Associate-BIS

About Acuity Knowledge Partners

Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) is the largest offshore financial analytics, research and consulting services company with 5,500+ employees.

Acuity provides high-value research and analytics services to leading financial institutions and corporations worldwide through our highly experienced professional analysts and advisors from key skill centers based in India, Sri Lanka, China and Costa Rica.

Acuity management team includes individuals with experience in companies such as McKinsey & Co, BGC, GE Capital, UBS, and Deutsche Bank.

Please visit website for more details: https://www.acuitykp.com/

Opportunity

Acuity is currently looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who have strong leadership, organizational and teamwork skills for its Business Information Services team (“BIS”) based in Gurgaon.
Activities

• 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

Required Background

• MBA or PGDM in Finance or equiv. qualification. Graduates with strong experience can also be considered.
• Minimum 3-4 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