Axience - Vice President/Assistant Vice President - Financial Research (10-15 yrs)

About the Company:

Axience is a professional business services firm, established with a credo of delivering "Integrated Bespoke Solutions" for our clients. We provide high quality bespoke and boutique style financial and business research services and have established ourselves as a well-regarded research firm delivering value-added and complex work to a strong client base, through a highly capable analyst and management team.

Our main office is located in Mumbai (India), along with small capabilities in Dubai (UAE) and Cluj Napoca (Romania).

Our Financial Research Team:

- The team supports reputable clients in the financial services industry including private equity and debt funds, investment banks, asset managers and family offices, among others.

- Our clients are spread across Europe, the US and the Middle East.

- As part of a team working on a variety of long-term and short-term engagements for global financial services firms / investors, you will gain extensive exposure to truly global professional standards.

Position: VP / SVP- Financial Research

- A VP / SVP at Axience is hired typically from peer groups or related backgrounds, with one of the key attributes being experience and expertise in areas such as equity/credit analysis - public or private, financial modelling, valuations and investment report writing.

Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

Work on projects such as:

- Supporting private equity clients in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities; similarly, working with investment banking / corporate advisory clients in pitching investment ideas.

- Supporting sell / buy side equity research clients in initiating coverage, annual/quarterly maintenance of models and reports, sector studies and various thematic reports.

- Work hands-on on complex projects requiring high levels of financial research expertise, as well as guide and supervise analysts.

- Manage projects end-to-end from scoping and execution to keeping internal stakeholders updated and communicating directly with the client.

- Assist in proposal preparation, work allocation among analyst team, work review and finalization of deliverables.

- Train, mentor and monitor junior analysts.

Academic and professional background:

- 8+ years of relevant experience for VP and 10+ years for SVP; prior experience of working in KPOs / captive offshore units of international investment banks / brokerage houses will be given preference.

Experience in one or more of the following:

- Sell / buy side equity or credit research with highly developed financial modelling and report writing skills.

- M&A analysis (for private equity, corporate finance advisory / investment banking clients) - company and industry analysis, pitch book / IM / IC memos, financial modelling, valuations.

- MBA from top tier colleges with a strong academic record; CFA highly preferred.

Required skills:

- Exceptional oral and written communication skills (English).

- Quantitative analytical skills.

- Ability to balance hands-on and hands-off approach.

- Should be proactive in prioritizing and organizing tasks to meet deadlines while working on multiple projects.

- Superior analytical, interpersonal skills and ability to dig deeper into problems and suggest solutions.

- Ability to work on unstructured situations and projects.

Other Requirements: Only Mumbai based candidates or those that are willing to relocate will be considered.