Spark Capital - Specialist - Equity Research - Buyside

Position details :

- We are looking for a buy side analyst with 10-15 years of experience with sell side or a buy side firm. The buy side analyst will recommend promising investment idea to fund management team keeping the fund's investment objective. The performance of the analyst will be gauged by the number of profitable recommendations made with the fund.

- The ideal candidate will combine a strong quantitative skill set with a range of qualitative skills to effectively communicate their research in writing and verbally to fund management team and to clients. In addition, we seek someone with the highest level of ethical integrity.

- Preference will be given to experienced candidate in small and mid-cap research.

Responsibilities :

- Work on all/ any aspect of research: research planning, primary research, secondary research, quality checking across a variety of market capitalizations and industries

Interpreting all the content, statistics and presenting it in a research report.

- Provide efficiency by improving existing processes and steps for analysis support research teams for productive results.

- Evaluates financial data for assigned sectors/segments and stay abreast of emerging economic trends and developments in stock markets.

- Generate new investment ideas as a supplement to central research coverage.

- Adapt with the industry structure and change the approach for the research depending upon the sector and the geography.

Preferred Person Specifications :

- 10-15 years of research analyst experience with proven track records in achieving performance metrics and targets. Should have experience as a bottom-up analyst for at least 3-4 years in small and mid-cap segment

- Experience in relevant industry preferred

- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills with hands on experience in rigorous financial markets analysis

- Ability to apply thoughts and timely realization of investment opportunities with solid decisioning abilities.

- Good collaboration and individual contribution skills

- Excellent communication with articulation to wider audiences.

- Education qualifications preferred MBA and/or CFA, not compulsory

- Should be good with Ms Word, Ms Excel

- We are open to looking at candidates from:

- Small Buy-Side firms or Family Offices that are keen to move to buy / more formal set-up

- Rating agencies or out-sourced research firms that are keen to move to buy-side