Research Officer at Greenwich Merchant Bank (GMB)

Job Objective

• To serve as a business enabler across the group in providing proactive initiatives, products and services that will position Greenwich as a leading firm for reliable market insights and investment advice. 

Responsibilities

• Proper coordination of market reports and information for business decision.
• Deploy market intelligence process.
• Analyze market information and give Management strategic information on business and product expansion.
• Equity valuation and recommendations 
• Conduct periodic macroeconomic analyses and implications for the markets.
• Conduct weekly and monthly competitors market performance.
• Conduct weekly and monthly industry analyses for management business decision.
• Build and maintain macroeconomic and market data bank to analysis and decision making.
• Responsible for producing Macroeconomic and Cross Product Strategy research for internal and external use.
• Building of financial models to support analysis and investment recommendations for equity and debt instruments with exposure to Pan African Market.
• This will include preparing yearly economic outlook reports that will include sector and company evaluation for publication.
• Leading the production of regular reports which monitor developments in the Group’s key markets and products.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the HOD.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance and related course. 
• MBA/Masters in Economics or Finance related course is preferred.
• CFA/ACA/ACCA Certification is an added advantage.
• Relevant experience of at least 2 years as a Research analyst in the financial services industry.