Senior Research Analyst - Industry & Financial Research

JOB PROFILE

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

Key responsibilities involve:

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

- Organize, analyze, synthesize and summarise data and information using appropriate analytical methodologies and frameworks. Conduct quantitative analysis (statistical analysis, financial data analysis etc.) as necessary

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

- Update and restructure models based on qualitative and quantitative information 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, external researchers etc.). Utilize both secondary and primary research sources and techniques

- Assist clients and/or other research delivery team members in articulating and refining research requests and projects, while working on multiple projects

- Communicate research results through the creation of structured end-products (spreadsheets, reports, presentations etc.)

- Coach and develop new research analysts

- Complete ad hoc research requests, knowledge building and business development projects as necessary

- Manage and/ or work with an expanded team of analysts while working on multiple projects

- Conduct regular workflow meetings with the in - house and onsite Account managers in London, New York and Singapore

- Foster a cohesive, creative and comfortable working environment, mediating any personal issue within the team

- Delegate responsibilities and supervise the work of team members providing guidance and motivation to drive maximum performance

- Create performance benchmarks, i.e., quality and quantity benchmarks for Junior Associate, Senior and Junior Analysts in consultation with the Director

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

The successful candidate will have to demonstrate the following skills, experience and attributes likely to have been gained over two to five years relevant experience:

- MBA or post graduate degree in business management, statistics, economics or similar analytical fields.

- Professional certifications like PRM, FRM, CAIA etc. would be an added advantage.

- Strong quantitative skills, an analytical mind and an ability to work with significant amounts of data, both numerical and qualitative

- Ability to take decisions while working with unstructured and limited information

- Prior experience in financial research / analytics

- Sound knowledge of global capital markets products preferred

- A strong degree of independence and self-motivation

- Fluency in spoken and written English is essential

- Excellent working skills with MS office tools, especially good at advanced Excel and PowerPoint

- Working knowledge of professional information services like Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters etc preferred