Equity Research Science Associate

1 week ago


New York, New York, United States UBS Full time
United States
  • New York
  • Research
  • Investment Bank

Job Reference #

BR

City

  • New York

Job Type

  • Full Time

Your roleWe're looking for someone like that who can:

  • learn to build and maintain financial models to evaluate historical information and generate projections
- use social science frameworks and industry knowledge to arrive at understandable investment opinions
- remain current on market developments to help frame investment strategies- come to an informed view under a tight deadline
- test hypotheses about companies, their customers, and their competitors
- clearly communicate investment recommendations based on all of that work (via both verbal presentations and in written reports)
- help to educate colleagues about replicable statistical computing workflows and habits

Your team

  • Your team
  • You will be part of a small equity research franchise within a large, globally distributed investment bank research department. Your role will be to analyze and discuss the prospects and operations of publicly traded companies. We help our clients identify and access the investments that match their specific objectives. As an equity research associate with deep expertise in the empirical social sciences, you will have skills that are nontraditional in this environment. You will be a pioneer, helping to establish the next frontier of sellside equity research.

Your expertise

  • Ideally 35 years' experience designing and executing hypothesisdriven empirical research projects (research experience gained while earning a degree counts).
  • Experience conducting research to inform business decisions would be a major plus.
  • PhD in an empirical social science like economics, sociology, political science, demography, population health, public policy, education, or related field. (Masters' degree holders can also be competitive, with sufficient experience).
  • Significant experience or formal training in statistical computing, and an ability to work in MS Excel. (Experience in Python would be a major plus).
  • Intellectual curiosity, excellent communication skills, and ability to stay organized and work independently on multiple projects under extremely intense time pressure.
  • Teaching experience would be a plus
  • Interest in equity (or stock) markets
  • LI-GB
  • EFC-UBS

About us

  • UBS is the world's largest and only truly global wealth manager.

We operate through four business divisions:
Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

  • With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

Salary information

Join us

  • At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like parttime, jobsharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purposeled culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.
  • From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we're more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

  • UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.


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