Associate/Analyst - Equity Research - BFS

Job Description :

- As an Associate / Analyst in Equity Research, you will help to conduct and facilitate industry analysis and company-specific coverage. This involves core research ranging from dissecting earnings releases and regulatory filings to assessing relevant news events, modeling financial statements and industry dynamics, performing detailed valuation work, preparing equity research thesis and reports for the sector and each company, writing research notes and sector pieces, and speaking to internal/external clients and management teams about the stocks/sector.

- Provide thoughtful and differentiated fundamental analyses on the insurance sector and actionable ideas and thematic insights that empower their clients to make well-informed investment and strategic decisions.

- You will work with our partners in both Sales and Trading to provide comprehensive client coverage, including fulfilling client requests for market updates and market intelligence as well as work with partners in Investment Banking to facilitate capital markets transactions.

- Research is fast-paced, demanding and intellectually stimulating. We look for candidates who possess strong accounting, finance, quantitative and business writing/communication skills, as well as modelling, forecasting, and valuation experience.

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including :

- 2-6+ years of full-time relevant work experience, familiarity with financial modeling, proven interest in the markets and passion for industry-specific coverage is required

- Heavy emphasis on quantitative skills and an advanced level of proficiency in Excel

- Ability to multi-task and collaborate within a team environment

- Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment

- Strong written and oral communication skills

- CA/MBA (Tier 1). CFA, or progress toward a CFA, is a plus

You'll make an Impact By :

- Modeling financial statements and industry dynamics

- Performing detailed valuation work

- Assessing relevant news events

- Analyzing complex data sets

- Writing equity research reports, research notes, sector pieces, industry and market overviews

- Advising internal and external clients, corporates and management teams