Investment Analyst - Public Markets

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Company Overview

Prescient Capital is an India focused, public market investment firm that aims to generate attractive absolute risk adjusted return over the long term by investing only in high quality listed companies run by honest and competent management teams at valuations that offer significant margin of safety. We follow a rigorous research and due diligence process to evaluate business and management quality and then patiently wait to invest in high quality companies at attractive valuations that lowers risk of not only permanent capital loss but also subpar returns.

Role and responsibilities

• The analyst will be part of a small team involved in finding and evaluating public market opportunities.
• Run top-down filters on market data to screen for prospective opportunities.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of financial statements and company filings such as annual reports, quarterly results and earnings call transcripts.
• Conduct secondary research on various industries and evaluate the competitive landscape for prospective opportunities.
• Conduct primary research and due diligence on prospective opportunities.
• Conduct valuation exercise using methods such as relative valuation.
• Help the firm in its Business Development, communication and other digital marketing reach out.
• Flexible and excited about taking on new work opportunities.

Desired skills and experience

• Min 3 years of experience in consulting, investment banking or equity research.
• Strong understanding of reported metrics in financial statements.
• Experience in company evaluation and financial modelling.
• Strong research and analytical abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication. Interest in creating engaging content on investing ideas, strategy, etc will be a plus. The job will require helping the Partners in conducting webinars and presentations.
• Ability to ramp up quickly and work effectively and independently in a startup environment.