Analyst/ Associate

About the Role

The North American Metals & Mining Equity Research team at Bank of America covers a range of metals and mining companies listed on U.S. and Canadian exchanges. The coverage scope includes critical and energy minerals, precious metals, industrial metals, and steel. While the focus is on North American companies, the role requires developing knowledge of foreign jurisdictions and extensive coordination with global colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform complex financial modeling & valuation work.
• Write regular industry and company reports and launch company initiations from scratch.
• Develop and maintain databases integral to the research product.
• Demonstrate strong industry knowledge and business judgment.
• Work with Senior Analysts 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, unusual sources of information.
• Leverage the robust network of industry contacts.
• Interact regularly with clients.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s Degree (preference toward MBAs)
• CFA designation or working toward one is an asset.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in accounting, buy/sell side research, banking, or the metals & mining industry is preferred.
• Must have strong financial modeling skills.
• Experience with Bloomberg and/or Factset tools is a distinct positive.
• Majors and areas of academic excellence must include Accounting, Finance or Engineering.
• Strong writing and spreadsheet skills.
• Must be an expert at MS Word and MS Excel.
• Must enjoy working in industry databases and websites, and doing desktop and field research.
• Should have a basic understanding of economics, macroeconomic factors, international affairs, and policy/politics, along with Finance and Accounting.
• Must have excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Must have strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
• Must work well in a collaborative team environment.
• Must have the ability to perform in a fast-paced and sometimes intense environment.

Shift: 1st shift

Hours Per Week: 40