AVP - Research - Global Markets

The job involves conducting Investment banking financial research to support clients and contribute to the internal knowledge building efforts. Typical projects will involve gathering, analyzing, synthesizing and presenting data using structured methodologies, assumptions, and frameworks. Projects may take couple of days to several weeks for completion.

Key responsibilities involve:

- Build or assist in building and maintaining Investment Banks benchmarking models to estimate granular, product level key performance metrics (e.g., Revenue and Headcount) and create market size estimates for Investment and transaction banking products

- Model relationships between macroeconomic indicators and IB performance metrics to arrive at forecasts/ estimates for the above KPIs

- Update and restructure benchmarking models based on qualitative and quantitative information from contacts in the IB industry

- Build and update sector databases in Excel and/or customized applications

- Explain, defend and customize analysis to support key client initiatives in IB strategy, sales franchise decision, investor communication and for senior management consumption

- Craft effective search strategies and gather relevant information leveraging a broad set of resources (e.g. on-line databases, internet articles, external researchers etc.). Utilize both secondary and primary research sources and techniques

- Mentor and train new research analysts