Fundamental Equity L/S Analyst
$125k - $150k USD
Graham Capital Management, L.P. ("Graham") is an alternative investment manager founded in 1994 by Kenneth G. Tropin. Specializing in discretionary and quantitative macro strategies, Graham is dedicated to delivering strong, uncorrelated returns across a wide range of market environments. As one of the industry’s longest-standing global macro and trend-following managers, Graham remains committed to innovation, evolving its strategies through a robust investment, technology, and operational infrastructure. Graham harnesses the synergies between its discretionary and quantitative trading businesses to offer a broad suite of complementary alpha strategies, each built on the principles of thoughtful portfolio construction, active risk management, and diversification by design. Graham invests significant proprietary capital alongside its clients – including global institutions, endowments, foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, investment management advisors, and qualified individual investors – reinforcing alignment of interests across all strategies.
The foundation of Graham’s sustainability and success is the experience and contributions of its people. The firm seeks to cultivate talent, encourage the diversity of ideas, and respect the contributions of all. In turn, each employee shares in the responsibility of strengthening those around them.
Description
Graham Capital Management, L.P. is seeking a Fundamental L/S Equities analyst to join a growing Consumer team based in NYC.
Responsibilities
- Generate insights to identify attractive investment opportunities and make recommendations to the portfolio manager
- Maintain research coverage of existing holdings
- Build and maintain detailed financial models
- Follow and evaluate industry news, data, and trends
- Develop sector and macro themes, attend conferences, interact with company management teams and industry experts to identify opportunities
- Continuously rank risk/reward of positions, understand investor expectations, monitor sentiment and positioning around upcoming catalysts
- Review company drivers; evaluate management strategy, industry dynamics, and competitor positioning; assess intrinsic value and business quality
Requirements
- 2-4 years of experience as an equity research analyst on buy side and/or sell side
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
- Ability to consume, distill large quantities of information and develop insights from vast sources of information, including research reports, industry news, daily news publications, company press releases, etc.
- Strong work ethic and attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills
- High levels of curiosity, integrity, and passion for financial markets
This role requires commuting into our New York City office Mondays through Fridays.
Base Salary Range
The anticipated salary range for this position is $125,000 to $150,000. The anticipated range is based on information as of the time this post was generated and does not include any discretionary bonus or benefits (see eligibility below). The applicable annual salary or hourly rate paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors, including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience, skills, and qualifications. This wage range may be modified in the future.
In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, 401(K) plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
Notes:
No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation that a particular employee may be eligible for remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at Graham’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Graham is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to their race, color, religious creed, gender, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, citizenship status, handicap, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or other related conditions, military status, genetic information, or any other personal characteristics protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, layoff, termination, transfer, leave of absence and compensation.