Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Conducting equity research on Japanese companies, including reading and interpreting Japanese financial documents
- Investing and trading in publicly listed equities and relevant derivatives, with a focus on the Japan Hardware/ TMT/ Industrials
- Communicating with industry and sell-side contacts
- Building and maintaining detailed models from scratch
- Supporting in financial statement analysis, cashflows, balance sheets, and maintaining consensus models
- Producing write-ups on strong conviction investment ideas
- Developing relationships with management teams (including Japanese-speaking management teams) within coverage universe
REQUIREMENTS
- Proficiency in Japanese is required to read and interpret Japanese financial documents, as well as to communicate fluently with Japanese-speaking corporate access professionals and management teams.
- Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent in Business, Business administration, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering or similar from a reputable university
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in an equity research role covering the publicly listed companies in the buyside
- Minimum 3 years of experience in the publicly listed equities space across the Japan Hardware/ TMT/ Industrials sector