Bloomberg Intelligence Associate Analyst - APAC Diversified Financials
Location
Hong Kong
Business Area
Research
Ref #
10046728
Description & Requirements
Bloomberg Intelligence provides comprehensive views on markets, themes, sectors, industries and companies, and combined with the power of the Bloomberg Professional® service, offers our customers unsurpassed depth and breadth of analysis. Bloomberg Intelligence also offers valuable written analysis, data, and interactive charting and functions from a team of independent experts, giving investment and corporate professionals deep insights. Research that generates creative investment ideas and simplifies strategic and financing decisions - that's intelligence our clients can count on.
We're looking for a BI Associate Analyst, Diversified Financials (Investment Banking, Brokers and Exchanges), to join this expanding team. You would be part of this expanding team and responsible for supporting the Financials team in Asia. The Associate Analyst on the team will focus significantly on supporting the franchise with the generation of industry insights and how they impact companies related to the sector. You will also be responsible for the development and maintenance of robust financial models to showcase resulting analyses. The analysis will be based on company financial data, industry leading data, Bloomberg's data sets, financial models as well as issuer calls and announcements.
We'll trust you to: - Actively contribute to the team's daily research activities (i.e. data aggregation, financial modeling, written research, idea generation)
- Monitor and interpret major company developments and identify macro themes and trends affecting industries
- Manage significant data analysis and modeling responsibilities; synthesize the results, draw conclusions and develop concise narratives that communicate the story behind the data
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal departments throughout Bloomberg as well as external company, industry and data professionals; participate in department-wide special projects
- Work with other data and core business groups to help develop and enhance content and functionality across the terminal
- Interact with clients via our online messaging systems or join our analysts on client meetings as appropriate
- Review submitted research for adherence to global quality standards
You'll need to have: - Graduated with a Bachelor's degree, preferably with a focus or concentration in Finance or related degree
- 1-3 years of financial market research or industry specific subject matter experience, with demonstrable research and analytical skills
- Proficient industry knowledge of the APAC Financials sectors in Asia, particularly on mainland China.
- A deep understanding of advanced concepts, practices and procedures of finance/accounting and valuation
- Solid experience performing quantitative financial analysis, with knowledge of companies, industries, financial statement analysis & modeling
- The ability to spot anomalies in financial data, think critically about what the data is telling you and identify when something doesn't align or makes sense
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with experience managing large datasets and models
- High level of curiosity and attention to detail
- Strong organization skills and capable of handling multiple projects; an ability to meet deadlines, logically tackle problems and set priorities
- Fluency in both written and spoken business-level English and Mandarin
- A commitment to enhancing and developing products
We'd love to see: - CFA, Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, MBA, or related discipline
- Solid understanding of Financial Macro Development and knowledge of Python, SQL or VBA
- Previous work experience with the Bloomberg Terminal. Let us know what your favorite functions are!
If this sounds like you: Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at this:
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