Equities Analyst (Japan Equities Coverage)

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global, multi-strategy investment Firm with over $32 billion in assets under management. We are a diversified business, with global breadth and depth. Our Firm has a clear mission: To consistently deliver uncorrelated returns in all market environments. Today, BAM employs more than 160 portfolio managers and1,200 investment professionals across 19 offices in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. We are active across six investing strategies: Equities Long/Short, Equities Arbitrage, Macro, Commodities, Systematic, and Growth Equity. We also have a dedicated private investment team, BAM Elevate, and a standalone equities unit, Corbets Capital.

Job description

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 TMT sector

. 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 1 year of relevant experience in an equity research role covering the publicly listed companies in the buyside

. Minimum 1 year of experience in the publicly listed equities space across the Japan sector