Industry Research Analyst

Job Description :

Roles & Responsibilities

Key/Primary Responsibilities :

1. Develop in-house expertise by providing sharp and incisive analysis on all high exposure industries/ sectors in banks portfolio

2. Sector-agnostic assessment of broad parameters relating to demand-supply scenario, cost structures, competitiveness and regulatory framework

3. Identify sectors that are expected to witness stress or likely to come out of stress based on lead indicators, industry benchmarks, peer reviews

4. Provide medium term outlook on various parameters in the high exposure industries/ sectors in banks portfolio

5. Perform portfolio analysis to identify financial performance of companies within an industry and discuss trends

6. Develop industry specific financial and operational metrics for credit evaluation

7. Present research and reports to senior management and other stakeholders

8. Publish reports covering trends and outlooks for key sectors, auto sales data, commodity prices, industry health, etc. while taking responsibility for regulatory submissions (incl. stressed sectors, co-related sectors)

9. Opportunity (optional) to participate in credit risk function for Financial Institution clients

Candidate is expected to be able to :

1. Navigate through various industry databases, rating agency reports, etc. and synthesize information in desired output format

2. Be proficient with MS Excel and Power Point with ability to collate, synthesize, process and present data (well-spoken and good writing skills)

3. Have a penchant for reading research reports and stay abreast with economic and industry related developments

Key Success Metrics Publish, discuss and present high quality reports in a timely manner :

(i) Industry Related Requirements like corporate performance tracker, share pledge tracker, industry health monitor, auto sales data, one off sectoral studies, etc.

(ii) Policy & board presentations like stress sector, correlated sector, etc.

(iii) RBI submissions and economic/ industry surveys

(iv) Sectoral presentations for Senior Management and peers in the Bank (for Corporate clients, when required) Additionally, stay abreast with and gather market intelligence, through peer networking and reading