. The
• role combines editorial craft with commercial awareness and a visible presence
• across the FinTech and banking ecosystem.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Editorial planning & publication
• –Support the monthly IBSi Journal from planning through
• print and digital release; maintain editorial calendars, coordinate
• contributors, production and proofing; and edit and fact-check content for
• accuracy, style, grammar and legal risk.
• Content, interviews & digital

• Write features, analyses, opinion pieces and news

• content; conduct senior-executive interviews with banks and FinTech firms; and
• adapt editorial content for websites, newsletters, social media and multimedia
• channels.
• Commercial & revenue

• Support revenue generation through journal

• subscriptions, advertising sales, sponsorships, sponsored content and IBSi
• event sales — identifying prospects, contributing to pitches and maintaining a
• disciplined commercial pipeline.
• Industry relationships & representation
• –Build and maintain relationships with banks, FinTech
• firms, industry bodies and PR teams, and use audience-engagement insights to
• strengthen editorial and commercial planning.
• Industry events & market presence
• –Attend and represent IBSi at leading global and
• regional FinTech conferences, awards and industry forums across the UK and
• Europe, serving as a credible face of IBSi and strengthening its market
• presence.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Mass
• Communication, English, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
• Experience: 5–7 years of B2B editorial or content
• experience, preferably in financial services, FinTech or technology publishing,
• with a strong portfolio and experience working to fixed publication deadlines.

SKILLS, DOMAIN & COMPETENCIES

Functional &

• technical skills: Writing,
• editing and proofing; interviewing; editorial planning and production
• coordination; digital publishing across web, newsletter, social and multimedia;
• commercial and pipeline awareness.

Banking & FinTech

• domain knowledge: Banking
• and financial-technology market landscape; the FinTech vendor ecosystem; how
• research and editorial content create value for banks, FinTechs and investors.

Behavioral

• competencies: Editorial
• judgment and rigor; ownership and independence; stakeholder management;
• deadline discipline; credible external presence.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

• Internal: Head of IBSi, the Mumbai editorial
• team, research and data teams, marketing, and the commercial / events teams.
• External: Banks and financial institutions,
• FinTech and technology firms, industry bodies, PR teams, event sponsors and
• conference organizers across the UK and Europe.

CAREER PROGRESSION & SUCCESS

• Progression: Subject to sustained performance and
• demonstrated capability, the role offers a path toward senior editorial and
• section-leadership positions within IBSi.

Success (first 12–18

• months): The IBSi
• Journal ships on time and to standard; a steady flow of high-quality features
• and interviews are published; readership and engagement grow; and the role
• contributes measurably to the commercial pipeline and IBSi's event presence.