Equity Research Associate

AlphaSense; Canada; Remote; CAD 53,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense is seeking passionate Associates to join their high-performing team in Canada. You will support financial modeling for global clients and bolster product evolution through market intelligence insights. Ideal candidates are recent graduates with strong Excel skills and a keen interest in equity research.

Benefits

Performance-based bonus

Generous benefits program

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in equity research or equivalent education.
• Strong Excel proficiency.
• Curiosity about equities and capital markets.

Responsibilities

• Build and support detailed financial models across geographies.
• Update models for earnings season.
• Conduct historical financial statement analysis and forecasting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excel

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field

Job description

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.

The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 4,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

About the Role:

As an Associate, you will be supporting our model library by initiating coverage on new companies, improving our existing models to maintain the highest industry standards, and developing knowledge and expertise to support our product evolution. You will be a part of a high-performing team, and have an immediate impact on our business by contributing to our product roadmap, and dazzling our customers.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and support the review of detailed financial models on both existing and new coverage across all global geographies.
• Update models for earnings season.
• Contribute to sub-sector-specific and coverage wide model improvements.
• Conduct historical financial statement analysis and future period forecasting.
• Develop sub-sector expertise to support the development of modeling standards, dashboards for comparative analysis, and new model features.
• Document sector and subsector modeling best practices.
• Support Analysts in providing exceptional client service to all Tegus clients.
• Conduct other ad-hoc general research and other company due diligence.
• Participate in training new members of the Research Team.

Who You Are:

Associate I (CAD $53,000 + 10% bonus)You are a recent graduate or early-career professional with 1+ years of experience or equivalent education in finance or a related field. You bring strong attention to detail, solid Excel fundamentals, and a passion for equity research and capital markets. You’re eager to grow your modeling and forecasting skills and thrive in a fast-paced, team-driven environment. A CFA path or MBA interest is a plus, but not required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in equity research or equivalent experience/education
• Bachelor’s degree in finance and/or your sector.
• Strong Excel proficiency and desire to improve modeling capabilities
• Curiosity about equities and capital markets
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• High attention to detail and collaborative spirit
• Preferred location: Eastern or Atlantic Time Zones.

Associate II (CAD $62,500 + 12.5% bonus)You bring 2+ years of experience in equity research or an adjacent discipline with a proven ability to build and improve financial models independently. You demonstrate initiative, sector expertise, and might be planning to pursue a CFA. You’re comfortable under pressure, excel in client service, and contribute proactively to process and product improvements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in equity research or financial modeling
• Strong financial modeling skills and sector understanding
• Progress towards CFA or MBA is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to manage deadlines and deliver accurate outputs
• Leadership traits and/or experience training or mentoring peers
• Proven ability to support client service and contribute to team strategy
• Preferred location: Eastern or Atlantic Time Zones

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

Base Compensation Range*: $53,000 - $62,500 CAD

Additional Components: You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

*For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all US-based roles based on function, level and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including geographic location as well as candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Base Compensation Range

$53,000 - $62,500 CAD

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

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