Level Four Group Looking for Equity Research Analyst at Dallas, TX Full Time

Come be a part of this disruption in the financial services marketplace!

By joining the Level Four family of companies, you’ll be joining one of the fastest growing wealth management firms in the country. After 20+ years, we still have an entrepreneurial spirit, dedicated to embracing change. We are national in scope with offices throughout the U.S., yet with local roots here in North Texas.

We offer:

• Casual Work Environment
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Great Benefits
• And More…

Come take your career path to the next level!

The Equity Research Analyst is as a key member of the asset management team and provides quantitative and fundamental research to support the investment process. Our research process focuses on using bottom-up fundamental analysis to identify securities through due diligence on industry and company specific trends, analysis of company reported financials as well as extensive modeling and valuation work. This professional works in the corporate home office and directly supports the management of proprietary investment strategies and custom client solutions. This position is critical to the efficient management, operations and implementation of client portfolio management team.

This position works on-site Monday through Friday at our Dallas, TX office.

Essential responsibilities and tasks of the Equity Research Analyst are:

• Work with and support the investment committee on the discretionary management of proprietary SMA, allocation model portfolios, and alternative investments.
• Primary responsibility will be to conduct research on existing and potential investments. This includes, but is not limited to, fundamental analysis, financial modeling, valuation, and performance analysis to enhance the investment process.
• Conduct fundamental research within the confines of the Firms proprietary investment process.
• Dissect and project company financials; perform valuation analysis.
• Synthesize data to generate new investment ideas and/or recommend investment action.
• Communicate key findings and recommendations to Investment Committee (IC) members to help drive portfolio alpha.
• Monitor developments in the financial markets to maintain an understanding of current and anticipated trends and how they may affect client portfolios.
• Support IC in the development of research tools and special projects.
• Communicate market technical moves and provide insight on markets relating to firm holdings.
• Serve as a central resource for investment management research while compiling research as needed and leverage industry relationships to obtain research reports.
• Speak with analysts and setup calls along with portfolio managers to discuss new and existing ideas for portfolios.
• Work on firm-wide special projects related to operational efficiencies and process improvements.
• Additional duties as required

Successful Equity Research Analyst candidates will have:

Required:

• Exceptional analytical skills and proven ability to dissect financial statements.
• Competency assessing business models.
• 3-5 years of experience as an Analyst
• Ability to evaluate investment opportunities in a timely fashion and effectively communicate conclusions.
• Excellent quantitative, verbal and written communication skills—must be able to provide a concise investment thesis for a range of audiences (from portfolio manager to unsophisticated client)
• Ability to collaborate as well as work independently
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA / CFA or working towards CFA is a plus!
• General computer and software knowledge:
• Bloomberg/Factset
• Salesforce
• Black Diamond

Preferred:

• FINRA Securities Licenses: Not required but a plus

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