Acuity Knowledge Partners - Equity Research Analyst

Key Responsibilities:.

Workflow could include:

- Building and updating financial models with scenario analysis.

- Carrying-out DCF, relative, SOTP and other relevant valuation methods.

- Developing accurate assumptions and valuation with rationale.

- Screening large datasets to identify investment ideas and assisting PMs/CIOs in their investment decisions.

- Discussion investment ideas and stock updates with PM/CIO.

- Preparing earnings reviews, preview, attend con calls and management meetings.

- Preparing pitch notes/presentations, industry and thematic notes.

- Creating and updating databases.

- Collecting and analyzing news.

- Handling ad hoc research request.

- Maintain constant communication with the client and other stakeholders.

Key Competencies:

The analyst should have:

- Excellent financial modeling and research report-writing/presentation making skills.

- Should have ability to think through drivers and KPIs across broad range of sectors.

- Good client relationship management skills and communication skills.

- An eye for details and ability to handle multiple workflows with tight deadlines.

- Numerical abilities.

- Building complex, error-free models with well-defined revenue/cost driver assumptions.

- Carrying out earnings sensitivity analysis.

- Providing own valuation views after carrying out relative, DCF-based or industry appropriate valuations.

Writing skills:

- Writing in a logical and structured manner that requires minimal rework.

- Writing bulletins and one-page summaries.

- Linking macro/industry analysis to the output.

- Building effective presentations.

Others:

- Collecting news; summarizing and providing analysis that adds value; and preparing charts, tables, and databases.

- Advantageous if has experience in using technologies: Python, SQL, Power BI, etc Good client relationship management skills and communication skills.