About Axience
- Axience is a professional business services firm, established with a credo of delivering Integrated Bespoke Solutions for our clients
- We provide high quality bespoke and boutique-style financial and business research services and have established ourselves as a well-regarded research firm with a strong clientele, board and management team
- Our main offices are located in Mumbai (India) with small capabilities in Dubai (UAE) and Cluj Napoca (Romania) with extended sales and execution capabilities
Financial Research
- Under our Financial Research vertical, we support reputable clients in the financial services industry including variety of buy-side and sell-side clients
- The scope of projects ranges from investment research (buy and sell-side equity / credit data, research and analysis) to corporate finance (pitch books, information memos, financial models and other deal / transactions related support work), investment opportunity analysis (market / competition landscape research, deal / transaction summaries, investment committee notes, etc) and various forms of investment analytics and reporting / dashboards / benchmarking
- Our business is a mix of ongoing dedicated analyst relationships and ad-hoc value-added projects. This mix allows our staff to have arguably better learning and growth opportunities than our peers
Associate Vice President / Vice President - Financial Research
Associate Vice President / Vice President at Axience is hired typically from peer groups or related backgrounds, with one of the key attributes being experience and expertise in areas such as equity / credit analysis public or private, financial modelling, valuations and investment report writing. Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):
Work on projects such as:
oSupporting private equity clients in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities; similarly, working with investment banking / corporate advisory clients in pitching investment ideas
oSupporting sell / buy side equity research clients in initiating coverage, annual / quarterly maintenance of models and reports, sector studies and various thematic reports
oWork hands-on on complex projects requiring high levels of financial research expertise, as well as guide and supervise analysts
- Manage projects end-to-end from scoping and execution to keeping internal stakeholders updated and communicating directly with the client
- Assist in proposal preparation, work allocation among analyst team, work review and finalization of deliverables
- Train, mentor and monitor junior analysts
Required skillsets
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills (English)
- Quantitative analytical skills
- Ability to balance hands-on and hands-off approach
- Should be proactive in prioritizing and organizing tasks to meet deadlines while working on multiple projects
- Superior analytical, interpersonal skills and ability to dig deeper into problems and suggest solutions
- Ability to work on unstructured situations and projects
Required Background
- 5+ years of relevant experience for AVP and 8+ years for VP
- Prior experience of working in KPOs / captive offshore units of international investment banks / brokerage houses will be given preference
- Experience in one or more of the following
- Sell / buy side equity or credit research with highly developed financial modelling and report writing skills
- M&A analysis (for private equity, corporate finance advisory / investment banking clients) company and industry analysis, pitch book / IM / IC memos, financial modelling, valuations
- MBA from top tier colleges with a strong academic record (top 10% in class); CFA highly preferred
Contact
If you have the qualification, experience, and passion for the role mentioned above, please send your CV and Cover Letter to [Confidential Information]
Other Requirements
- Only Mumbai based candidates or those that are willing to relocate will be considered
- Willing to Work form Office 5 days a week
- Strong Academic grades and International travel experience is preferred
