Equity Research Associate – Packaging & Paper/forest Products

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

Equity Research Associate for the Packaging & Paper/Forest Products team at Bank of America. Responsibilities include financial modeling, valuation, industry research, report writing, client interaction, and data analysis. The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, with experience in finance or research preferred. The team is highly ranked and known for its proprietary models and surveys.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform complex financial modeling & valuation work
  2. Write regular industry and company reports and company launch initiations from scratch
  3. Analyze data in market research databases and conduct surveys in the paperboard/forest sector
  4. Demonstrate strong industry knowledge and business judgment
  5. Interview industry experts regarding our covered companies and industries

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience
  • Minimum 1-5 years experience in accounting, corporate finance, research, banking or consulting
  • Strong modeling and financial analysis skills (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement in Excel)
  • Ability to comprehend and create charts, diagrams, tables and other data visualizations
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Must work well in a fast-paced, intense and collaborative team environment
  • Must have excellent communication skills – written and verbal

Nice to have

  • MBA and/or progress towards a CFA or other relevant professional certifications is a plus
  • Knowledge of statistics and/or data analytics/data science techniques a plus
  • General interest in the stock market and/or financial markets

What the JD emphasized

  • proprietary, 20-plus-year-running survey of independent boxmakers
  • global containerboard and beverage can supply/demand models (the only ones of their kind on the street)
  • 25-plus-year running Field Trip and Conferences and Sustainability Surveys