Fidelity - Senior Associate - Investment Research - Consumer & Industrial Sector

Senior Associate - Investment Research -Consumer &Industrial

The job involves providing comprehensive research support to FIL's Europe/US/Asia/Global equity analysts, including company and industry analysis, financial modelling, valuations, sector/country updates, business and customer intelligence using alternative data sources and other custom research work. The person should have a good understanding of equities and the broader financial research process.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide all-around research support to FIL equity analysts on the Consumer/Industrials sector, including on initiations and ongoing coverage.

- Build detailed financial models with the ability to build business drivers, incorporating M&A transactions and valuation analysis.

- Carry out studies on sector trends, regulatory changes & emerging themes. Company analysis, including deep dive on key stock drivers, devil's advocate analysis, etc.

- Provide need-based analysis on unassigned stocks, including screens to monitor & flag potential stock ideas.

- Provide quality data and analysis on ESG.

- Keep abreast of trends and developments in the assigned sector across geographies.

- Generating investment insights using alternative data.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and within the team.

- Make regular presentations to the team on relevant topics/areas of expertise.

Experience and Qualifications Required:

Experience and Key Skills:

- 2-5 years of work experience in Investment Research, preferably from an international equities perspective.

- Good understanding of capital markets with excellent financial skills. A solid understanding of financial statements, ratios and valuation concepts. Prior experience with Asia/Europe/US equities strongly preferred.

- In-depth knowledge of Consumer/Industrial Sector companies' equity research desirable - key drivers, dynamics, trends, emerging themes, and indicators.

- Analytical / Problem solving skills, with a logical thought process - to sort, analyse and creatively interpret large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data.

- High level of attention to detail and accuracy; Diligence and hard work.

- Database skills - Bloomberg, TR Eikon, Factset, Factiva, and other financial databases.

- Good relationship management, and strong communication and presentation skills.

Education: MBA from a prominent institute, CA, CFA, or Masters in finance.