Analyst/Associate, Equity Research
Bank of America
About the Role
The Telecommunications Services, Communications Infrastructure and Communications Software team covers 23-listed companies across subsectors and adjacencies including large cap telecommunications, AI and wireless infrastructure and emerging communications software companies. In addition to coverage of publicly traded companies, the team regularly vets a number of private companies for potential IPOs.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform complex financial modeling & valuation work.
- Write regular industry and company reports and company launch initiations from scratch.
- Develop databases integral to our research product.
- Demonstrate strong industry knowledge and business judgment.
- Work with Senior Analyst to develop key industry themes.
- Build relationships and facilitate information flow with contacts at covered companies.
- Participate and contribute to client meetings and events.
- Attend meetings and interact with key opinion leaders.
- Closely follow and understand market, industry, and company-specific activity, and relay to analyst when traveling.
- Seek out new, value-added, and/or unusual sources of information.
- Leverage our robust network of industry contacts.
- Interact regularly with clients.
- Conducts analysis of financial data, news, and other information to identify opportunities and risks.
- Attends to day-to-day sales, trading, and hedging transaction needs, responding to client inquiries, logs, and records data.
- Leads and/or supports the preparation of associated financial models and written reports, which can be complex and quantitative in nature.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Intellectually curious and have a deep desire to learn.
- Some experience with financial modeling and quantitative analysis.
- Strong verbal communication and writing skills.
- Experience in telecommunications/technology research.
- Experience with company modeling.
- Passion for following the stock market.
- MS Word and MS Excel expert.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience (business, economics or accounting degree preferred).
- 2+ years of experience in investment banking and/or research (equity or credit, sell-side or buy-side).
- Strong writing and spreadsheet skills.
- Strong understanding of finance, accounting, economics, macroeconomic factors, regulatory and emerging technology trends.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Strong work ethic.