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Investment Analyst – Sydney based

Platinum Capital is a leading global investment fund with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Miami and London with over $9b of FUM. Platinum Capital was established in 2007 and the Platinum Capital Long Short Fund has been the best performing long short fund in Australia since inception in 2014. We are detailed, fundamental investors with a focus on deep, bottom-up research to generate insights that differ from the market consensus.

Job summary

We are looking for an analyst who is passionate about equity markets, loves the intellectual challenge of research and investing and is constantly seeking new knowledge and point of views. The ideal candidate would be an independent thinker, hard working with a passion for research and analysis. Our firm operates as a meritocracy, where compensation and career progression are determined by performance.
We are looking for candidates with at least 5 years of professional work history at top tier investment banks and private equity firms.

The role

The Analyst’s key function is to develop genuine subject matter expertise on a particular company, industry or field of interest. This pursuit will be unconstrained by resource limitations on research. The Analyst will be responsible for both finding new investment ideas and researching existing portfolio positions. As part of this, the Analyst will be expected to:

• Regularly meet with senior executives and relevant industry, academic
or clinical experts.
• Travel overseas to perform onsite diligence and attend industry/investment conferences.
• Analyse and synthesise findings for the rest of the investment team.
• Build and maintain valuation models.

Skills/Qualifications

Some skills/experience that would be viewed favourably, include:

• Investment experience (sell or buyside)
• Experience at a top tier investment bank and/or private equity firm
• Domain expertise in relevant public market sectors (e.g. technology, healthcare)