Job Description

Global Investment Research Division, Research Business Associate

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Bangalore, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

Divisional Overview:

Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research division (GIR) delivers value-added research to clients in the equity, fixed income, currency and commodities markets. Goldman Sachs develops global client focused research in economics, portfolio strategy, derivatives and equity and credit securities. Our clients use these insights and investment ideas to develop their strategies. GIR produces original, fundamental research and analysis of industries, companies and economies. Our research teams continually identify and analyze financial information, strategic issues and trends that affect companies, industries and markets on a regional and global scale.

Role overview:

The role of a research business associate based in Bangalore is to work closely with global teams in

producing cutting edge research. They are aligned to a specific geography and sector and will be

involved in compiling, summarizing, and analyzing market based data and writing research reports.

Job Responsibilities:

•  Build & maintain basic models (for both covered and not covered companies)
• Market share, macro trend, and cross company and sub sector data analysis
•  Company specific projects
• Statistical analysis of economic data, fundamentals, and relevant correlations of data
• Listen to and produce briefing notes on comparative companies’ conference calls not

  covered by the team

• Update monthly reports, marketing book, and weekly shells
•  Update and maintain daily valuation sheets
•  Check through annual reports for discrepancies/additional data
•  Assist in writing research report

Basic Qualifications:

 Master’s degree in finance, economics , accounting or related field

Looking for candidates with 4+ years of experience

Those who have worked in buy side/sell side research

 Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

 Strong analytical skills

 Excellent understanding of Microsoft Office products, tools and utilities for business use.

 

 Preferred Qualifications:

 Candidate must be proactive, enthusiastic and team oriented

Ability to prioritize and make decisions in a fast-paced environment

 Accuracy and attention to detail

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