Analyst/Associate - Equity Research, Restaurants

Job Description:

The Restaurants team at BofA Research is responsible for covering approximately 24 listed companies across the restaurant and foodservice distributors sectors. In addition to coverage of publicly traded companies, the team regularly vets a number of private companies for potential IPOs. The candidate for the position should be highly analytical, intellectually curious, and have a deep desire to learn. Given the team’s heavy vetting load and fast pace nature of the restaurant industry, the candidate should also have relevant experience with financial modeling and quantitative analysis. The candidate should possess strong verbal communication and writing skills. The ideal candidate possesses experience in sell-side research, investment banking, or roles that require complex data analysis and statistical modeling.

Responsibilities

Perform complex financial modeling & valuation work

Develop and analyze databases integral to our research product

Seek out new, unusual sources of information

Respond to client inquiries in a timely and effective fashion

Write regular industry and company reports and company launch initiations from scratch

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

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience

Min 1 year of experience focusing in equity research, wholesale credit, buy side experience or investment banking experience

Must have strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task

Strong writing and modeling skills. Must be an expert at MS Word and MS Excel

Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced and intense environment.

Must have excellent communications skills, written and verbal

Must enjoy following the stock market and doing desktop and field research

Along with Finance and Accounting, should have basic understanding of economics, macroeconomic factors, international affairs, and policy/politics

Must work well in a collaborative team environment

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40