Tactical Research Group Analyst

Job Responsibilities:

Provide support to Regional Tactical Research teams and Directors of Research. The role would involve:

- Combining the macro and the micro: analyzing fundamental datasets of the European equity market in the context of the broader macro picture, in order to form a market and thematic view.

- Analyzing and presenting this analysis in our published departmental research reports. These reports are quantitative and thematic in nature.

- Building and testing models to evaluate quantitative investment strategies, including statistical analysis of economic data and company fundamentals.

- Managing and structuring financial data in a presentable form. This involves maintaining large, and often complex, data sets.

- Maintain and develop infrastructure and run analyses that helps the DORs in managing the investment review process.

- Responding to regular and ad hoc data/analysis requests from external and internal clients (sales and trading, other research teams).

Provide guidance to, and coordinate with global analyst teams for:

- Technical questions on modeling and accounting concepts.

- Departmental data projects.

Basic Qualifications:

- Master’s degree in economics, finance, accounting, engineering or related field or Chartered Accountancy qualification

- Minimum 1 year of experience in financial services; prior investment research experience would be an added advantage

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Sound knowledge of concepts in Financial management and Accounting

- Interest in investments and the associated research processes.

- Excellent Excel skills; experience of programming beneficial (ideally in VBA)

Preferred Qualifications:

- Candidate must be proactive, enthusiastic and team oriented

- Ability to prioritize and make decisions in a fast-paced environment

- Accuracy and attention to detail

- Knowledge of a financial data repository (like FactSet, Bloomberg or Datastream) would be an added advantage