Assistant Vice President - Equity Research Analyst - Infrastructure - Mumbai

About Citi Research

Citi is a respected global leader in Investment Research and Analysis, with more than 300 analysts who follow more than 3,200 companies in dozens of industry groups and with securities trading in over 50 countries. We publish thousands of research reports annually on subjects ranging from promising new biotechnology discoveries to the dynamics of paper pricing in the global marketplace. Citi’s equities business is one of the largest and most established, both regionally and globally. Our clients include the world’s leading institutional investors and high net worth individuals and we provide these clients with value-added, independent, insightful and actionable investment advice.

Role Outline/Job Summary

The Global Research Center (GRC) of Citi Research in Mumbai is a full research office working with Equities Research, Fixed Income Research, Commodities Research, Rates and Structured Products Research and Equity Quant Research. It also handles various critical functions such as Supervisory Analyst, Research Distribution, Modeling and Risk Management.

The successful candidate will join the Citi Research’s Global Research Center in Mumbai and will work directly with Citi’s Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) Infrastructure team. The role will focus on the coverage of companies in the broad infrastructure sector (shipping, ports and toll roads sector). The work will involve commercial and financial analysis of company performance, maintaining industry databases and financial modelling, and valuations.

Roles & Responsibilities

The Analyst will work closely with MENA Industrials team. The responsibilities include:

• building financial models, writing research reports, conducting macroeconomic analysis on the stock / industry, communicating the team's ideas to institutional investors, conducting due diligence and working with Citi's product team to identify trends in the space.
• Maintenance of quarterly preview sheets for key products to include volume, pricing and currency effects on sales.
• Primary task would be keep company models updated for catalysts, news flow, pipeline estimates etc. Assist in background research on individual company products, including building and analyzing market models for key pipeline assets.
• Contribution to thematic sector research pieces as needed using secondary research.
• Self-starter; used to working in a team environment and who has the ambition to progress his/her career within equity research
• Make Investment Recommendations
• Interact with Institutional Clients
• Arrange company visits and regular management contact for investing clients and due diligence purposes
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Skills

• Strong financial modeling skills, including full company modelling experience.
• Good data management and analysis skills and a high degree of comfort with Excel; should be comfortable in maintaining and updating existing models and databases.
• Strong interpersonal skills for dealing with overseas colleagues.
• Ability to work under pressure, with minimal supervision, and in a team environment.
• The ideal candidate will be highly detail-oriented and will possess strong organizational skills
• The candidate should be a pragmatic "self-starter"; who can work both independently if the analyst is traveling or as part of a team.

Experience

• Prior equity research experience of at least 10 years – exposure to Infrastructure sector
• preferably worked in supporting MENA market and M&A experience

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

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