Analyst, Research Analyst – Utilities, Global Research, Sydney

Job Description:

About Bank of America

Our purpose as a firm is to make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. Across the world, we partner with leading corporate and institutional investors through our offices in more than 35 countries. In the U.S. alone, we serve almost all of the Fortune 500 companies and approximately 67 million consumer and small-business clients. We provide a full suite of financial products and services, from banking and investments to asset and risk management. We cover a broad range of asset classes, making us a global leader in corporate and investment banking, sales and trading.

Connecting Asia Pacific to the world

Our Asia Pacific team is spread across 19 cities in 12 markets. We are focused on connecting Asia to the world and the world to Asia, using our global expertise to ensure success is shared between us, our clients and our communities. Our regional footprint covers 12 currencies, more than a dozen languages and five time zones, placing us firmly among the region’s leading financial services companies.

The Role

The position available is an Analyst within the Australian Equity Research team, based in Sydney. The focus of this role is to assist senior analysts to research companies and sector trends in the utilities sector 

Responsibilities

• Maintain detailed knowledge of key companies in the Utilities sectors, including key drivers of the companies, and understanding key catalysts

• You will be primarily be involved with: compiling, maintaining and analysing market/financial data; performing analysis and maintain earnings models on relevant companies; ad hoc client requests

• Build, maintain, and update company forecasts and valuation models

• Preparation of research reports, slide presentations and other research-related documents on a local and regional level, incorporating ideas of how industry trends are impacting the Real Assets companies

• Develop relationships with management and investor relation representatives from companies under coverage

Preferred Background

• Excellent academic record with an Undergraduate degree in Finance, Commerce, or a related field

• 1-2 years of work experience – preferably in a valuation/finance/equities related role

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team player to meet tight deadlines to consistently high standards, with a high level of initiative, motivation and curiosity

• Competence manipulating data in Excel, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail

• Strong communication skills; written, oral, and numeric