As an Associate in Equity Research covering Retail - Department Stores, Specialty Softlines & Leisure, you will become an industry expert, helping to conduct and facilitate industry analysis and company-specific coverage.

 

Job Summary:

Are you intellectually curious, highly communicative, an efficient writer, and good at building relationships, triangulating data, and solving puzzles?  You have found the right team!

As an Associate in Equity Research covering Retail - Department Stores, Specialty Softlines & Leisure, you will become an industry expert, helping to conduct and facilitate industry analysis and company-specific coverage. This involves core research ranging from dissecting earnings releases and regulatory filings to assessing relevant news events, modeling financial statements and industry dynamics, performing detailed valuation work, writing research notes and sector pieces, and speaking to internal and external clients and management teams about the stocks and sector.  You will work with our partners in both Sales and Trading to provide comprehensive client coverage, including fulfilling client requests for market updates and market intelligence. Research is fast-paced, demanding and intellectually stimulating. We look for candidates who possess strong accounting, finance, quantitative and business writing and communication skills, as well as modelling, forecasting, and valuation experience.

Corporate and Investment Banking - Research

One of the world’s most highly respected advisory franchises, J.P. Morgan’s fundamental and quantitative research provides thoughtful and differentiated analyses on sectors and companies and actionable ideas and thematic insights that empower our clients to make well-informed investment and strategic decisions.

Job Responsibilities: 

Build and maintain Excel-based models to forecast company financials and project industry dynamicsPerform detailed valuation work to support stock recommendationsAnalyze complex data sets, news releases, regulatory filings, and industry events to shape your view of the industry and companies under coverageWrite research notes on covered companies and sector reports and prepare presentationsBuild relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external clients, industry experts, and management teams Fulfill client requests in a timely and thorough mannerDemonstrate intellectual curiosity and seek to generate ideas for differentiated research product

Required Qualifications:

FINRA licenses Series 86 and Series 87Three+ years of experience in equity research preferably covering consumer companiesStrong accounting, finance, quantitative and business communication skills, as well as modelling, forecasting, and valuation experienceAdvanced level of proficiency in ExcelAbility to multi-task and collaborate within a team environment as well as work independently High level of organizational skills, excellent attention to detail, and a proven ability to meet deadlines in a dynamic environmentPassion for the markets and interest in the Department Stores, Specialty Softlines & Leisure sector

Preferred qualifications:

CFA charterholder or progress towards CFASome coding capabilities – e.g., VBA, Python