Credit Suisse - Equity Strategist/Investment Strategy & Research

As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse has a long tradition of meeting the complex financial needs of a wide range of clients, offering advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 45,000 people. Further information can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

Cultural diversity is essential to our success. As such, we employ people from more than 100 countries. Credit Suisse empowers employees to work openly and respectfully with each other and with clients, ultimately striving to deliver superior results while offering initiatives and programs to assist employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

BDC (Mumbai)

Credit Suisse Business Analytics is the company's fifth Business delivery center (BDC) in Mumbai, India. Located in the City Park building in the suburb of Powai, Mumbai, the BDC houses the Knowledge Center teams who work with and support the front office businesses of the Private Bank and Investment Bank. The teams are responsible for a full range of business functions from data gathering to investment analysis and risk and analytics modeling. A range of other functions from across the bank will also be included in the future.

IWM IS&P

Global Research

An exciting journey to join the Private Banking Research group (part of the Investment Strategy and Products division) in Credit Suisse. The group works on fundamental and quantitative research in verticals like Equities, Fixed Income/ Credit, FX, Macro and others and contributes through top-down and bottom-up inputs as part of the Investment life cycle. Investment Strategy and Research publishes periodic investment reports for all these asset classes which are distributed to PB Clients. The team provides active support for the investment decision making by the global Investment Committee.

We offer :

The role of Equity Strategist and key deliverables include:

Domain related:

Track global equity markets, sectors and styles analyzing drivers of performance and contribute towards strategy publications

Top down analysis of equity markets, sectors and styles through macroeconomic data tracking, quantitative modelling and contribute towards strategy forecasting and recommendations

Quantitative study of event/news flow impact on equity markets, sectors and style

Generate long term forecasting for equity markets used as the input for Capital Market Assumptions

Contribute towards various studies required as the input for the investment committee assessment of equity markets

Contribute towards various internal and external client presentations and publications

Build and maintain financial models as required.

Functional:

Prepare presentations, studies (for internal and end-clients) and contribute to daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly publications.

Generate innovative and successful investment ideas and solutions for clients

Connect and coordinate successfully with on-shore equity and credit strategist.

You offer :

- Post-graduation degree in Finance/Economics degree from reputed University, with added qualifications like CFA/CA/FRM preferred.

- Passion for financial markets and cross-asset research/strategy;

- Minimum 5-7 years of professional experience preferably in equity research covering global financial sector.

Competencies

- Dynamic personality with strong analytical and problem solving skills

- Excellent verbal and written skills with ability to communicate, summarize and discuss investment case succinctly

- Working knowledge of handling data sources like Bloomberg / Datastream

- Should be a quick learner, showing high energy and drive to accomplish results

- Ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced and demanding environment

- Ability to build relationships and communicate with global stakeholders

- Work independently and take strong ownership of tasks