Insurance Equity Research Analyst. The Analyst has a good knowledge of the Insurance sector. Modelling skills and strategic thinking a pre-requisite. Requires commercial awareness. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables.
Responsibilities:
1. The Vice President-level Analyst will have primary responsibility of a group of stocks in the sectors described above
2. Responsibilities include: building financial models, writing research reports, conducting macroeconomic analysis on the global energy industry, communicating our team's ideas to institutional investors, conducting due diligence and working with Citi's product team to identify trends in the space.
3. Self-starter; used to working in a team environment and who has the ambition to progress his/her career within equity research
4. Conduct analysis
5. Make Investment Recommendations
6. Interact with Institutional Clients
7. Arrange company visits and regular management contact for investing clients and due diligence purposes
8. Attend industry conferences and speak to industry contacts
9. Track company events and earnings
10. Develop financial models and valuation techniques
11. Establish yourself as an expert
12. Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Qualifications:
13. Deep knowledge of the European/ UK insurance sector
14. Distill research into an investable thesis and write report/note
15. Market ideas to internal constituents and clients via phone calls and client marketing trips
16. Help facilitate direct corporate access for investors
17. Provide independent (regulatory controlled)
18. Secure and maintain applicable licenses.
Education:
19. Bachelor’s/University degree
20. CFA /ACA or FIA preferred
Candidates applying for this role must be aware that it is a Certified Role, subject to the FCA and PRA Certification Regime.
The Certification Regime is one element of the Individual Accountability Regime which came into effect on 7 March 2016.
Under the Certification Regime, Citi UK regulated entities (Citi entities) must ensure that employees working in certain roles categorised as specified significant harm functions (Certified Roles) are assessed as fit and proper to carry out their role.
Under the guidance provided by the FCA and PRA, firms should have regard to the following when assessing fitness and propriety:
21. Honesty, integrity and reputation
22. Financial soundness
23. Competence and capability
In order to comply with the requirements of the Certification Regime, Citi entities must take reasonable care to ensure that an employee does not perform a Certified Role without first being certified as Fit and Proper. For this reason, you will be assessed for this role against the Fit and Proper requirements, as described above.
This assessment will be carried out through extensive interviews, self-disclosures, permitted criminal record checks, regulated reference checks, credit checks and other background screening checks.
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Job Family Group:
Research
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Job Family:
Research Analysis
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Time Type:
Full time
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