Associate Analyst- Consumer Team
Janus Henderson is an investment management firm headquartered in London and listed on the New York and Australian stock exchanges. We have over 200 investment professionals, around 70 of whom are based in Denver. We have investment offices in Denver, San Francisco, Chicago, Milwaukee, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney and Melbourne.
Janus Henderson is searching for creative, intellectually curious individuals to join our Equity Research team in the Equity Research Associate role. We want original thinkers willing to engage with people on complex topics. We want open-minded people who will improve our diversity of thought. We want independent operators who are not afraid to ask for help when they need it.
Equity Research Associates work under the general direction of Equity Research Analysts.
The position directly supports the analysts’ investment research process. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to: the development and maintenance of financial models, survey construction/results interpretation, regulatory filing/conference call reviews, and other company / industry specific research and due diligence. The role may require a limited amount of travel.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conducts research and analysis to help evaluate investment opportunities.
- Creates and maintains a variety of excel based financial models (company, industry/sector, macro).
- Collects industry and company data through a variety of channels, including sell-side research firms, internal and external databases, trade publications, web scraping, and other online sources.
- Reviews and organizes data, synthesizes information, and helps identify and analyze trends.
- Creates and maintains various surveys and checks with industry participants.
- Independently exercises discretion in expanding assigned projects to enhance the stock selection process.
- Applicant must be an engaging, highly ambitious self-starter.
- Participates in the sector team weekly meeting, company management meetings and general investment team meetings. Applicant must have the desire to dialogue directly with senior executives of publicly traded companies.
Other Functions
Additional duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities
- None
Technical Skills and Qualifications
- Four-year degree in finance, economics, accounting, computer science, engineering or related field required.
- Strong modeling skills required, with demonstrated proficiency in building and maintaining financial models to forecast future revenue, earnings and cash flows.
- Advanced computer skills. MS Excel experience required.
- Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, creativity, and analytical skills in areas of high complexity and uncertainty.
- Multitasking and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and organize multiple projects in a dynamic environment.
- Ability to analyze financial data with the ability to accumulate, organize and assimilate large amounts of information.
- Strong interpersonal and investigative skills, including the ability to probe for detail.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to work and make decisions independently.
- Ability to collaborate and develop relationships to enable effective completion of business objectives.
- Bloomberg and/or FactSet experience a plus.
- Must demonstrate a strong interest in the markets and investing.
- Prior consumer company experience a plus.
- CFA certification or progress toward CFA certification a plus.
Ongoing competence in the role to be assessed by:
- Annual performance appraisal.
- Completion of all assigned compliance training.
Working Environment/Physical Activities
- Overtime may be required on short notice and may include evening, weekend, holiday hours.
- Typical office environment with telephone, desktop computer, copier.
- Occasional travel possible.