Analyst/ Associate
Bank of America
About the Role
Analyst/ Associate: Equity Research, Gaming & Lodging team covers over 30 publicly listed companies including Sports Betting Operators, Hotels, Casinos, and REITs. The team has been ranked Top 3 in the annual Institutional Investor (II) poll for 15 years, including number 1 for the last 4 years. This position supports team needs including financial analysis, modeling, and writing company and industry updates and reports, with a particular focus on high-frequency data analysis and trends.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform financial modeling & valuation work
- Update, analyze, and compile complicated datasets in databases using Excel
- Derive key insights from data trends and analysis
- Monitor, compile, and summarize/model key industry news and developments, including via social media
- Seek out new, unusual sources of information to augment research capabilities/insights
- Write and update company and industry data reports and trends
- Closely follow and understand stock market, industry, and company-specific activity, and relay to the analyst when they are traveling
- Develop industry knowledge and business judgment over time
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Financial/3-statement modeling experience
- Corporate finance knowledge
- Accounting knowledge
- Proficient in MS Excel
- Experience in data or computer science, statistics, math, Python, and AI prompting would be helpful
- Competitive and intellectually curious
- Good communication skills
- MS Office for formatting charts, tables, and exhibits
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience
- For finance candidates, minimum 9-12+ months of front-end financial experience in investment banking, equity/debt research, corporate finance, accounting, or consulting
- Strong modeling and financial analysis skills (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement in Excel)
- Strong attention to detail
- Knowledge of math, statistics, and/or data analytics/data science techniques; skills with both AI prompting and Python programming are a plus
- General interest in the stock market and/or financial markets
- Must work well in a fast-paced, intense, and collaborative team environment