Associate Equity Research - Commercial Real Estate

Citizens Financial Group•New York, NY

2d•$110,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Citizens' equity research department covers 400+ public companies and provides institutional clients with comprehensive industry knowledge, unique insight and actionable information. Our senior research analysts are charged with developing proprietary investment themes, anticipating secular and cyclical changes and producing action-oriented reports. Citizens follows companies in seven broad growth industries: Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, Consumer, Industrial , Digital Infrastructure and Real Estate—and produces specialized equity research that enables investors to understand and invest in complicated growth stocks profitably. We are seeking an Associate to join its Real Estate Group in New York. The Research Associate will be involved in all facets of research activities and will play an integral role supporting the coverage of more than 25 publicly traded real estate related companies, communicating with public investors, presenting to the salesforce and interacting with company executives, venture capital firms and private equity firms. The specific responsibilities of the Associate include, but are not limited to, writing research reports, financial analysis and modeling, conducting industry and company-specific research, coordinating the various processes involved in generating actionable, proprietary research. As part of their responsibilities, the associate will be expected to study for and pass the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam as well as the Series 86 and Series 87 exams.

Requirements

1-2 years of financial or real estate industry experience preferred
Live in, or ability to relocate to, New York
A passion for the stock market and real estate industry
Basic understanding of accounting and finance
Bachelor's degree along with outstanding academic achievement, preferably in fields of Business or Economics
High level of proficiency with Excel
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong leadership and team working skills
Superior work ethic

Responsibilities

Create and maintain financial models
Perform financial analysis and due diligence on the covered companies and broader real estate industry
Write company specific and thematic investment-driven research reports
Conduct research from the primary literature, proprietary databases, tailored industry surveys
Attend meetings with management teams and investor conferences
Analyze and update investment themes and ideas
Respond to requests from institutional sales force and from clients