Head of Consumer Equity Research. Global Research, Sydney, Australia

Job Description:

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The Team:

The Australian Equities Research Team focuses on producing high quality and insightful research on listed companies and industry sectors in the Australian region, as well as on global thematic trends impacting sectors under coverage. The team looks to build long-term relationships with, and provide research and analysis to, regional and global institutional investment firms, listed and unlisted companies and key industry players.

The Role: 

An opportunity exists for a highly talented professional to lead our Australian Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples Equity Research team.

You will have the opportunity to collaborate and work in deep partnership with our globally ranked, leading regional and global consumer research teams based in HK, London, and NYC.

The role will be responsible for producing highly differentiated thematic and strategic equity research and compelling tactical investment ideas to our highly sophisticated global and local client base. To deliver this, you will have access to world leading Consumer Research and support from the regional and global platform including highly ranked Economic and Macro Research.

To be successful, you will have a strategic mindset and developed commercial acumen with the technical skills to perform complex, forward-looking modeling, industry research and valuation projections; and the influencing and communication skills to present compelling and actionable investment theses to guide and advise sophisticated internal and external audiences.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Lead Analyst responsibility for the Bank’s Australian Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples coverage including production of highly differentiated thematic and company specific strategic equity research and compelling tactical investment ideas.
• Leadership, development, coaching, and mentoring of a team of analysts across various industry subsectors to develop an industry leading and well-ranked team.
• Development of complex, forward-looking modeling, industry research and valuation projections to drive differentiated and compelling research for our clients.
• Further deepen and expand strong relationships in the Australian Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples Sector with both companies’ investor relations, company management, other industry participants and institutional investors.
• Collaborate with domestic, regional, and global colleagues on research projects and add your distinctive and unique view to our collective knowledge and intellectual property to enhance the overall Research platform offering.
• Assess and manage risk in adherence to local and global regulations and firm policies to mitigate regulatory, operational, and reputational risk. Demonstrating ethics and integrity in alignment to the bank’s values and expectations on personal and team conduct.

Preferred Background, Qualifications and Skills:

• Relevant work experience preferably gained within banking, sell side equity research, buy side investment analysis or corporate experience that forms a strong foundational knowledge to excel in the role.
• Deep technical skills across company and industry analysis with the business acumen and strategic mindset to develop compelling research. With the ability to synthesize and incorporate wider context, drawing on colleagues’ expertise to create market leading Consumer research.
• Exceptional communication skills to influence and deliver differentiated and novel investment theses, guidance, and executable investment ideas to sophisticated local and global institutional investors.
• A demonstratable ability to lead a team and to be able to work collaboratively with others – both senior and junior colleagues (domestically and internationally).
• The capability of being a culture carrier for the Australian and Global Consumer team and the broader Australian Research team.
• Meticulous attention to detail, with the drive to deliver results and willingness to take responsibility for the outcomes are essential for the role.
• Highly motivated, proactive, curious and a high level of enthusiasm for equity research.