Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Equity Research Associate - Chemicals - (220001CU)

Posted on: 30 Nov 2022

New York, New York

Job Description

Jefferies Group LLC, the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm headquartered in the U.S. focused on serving clients for 60 years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company.

Position Summary:

Jefferies is seeking entrepreneurial and team-oriented candidates for an Associate position in equity research in the New York office. As an Associate/Senior Associate, you will support a Senior Analyst on the Chemicals team providing research coverage for ~50 Chemical companies, as well as significant efforts on ESG. 

Responsibilities will include:

Creation and maintenance of earnings and valuation models.
Analysis of industry trends and compilation of findings.
Production of weekly and monthly written research publications.
Development of relationships with management teams and industry contacts.
Communication of stock views and industry themes to institutional investors, trading desks, and other internal constituencies within Jefferies.

Qualifications

Key qualifications: 

Must possess strong quantitative and writing skills
Attention to detail while interpreting data on multiple industries
Robust work ethic 
Comfortable with utilizing factor based models, and alternative predictive frameworks (no prior knowledge base is needed)
Display a strong and proactive sense for professional writing
1-4 years of prior equity research experience (all sectors considered), or equivalent professional experience

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

New York, New York

Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a financial services company, engages in investment banking and capital markets, asset management, and direct investing businesses in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. the company also offers equities research, sales, and trading services; equity finance services comprising financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; and wealth management services to high net worth individuals, their families and businesses, private equity and venture funds, and small institutions.

In addition, it provides fixed income sales and trading services for investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, leveraged loans, consumer loans, securities, markets debt, interest rate, and credit derivative products, as well as foreign exchange trade execution and securitization capabilities, as well as manages, invests in, and provides services to a group of alternative asset management platforms in investment strategies and asset classes.

The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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