Associate Analyst – Consumer

This role is open to candidates residing in New York City, Baltimore, MD or Washington DC.

Role Summary  

  • Role will provide fundamental research support to our Consumer analyst
  • The Associate Analyst program is a three-to-five-year structured program offering ongoing training and mentoring and is designed to develop future fundamental investment analysts 
  • Diverse responsibilities including collaboration with senior research analyst(s), extensive financial analysis, and company/industry related research projects
  • Opportunity to interact with public company C-suite executives, both in our offices and in the field 
  • Daily opportunity to learn directly from our senior investment professionals, providing fundamental equity research support while learning the necessary skills to become a successful institutional investor 
  • Expectation to provide investment insight and impact the investment process beyond just number crunching  
  • Competitive compensation with significant upside potential for high performers 
  • Exceptional performers have the potential to be promoted to Investment Analyst

Responsibilities

  • This is a talent development program. Typically, the Associate Analyst is assigned to one or two senior investment professionals to execute a variety of tasks, including those listed below.
  • Building/updating financial models
  • Assisting in quarterly earnings analysis and writing takeaway summaries
  • Attending conferences and meetings with management teams
  • Conducting various industry and thematic deep dives
  • Preliminary work on new investment ideas
  • Accomplished Associate Analysts may also have an opportunity to rate and recommend stocks after several years

Qualifications 

Required:

  • Bachelor's Degree with a strong academic record required AND
  • 1+ years relevant equity research, investment banking, or other relevant experience

Preferred:

  • Strong academic background and intellectual curiosity 
  • Highly motivated, confident self-starter, with ability to work independently and collaboratively in a performance-driven environment 
  • A demonstrated interest and passion for equity investing and financial markets 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • Strong Excel and financial modelling skills including previous experience building three-statement models  
  • Demonstrated ability to derive meaningful insights from in-depth research and analysis 
  • Progress toward the CFA designation; strong preference for candidates that have successfully completed at least Level 1 of the CFA designation 

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to one day per week from home.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status).

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