Equity Research Analyst - Insurance

Company: The firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, and wealth and asset management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income and a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, merger and acquisition, restructuring and recapitalization.

Role: You will join a leading energy equity research team with a broad coverage universe of stocks. Your role is to support and develop the research of the Indian Insurance sector and contribute to the group's stock coverage responsibilities and global industry views.

Key Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities are:

- Support the lead analyst in fundamental research to service institutional investors with sufficient intensity to drive vote capture

- Analyse company financial results and model estimated future results

- Contribute written work to the Indian Insurance team thematic and stock-specific research

- Assist the team in meeting client marketing and corporate access requirements

- Build, develop and maintain comprehensive financial models - for companies and the sector

- Cultivate strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

- Perform value-add analysis and interpret data on market and economic events to identify and describe trends

- Prepare pre and post-results updates on your covered companies

- Attend and report on corporate events, roadshows, company presentations and conferences

- Manage client requests and take ownership of workflow

Person Specification:

The following skills and experience are required for this role:

- Requirements: a strong academic background with degree, excellent verbal and written communication skills, the drive and determination to excel

- Either an industry or financial/research background will be considered

- Experience in the Insurance sector in either finance/accounting or commercial roles is an advantage

- Experience in equity markets regardless of industry sector is an advantage

- Advanced Excel skills are a pre-requisite

You have:

- An Intellectually curious mind and are passionate about financial markets

- Genuine interest in Insurance industry

- CA/CFA/MBA degree

- Proven experience in financial modeling or evaluating companies

- A minimum of 1-3 years- the experience of Equity Research or similar role

- A fantastic attitude and commitment to deliver the best service to clients