Acuity Knowledge Partners - Equity Research Analyst

Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Workflow could include:

• Building and updating financial models with scenario analysis.

• Carrying-out DCF, relative, SOTP and other relevant valuation methods.

• Developing accurate assumptions and valuation with rationale.

• Screening large datasets to identify investment ideas and assisting PMs/CIOs in their investment decisions.

• Discussion investment ideas and stock updates with PM/CIO.

• Preparing earnings reviews, preview, attend con calls and management meetings.

• Preparing pitch notes/presentations, industry and thematic notes.

• Creating and updating databases.

• Collecting and analyzing news.

• Handling ad hoc research request.

• Maintain constant communication with the client and other stakeholders.

Key Competencies:

The analyst should have:

• Excellent financial modeling and research report-writing/presentation making skills.

• Should have ability to think through drivers and KPIs across broad range of sectors.

• Good client relationship management skills and communication skills.

• An eye for details and ability to handle multiple workflows with tight deadlines.

• Numerical abilities.

• Building complex, error-free models with well-defined revenue/cost driver assumptions.

• Carrying out earnings sensitivity analysis.

• Providing own valuation views after carrying out relative, DCF-based or industry appropriate valuations.

• Writing skills.

- Writing in a logical and structured manner that requires minimal rework.

• Writing bulletins and one-page summaries.

• Linking macro/industry analysis to the output.

• Building effective presentations.

• Others.

• Collecting news; summarizing and providing analysis that adds value; and preparing charts, tables, and databases.

• Advantageous if has experience in using technologies: Python, SQL, Power BI, etc Good client relationship management skills and communication skills.