Investor Relations Analyst- Stock Surveillance

S&P Global; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Cape Town is looking for an Investor Relations Analyst. This role involves supporting clients with investment insights and building relationships with publicly traded companies. Candidates should have financial experience, strong communication skills, and a relevant undergraduate degree. The position offers a hybrid work model, connecting teams globally for optimal service delivery.

Qualifications

• 0-5 years of financial experience or in a related field.
• Comfortable in client-facing situations.
• Detail-oriented; able to multi-task.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with intelligence about their institutional investors.
• Develop and maintain relationships with investor relations teams.
• Identify leading institutional buyers and sellers of stocks.

Skills

Strong quantitative and qualitative skills

Analytical reasoning

Effective communication skills

Collaborative skill set

Ability to analyze data

Education

Undergraduate degree in a financial or quantitative-related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

S&P Cap IQ Pro

Job description

Job title: Investor Relations Analyst- Stock Surveillance

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : October 01, 2025

The Team

• The Investor Relations division is focused on Surveillance and Targeting offerings, with a global presence across New York, Raleigh, Cape Town, Hong Kong, London, Toronto, Islamabad and Buenos Aires. The division is organized into sector teams covering North America and regional teams in APAC and EMEA. Each team is headed up by at least one Director that has over 10 years of financial industry experience with team members of all levels actively contributing to the team’s success. The division offers a flexible work-from-home policy, with most analysts working in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities and Impact

• Support clients with intelligence about their institutional investors and what is driving trading in equity markets.
• Provide clients with targeting intelligence on institutional investors in conjunction with their investor relations outreach efforts.
• Develop and maintain relationships with the investor relations and executive teams of publicly traded companies.
• Follow public equity markets and update clients about events affecting individual stocks, specific sectors, and the broader economy.
• Identify leading institutional buyers and sellers of clients’ stocks, and provide insight, color, and context around the movements.
• Connect with buy-side institutional portfolio managers and trading desks to gain insights on investment strategy and trading.
• Participate in the growth and improvement of the team’s service offering to clients.

What We’re Looking For

Basic Required Qualifications :

• 0-5 years of financial experience or in a related field.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative skills.
• Analytical reasoning ability and effective speaking and written communication skills (proficient in the English language).
• Collaborative skill set that allows you to work within a dynamic and inclusive team.
• Ability to analyze data and absorb new information in an enthusiastic, fast-paced environment.

Additional Preferred Qualifications :

• Comfort with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; experience with S&P Cap IQ Pro a plus.
• Demonstrated interest and understanding of capital markets.
• Aptitude to learn internal proprietary applications.
• Detail-oriented; able to multi-task; strong organizational and time management skills.
• Comfortable in client-facing situations.
• Resourceful and not afraid to ask questions.
• Undergraduate degree in a financial or quantitative-related discipline, focus on data analytics a plus.
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