Associate Manager - Research & Analytics - Bank (3-5 yrs)

Japanese Associate Manager

Individual Contributor

Department: Research & Analytics

Position Description:

- Provide high quality, real-time research assistance to bankers in support of client projects.

- Provide support to Investment Banks in various valuation and data research functions.

- Perform research including but not limited to the online retrieval of financial information, company fundamentals, and market data as well as performing basic research functions using secondary databases, outside sources and academics.

- Provide support in various valuations including preparing, maintaining, and analyzing valuation models and accounting and finance issues. Provide support to the research manager and the team in completing projects on time and in knowledge transfer and training.

- Attend client calls, interact with clients frequently and communicate feedback to operations team in both Japanese and English language.

- Essential Qualifications: MBA in Finance / Chartered Accountant / Masters in Commerce or any other degree that is considered suitable to perform the required function very good Japanese & English communication skills, both verbal and written.

- Technical Qualifications / Experience: Technical know-how in MS Office Suite preferably with a knowledge of financial databases.

- Experience: 3-5 years financial, equity research with a reputed research firm or financial analytics experience in a bank, financial services firm, etc. or successful completion of 1 year as a Research Associate.

Organization Structure: Report to the AVP

- Work Schedule: Ability to work flexibly during the APAC and partial EMEA hour Area of Focus Responsibilities Knowledge & Skills / Competencies.

Client Related:

- Provide real time research support to Investment banking clients based on requests submitted.

- Perform research including but not limited to the online retrieval of financial information, company fundamentals.

- Attend client calls, interact with clients frequently and communicate feedback to operations team.

- Create high quality company profiles, comparable analysis, company and industry, credit reports and newsletters.

- Understand basic modeling tenets and build, maintain / populate financial models for the client.

- Experience working on databases like Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Factiva, etc.

- Exposure to concepts in finance and accounting.

- Methodical analysis of data and convert complex data in simple, readable format to enable decision making.