Director, Insurance & Diversified Financials Equity Research, Global Research, Sydney, Australia

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for analyzing a private or public organization's capital structure and evaluating investment and credit risk. Key responsibilities include monitoring capital markets and/or individual companies' business position, providing data-driven insights regarding the future performance of the company's securities or capital markets, and communicating recommendations to institutional clients. Job expectations include having extensive industry knowledge and providing judgment based on research findings to team members.

Responsibilities:

• Leverages insights gathered from research to provide recommendations on the purchase, sale, or holding of securities to institutional clients
• Collects information related to the prices, sales, government programs, and market trends, develops sales strategies accordingly, and communicates recommendations on the purchase, sale, or holding of the company's securities to clients
• Analyzes the organization's capital structure and prepares reports and presentations for institutional clients and industry groups to communicate future performance of the company's securities or capital markets
• Creates notes and reports on economics, markets, and/or industries, while researching sector trends that may impact company recommendations
• Develops and maintains databases and indicators for critical research products, while producing collaborative reports with analysis findings

Managerial Responsibilities:
This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
• Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions.
• Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues.
• People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance.
• Financial Steward: Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions.
• Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization.
• Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating team work.

Skills:

• Client Management
• Financial Forecasting and Modeling
• Relationship Building
• Research Analysis
• Technical Documentation
• Business Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Trading and Investment Analysis
• Causation Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Profitability Analysis
• Research
• Written Communications

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience