Associate - Business Research (BIS)

Role & responsibilities:

• Supporting the onshore bankers in meeting their financial and qualitative information requirements across multiple sectors such as TMT, Energy, Real Estate, Automotive, Consumer, Healthcare and Banking for various companies and sectors across the globe. Tasks include:
• Information Retrieval: Provision of Company information packs, comprising company filings, broker research, new runs and other specified information.
• Company and Sector Analysis: Company research and industry specific or macro-economic research
• News Runs: Filtering of relevant news related to M&A, management, material company announcements using google or third party paid sources
• Market Analysis: Sourcing of market data such as share prices, currency, ratios covering all asset types and products from multiple third-party data sources
• Screening Peer identification or M&A/ DCM/ ECM deal runs from market data sources
• Other Research: Researching technical publications, regulatory frameworks, and data and analytical research
• Other activities include structuring deliverables/ teams & developing efficient processes
• Managing a shift of junior research analysts and conducting quality control check of the outgoing reports/packs of juniors
• Demonstrate strength and experience in client/requester relationship building and management, information/knowledge needs assessment

Preferred candidate profile

• Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience in the Investment banking space
• Should be comfortable working in rotational shifts
• Expert knowledge on third party sector & country specific data sources such as Bloomberg, Thomson Eikon, Factiva, Capital IQ, MergerMarket, Euromonitor etc.
• Understanding of financial concepts and awareness around different industries/ sectors
• Strong communication skills to engage with the client and upscale the library work