Research Sales Associate

As a Research Sales Associate, you will:

• Acquire expertise in multiple equity industries while working with our leading global research product, senior sales people, and best-in-class trade execution teams.
• Interact directly with key investment decision makers at institutional clients including mutual funds, hedge funds, and advisors managing pensions and endowments.
• Have a high level of responsibility and be empowered to make an important contribution to a sales group organised around geography and investment mandate.

We make a strong commitment to Associate development across the firm, and give you opportunities to gain visibility and incremental responsibility. While our culture is intellectually rigorous, it is also very collegial and fun - Associates participate in a range of activities including philanthropy, development and leadership programmes, social events, mentoring and annual on- and off-sites.

Qualifications

Our Research Sales Associates typically possess:

• A first-class or 2:1 degree (or equivalent) from a top university globally
• A minium of one year of professional experience
• Meticulous attention to detail within a quantitative environment
• Stellar intellectual and academic credentials including excellent analytical skills
• Relentless intellectual curiosity and a drive to excel at the highest level
• Extracurricular activities and leadership
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills
• Client service experience within a professional client-facing environment
• ACA or Advanced degree in accounting or finance can be helpful but is not essential
• Additional languages are helpful

Company Description

Bernstein is widely recognized as Wall Street's premier sell-side research and brokerage firm, with a global equity trading platform that spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Our firm was founded in the U.S. in 1967 and in the U.K. in 1999. Our research and trading capabilities are sought out by leading investment managers around the world, and we are annually ranked at the top of our industry by acknowledged arbiters. In independent surveys of major institutional clients, Bernstein's research is ranked #1 for overall quality, industry knowledge, most trusted, best detailed financial analysis, major company studies, most useful valuation frameworks and best original research. In Institutional Investor's latest annual client survey, the leading survey by which research analysts in our industry are evaluated, over 90% of our U.S. analysts and the majority of our European Analysts were recognized as among the best in their respective fields - more than any other firm in our industry. We began operations in Hong Kong in 2010 and Mumbai in 2018, and now cover a range of sectors across Asia.

In April 2019 we acquired Autonomous Research, a highly regarded global financial services independent research firm. The combination of Bernstein and Autonomous solidifies our standing as the largest global independent research firm, and further positions us as the preeminent provider of the highest-quality independent research to our clients worldwide.

Research has always been Bernstein's calling card. The brand is defined by our renowned Blackbooks, known for their unbiased, in-depth company and industry forecasts. We have a community of Research Analysts who are acknowledged thought leaders that typically have many years of experience in the industries they cover. Our reputation is for the very highest caliber of independent and disciplined investment and industry analysis. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of our buy-side parent, AB.