CIB – Markets – Research Analyst, Equity Strategy & ESG – Analyst/Associate

Job Description

CIB Research

One of the world’s most highly respected advisory franchises, J.P. Morgan’s fundamental and quantitative research has earned top rankings in surveys by Institutional Investor, including the #1 ranking for global research in 2018, for the third year in a row. We provide thoughtful and differentiated fundamental analyses on sectors and companies, actionable ideas and thematic insights that empower our clients to make well-informed investment and strategic decisions.

CIB Markets

J.P. Morgan’s global Markets business is comprised of the world’s leading securities and derivatives sales, trading and research groups. Our professionals are at the center of the world’s financial markets, providing liquidity, insights and analytics, competitive pricing across the full spectrum of asset classes – all focused on helping clients outperform their benchmarks.

Our clients are the world’s largest public and private institutional investors including: asset managers, financial institutions, public and private pension funds, governments, hedge funds, insurance companies, corporates and more. We offer clients a full suite of services to meet their specific needs from award-winning research and sales ideas, analytics, trade execution, to post-trade services like clearing and settlement. J.P. Morgan Markets is the firm’s institutional portal, providing direct electronic access to these products and services.

J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank

J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets and investor services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries.

As an Analyst in Equity Research, you may help 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, modelling financial statements and industry dynamics, performing detailed valuation work, writing research notes and sector pieces, and speaking to internal/external clients and management teams about the stocks/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/communication skills, as well as modelling, forecasting, and valuation experience.

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:

• A passion for markets and in particular equities, where you will be focused on two vital areas of analysis – Equity Strategy and ESG
• In your role supporting the lead Equity Strategist, you will undertake in-depth analysis across a range of different market areas, including fund manager positioning, style investing, drawing local inferences from our world-leading global team of cross-asset strategists and working on a range of requests for our clients
• In the role supporting the lead ESG analyst, you will proactively engage with a wide range of market participants to deepen our relationships in this critical area. In addition, you will undertake detailed analysis of the three pillars of ESG, with a strong focus on integrating our bottom-up sector analysis with a top-down strategic view
• Experience in research, investment banking or another analytical and demanding role
• Advanced level of proficiency in Excel
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• A CFA, or progress toward a CFA, is a plus

J.P. Morgan is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We are proud to achieve Bronze Employer status in the 2019 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI). If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.