Sankore Investments is a wealth management firm that provides advisory, brokerage, fund management and other investment services to a range of clients including individuals and corporations.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head of Research
Job Opening ID: 134
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Reports To: VP, Chief Investment Officer
Summary
- The Head, Research and Strategy is responsible for guiding the investment research function.
- Providing strategic direction into researching and analyzing broad macro-economic trends and financial markets from a global and local perspective with the aim to providing actionable to information for Investment decisions.
Primary Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this role will be broad and include:
- Provide overall strategic direction to the research associates and analysts
- Assist with providing relevant quantitative and qualitative research information to the Investment Committee.
- Build tactical model asset allocations.
- Analyze and produce periodic reports and updates on quoted and unquoted companies
- Maintain an extensive coverage list of companies and monitor of all developments on those companies.
- Review and interpret cash flow statements, income statements and balance sheets on publicly traded domestic and foreign companies.
- Calculate financial ratios and perform exchange rate calculations.
- Develop key industry themes and company due diligence working with research team.
- Provide fundamental research on industry and individual company and help generate timely and accurate investment recommendations.
- Develop financial models to accurately reflect companies’ overall performance and valuation to help make guide investment decisions.
- Supervise performance of respective company’s part of portfolio and provide timely updates on individual companies.
- Support research and periodical publication activities.
- Develop, update, and evaluate basic and advanced company valuation models.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze generic and specific company, industry, and market overviews.
- Track information from sell-side research sources and assist to build a database of consensus estimates at the macro and security level.
- Build our machine learning based fixed income analytical platform and research bouquet.
- Assist to publish research and retail friendly pieces for client consumption across several channels (email, newsletters, social media).
- Represent the firm in the media and at special client events.
- Provide advisory services to select HNI clients.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or Accounting, or other Business-related disciplines
- 7 years+ relevant work experience.
- A chartered member of CFA Level 1 (Minimum) is an added advantage.
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:
- Excellent use of investment analysis software, e.g., Capital IQ, Bloomberg, Infoware etc.
- Exposed to Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Financial Modeling, Performance Analytics, Risk Management, Portfolio Construction, Reporting, Performance Attribution, etc.
- Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
- Solid understanding of financial set-up, procedures, statistics, and economics.
- High level of emotional intelligence.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Possess good Industry Knowledge.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Client Orientation
- Excellent Problem-Solving Skills
- Possess strong attention to detail.
- Constructively helps and coaches’ others in their professional development.
- Driven & Goal Oriented. Exhibits a “can-do” approach and inspires others to excel.
- Develops and maintains team spirit.
- Establishes and maintains high standards and measures.
- Encourages and promotes high standards through example.
- Well Read and Excellent Business Writing
- Constructively helps and coaches’ others in their professional development.
- Exhibits a “can-do” approach and inspires others to excel.
- Develops and maintains team spirit.
- Encourages and promotes high standards through example.
- Considers excellence a fundamental priority and instills this attribute in other team members.
- Conscientiously assign performance goals, offer year-round performance feedback, and conduct timely performance discussions and reviews.
- Align people, work, and systems with the business strategy.
- Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with existing and new clients.
Compensation
Competitive and commensurate with experience.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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