JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Produce commercial and timely research to provide quality, market leading output

- Work macro team members, sales, equity analysts and related parties to deliver timely and valuable macroeconomic research and new sector ideas and any impacts on related stocks by:

• Initiating new macro or sector trend as opportunities arise.
• Writing macro notes to provide in depth analysis.
• Writing macro alerts, macro updates etc.
• Coming up with a strong, coherent, commercial, view.
• Pitching ideas directly to clients and sales.
• Provide consistent and ongoing follow-up for significant macro and policy events – this means:

+ Writing regular updates in macro notes, in depth research and macro alerts.
+ Ensuring recommendation related to sectors or stocks.
+ Ensuring models and data remain up to date
+ Consistent dialogue with policy makers.
+ Keeping up with monthly trade, FDI, CPI results.

- Provide macro-economic analysis on reported data and for providing forecasts three years out on key economic data.

2. Engage effectively with the client base

- Direct client contact.
- Deal with direct research requests from clients.
- Respond to indirect client requests via sales.
- Undertake company visits with clients related to macro picture, according to bottom-up approach.
- Undertake presentations with clients at their offices or online.
- Make keynote presentations at HSC conferences and other conferences per requests from clients.
- Act as moderators for HSC or at our client conferences.

3. Make productive and commercial relationships with all clients, both internal and

- Research is responsible for providing updated and commercial research ideas to our sales team of Institutional Client Division to broke.
- Collaborate with Corporate Finance Division to:

• Supply with leads.
• Understand the macro, top down or bottom-up insights into potential deal structures.
• Provide an independent valuation of the sectors as appropriate.
• Publish independent research as required, for sector related to a potential IPO.

- Work with the retail platform by delivering and translating research in a timely fashion and all reasonable requests are met.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

1. Education level

• Bachelor’s degree level at a minimum.
• CFA qualification is preferrable.

2. Knowledge & Experience

• Excellent knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods
• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a related field, with macroeconomics research experience required.

3. Technical skills

• Modelling and valuation techniques.
• Ability to convey complex ideas to a diverse client base, sales, and junior staffs.
• Ability to manage upwards as well as downwards without confrontation.
• People management and conflict resolution skills.
• Effective strategic thinking
• Effective business management, budgets etc.
• Writing and presenting effectively in English & Vietnamese.

4. Soft skills

• Effective time management
• Self-motivated and focused
• Able to show respect and patience to colleagues
• A high level of flexibility in times of stress and pressure