Job Description

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is a leading investment manager for institutions, financial intermediaries and individual investors worldwide. It offers investment management across all major asset classes including equities, fixed income, alternatives, multi-asset and money market funds.

As an Equity Research Analyst in the Japan Equity team, you will cover stocks for the Healthcare sector.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyze strategically the investment opportunities in the Healthcare sector for Japan market.
• Create and update industry and company models, driving fundamental valuation signals based on long term valuation methodology.
• Work constantly with Portfolio Managers and other analysts, locally and across the global platform, to translate research insights into investment decisions.
• Articulate investment ideas and judgements clearly.
• Be fully integrated into the investment process and partly compensated on the relevant research signal and investment outcomes.
• Work closely with the team to carry out various client service activities, including work on regular performance review reports; attend client meetings, both existing and prospective; support Portfolio Managers and Equity Product Specialists (i.e. Investment Specialists) on preparation work, including but not limited to preparing presentation materials for clients.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Minimum 6 years of financial experience, from sell-side or buy-side equities.
• Deep experience covering healthcare stocks in Japan market.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to measure investment judgement, decision-making, intellectual curiosity, intellectual honesty, teamwork, pro-active communication.
• Be proactive in finding new investment ideas as well as thorough in understanding, valuing and maintaining coverage of existing investments.
• Highly motivated individuals who are willing to work hard to build up their knowledge base, performance track record and credibility within the team.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in Japanese and English.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Proficiency with automation tools within Bloomberg, Excel, etc. is an asset.
• Some degree of understanding or proficiency in Python or other programming language.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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