Associate/Analyst - Equity Research - Chemical Sector

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Conduct in-depth secondary research and offer deep insights on the sector or companies under coverage. The role would require the analyst to conduct in-depth research, formulate opinions and convey the same in a comprehensible manner

- Attend earnings call, prepare earnings model/ Management meets/ conferences and provide active contribution to company and sector research

- Support the analyst/ fund manager on various tasks, which could vary from financial modelling, reports, industry/company presentations, quality check and finalisation, etc.

- Contribute with investment ideas based on top-down or bottom-up research across the allocated /respective sectoral coverage

- Preparation of research notes and presentations on macro trends, chemical sector trends and detailed analysis of individual companies

- Actively track News/Corporate announcements/Regulations and study the impact on Equities and Portfolio

- Regularly monitor developments in our investee companies through media updates, corporate announcements, and published results

- Contribute to internal knowledge creation, ad-hoc assignments and training and mentoring junior analysts/new joinees on an as-required basis

Ideal candidate should:

- Be a Chartered Accountant/ CFA/ MBA from a premier institution

- Have 2-6 yrs of experience in Equity Research (Chemical sector)

- Proficient in Excel and knowledge of various data bases such as Capitaline, Ace Equity, Bloomberg etc.

- Should be talented in data mining, number-crunching and assist in investing in investment decisions, increasing return on investments, managing financial risk, designing sound investment strategies, and also to accurately predict market trends

- Have strong verbal and written communication skills

- Strong analytical skills with keen attention for details