Equity Research Analyst: Buy Side

As a specialist investment industry recruitment firm, EFR almost always have one or more Equity Research Analyst vacancy available at any given time. Seeing that the role of an Equity Research Analyst is very similar across investment firms and normally only differs with respect to seniority, geographic focus and Employment Equity, this job description serves to cover all currently available Equity Research Analyst vacancies.

Main Objective

The main objective of an Equity Research Analyst is to analyse all available financial information pertaining to a company in order to determine whether the current share price of that company is fair and presenting the research, with recommendations, to the rest of the investment team.

Key Job Functions

• In-depth financial statement analysis using various types of analysis techniques and formulae;
• Building complex financial models;
• Preparing research reports and pres...