# Associate - Australian Equity Research

**Company**: RBC
**Location**: Sydney
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

RBC is growing in Australia and is looking for a candidate to add to the Australian Equity Research team based in Sydney or Melbourne.

The Associate role primarily provides research support to Lead Analysts, covering Australian companies operating across the Global Industrials sectors.

**Responsibilities**

- Understand what companies under coverage do, how they do it, and the market environment in which they operate.

- Build and update company financial models in Microsoft Excel.

- Understand how the company’s profit and loss, balance sheet and cashflow statements interrelate and be able to build and link the core items of these financial statements in Microsoft Excel.

- Update historical company financials from available public data sources.

- Understand the key drivers of a company’s earnings profile and be able to forecast future earnings estimates.

- Value a company using different valuation methods e.g. DCF valuation methodology, comparable company and multiples analysis.

- Generate high-quality research reports and presentations.

- Build and maintain databases of key industry data points.

- Support the Lead Analyst to promptly respond to institutional client queries.

- Identify key operational and earnings risks of companies under research coverage.

- Establish key industry contacts to assist in forming a comprehensive view of the company and the operating environment.

**Requirements**

- Strong interest in equity markets and finance.

- Willingness to learn and analyse industry sectors and companies.

- Undergraduate degree with a focus on Business, Commerce, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or similar field.

- Minimum 2-3 years’ full-time work experience, preferably in an equity research role or corporate finance role at a bank, stockbroking firm, investment fund or accounting firm.

- Excellent writing and communications skills with the ability to interact with the CEO, CFO and IR personnel of the companies under coverage.

- High attention to detail and accuracy.

- Strong skills across Microsoft Office applications – primarily Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

- Ability to source data and concisely summarise information from multiple sources.

- Ability to work independently and under pressure in a high-paced environment.

- Flexibility to travel when required.

**Nice-to-have**

- CFA qualification.

- An accounting qualification.

- Relevant post-grad qualification.

- Work experience in industrial companies and/or sectors.

- FactSet or Bloomberg experience.

**Benefits**

- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program with competitive compensation, bonuses and stock where applicable.

- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.

- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and high-performing team.

- Access to a variety of job opportunities across businesses and geographies as you develop over time.

## Skills

### Required
- Accounting
- Communication
- Detail-Oriented
- Economic Analysis
- Finance
- Financial Instruments
- Financial Markets
- Personal Initiative
- Researching
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office

### Nice to have
- CFA
- Post-grad qualification
- FactSet
- Bloomberg

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