Analyst/associate - Equity Research, Broadlines/hardlines Retail

Bank of America Bank of America · Banking · New York, NY

Equity research analyst role covering broadlines/hardlines retail, responsible for idea generation, industry research, client interaction, database management, financial modeling, valuation analysis, and report writing. Requires strong analytical, communication, and modeling skills, with experience in sell-side research or investment banking preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform complex financial modeling & valuation work
  2. Develop and analyze databases integral to our research product
  3. Seek out new, unusual sources of information
  4. Respond to client inquiries in a timely and effective fashion
  5. Write regular industry and company reports and company launch initiations from scratch

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience
  • Min 1 year of experience focusing in equity research, wholesale credit, buy side experience or investment banking experience
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Strong writing skills
  • Strong modeling skills
  • Expert at MS Word
  • Expert at MS Excel
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and intense environment
  • Excellent communications skills, written and verbal
  • Enjoy following the stock market
  • Desktop research
  • Field research
  • Basic understanding of economics
  • Basic understanding of macroeconomic factors
  • Basic understanding of international affairs
  • Basic understanding of policy/politics
  • Work well in a collaborative team environment

Nice to have

  • experience in sell-side research
  • investment banking experience

What the JD emphasized

  • Min 1 year of experience focusing in equity research, wholesale credit, buy side experience or investment banking experience
  • Must have strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task
  • Strong writing and modeling skills. Must be an expert at MS Word and MS Excel
  • Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced and intense environment.
  • Must have excellent communications skills, written and verbal