What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Equity Analyst position at Water Asset Management, LLC?
Water Asset Management (WAM) seeks listed equities analyst to cover regulated water utilities.
WAM is a leading global water industry investment firm with a ~ 2-decade long track record of strong outperformance in global water equities, long only, and climate change long short. Candidates must have excellent financial modeling skills, solid stock market instincts, and a clear, direct and efficient communication and presentation style. CFA's preferred and regulated utilities experience a plus. The ideal candidate is a hardworking, high achiever with 5 years of investment analysis experience.
Please send resumes to : j.markley@waterinv.com
Water Asset Management (WAM) :
WAM provides global water equities investment management to a wide range of clients including endowments, foundations, family offices, pension funds, wealth funds, and ultra and high net worth individuals. Our success is driven by our single-minded and relentless focus on sourcing, analyzing, and executing on the best water industry investments in the world to generate market beating returns for our investors with positive measurable impact. WAM’s culture is grounded on seeking continuous improvement, transparency, a flat organization, and a combination of leadership and autonomy to drive personal and professional growth.
Water is the essential resource and its dwindling supply is defining this century much as plentiful oil defined the last. The intensification of drought and flood are indisputable and WAM invests exclusively in the companies and assets whose primary businesses grow their sales, earnings, dividends, and asset values by ensuring water quality and supply.
WAM, and our equity analysts, are known for their deep-water industry domain expertise and a unique understanding of the economics and intricacies of those companies that make up the global water industry as they deliver the solutions for our most essential resource. These includes companies such as investor owned water and waste water utility service providers with their distinctive regulatory regimes, companies that provide all the products and services for industrial water and waste water treatment, desalination companies, as well those companies that provides the products and services which treat water to improve water quality, deliver water reliably, measure water consumption, improve efficiency, and monitor water quality including technologies that provide water data gathering, monitoring and analytics.
How you will fulfill your potential :
You will become a water industry subject matter expert on all things related to what works and what does not when delivering reliable water supply and maintaining high water quality. Your analytical approach and style of communication will become more sequenced, prioritized, clear and efficient.
Primary responsibility will be for following and analyzing a list of global water company equities. For each company in your coverage universe you will be responsible for building and maintaining accurate financial models, conducting resourceful and innovative fundamental research, and engage in daily portfolio meetings to present, with lively discussion, investment ideas and portfolio construction, including both risk and reward, and highlighting key factors and trigger elements necessary to meet a company’s investment objectives.
Ideal Analyst Candidate Qualifications :
- Proven equity analysis experience
- Driven by passion, performance, and purpose
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively while seeking to exceed expectations
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Outstanding and innovative analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated a high degree of personal accountability, going above and beyond, to deliver with quality
- Commitment to excellence with highest integrity
- Resourceful, self-starter, and self-motivated
- Deep interest in financial markets and good investment sense and financial instincts
- Ability to work effectively in fast paced environment and think clearly under pressure