About Copal Partners

Copal Partners, a Moody’s company, is widely regarded as a leading outsourced-research and consultancy provider to financial institutions and corporations worldwide. With approximately 1,700 employees situated across the world’s major commercial centers, the Company is ideally positioned to service the requirements of over 40 bulge bracket clients, including several global investment banks, billion dollar funds, major consulting firms, and Fortune 500 corporations.

The Black Book of Outsourcing 2008 ranked Copal as the #1 company for outsourced Investment Research and Analytics.


Opportunity

Copal Partners, Beijing/Shanghai offers a challenging and dynamic workplace where teamwork and passion for learning are emphasized. Successful candidates must be highly motivated, have willingness to take ownership of his/her work, and be prepared to excel in an intense, high-pressure environment.

This opportunity is ideal for an equity research / strategy consulting professional who has 3+ years of experience and is interested in working with top tier investment banking clients  


Responsibilities

-Supporting the equity research arm of a global investment bank client to develop insightful understanding of investment target and its industry, including critical industry or market analyses, competitive benchmarking, opportunity assessments, and risk identification through in-depth primary and secondary research
- Building detailed financial models for companies under coverage
- Creating equity research notes and presentations that include analysis of economic and business cycles, industry value chain, market size, market segments, market shares, market drivers, market trends, products and services
- Meeting with the management of companies under coverage, attending quarterly results conference calls, issuing quarterly result update reports, tracking company and sector developments and initiating coverage on uncovered stocks
- Performing financial analyses including financial statement analysis and valuation using various techniques including DCF, SOTP, residual value and multiples approach
- Discussing results and analysis with buy side clients as well as answering any queries they might have
- Coordinating with client sales team on client pitches and relationship maintenance

Qualifications

- Native Chinese with strong command over English
- Prior 1+ years of experience in equity research or investment banking in China or abroad with a focus on Asia Pacific; have a good understanding of Chinese market
- At least one year experience with a focus on and a deep understanding of financial services sector
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Solid report writing and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under time-sensitive environment
- Be able to take responsibility
- Excellent written and verbal English
- Experienced in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
- Financial modeling
- Excellent academic track record

To apply please send your CV and cover letter (Chinese and English) to:
rui_liu@copalpartners.net  with the subject heading “Recruitment – Equity Research - Your Name”

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