Senior Emerging Market Consumer Equity Analyst recruitment

Your main responsibilities

• Be responsible for providing top-quality bottom-up company modeling, analysis, forecasts and valuation within the consumer staples and discretionary sectors.

• Take the lead in communicating your best ideas and the impact of important events to ING IM’s international Portfolio Managers and analysts.

• Build strong relationships with senior company management of companies under coverage and leading sell-side analysts;

• Generate value-added investment ideas and stock recommendations

• Actively maintain an analyst model portfolio;

Your experience and skills

• At least 7 years experience conducting fundamental company research in major equity markets;

• Background in emerging markets and/or the consumer sector;

• University Degree in a Finance related field;

• CFA or other relevant professional qualification;

• Fluency in English (spoken and written).

Your competencies

• Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;

• Strong analytical skills;

• Strong team player;

Your team and challenge

Within ING IM company research is conducted by the Corporate Analytics team. Coverage is segmented between Developed and Emerging Markets, and then along sector lines. You will be working within the ‘Corporate Analytics – Global Emerging Markets’ team, whose primary focus is to perform in-depth top quality company research within the region. ING IM sees Emerging Markets as one of its key growth areas and Emerging Markets investments are critical to ING IM’s growth strategy. Your knowledge of the consumer sector further strengthens the overall coverage of the Emerging Markets analyst team and will help to further improve its idea generating capabilities. The ING IM Emerging Markets team has a multi-site approach with main investment centers in New York, Hong Kong and The Hague. Analysts are located in the attractive and international city of The Hague.

We offer you

• The opportunity to influence the future of an international top-tier asset manager. In 2012 ING’s insurance activities together with ING IM will be separated from ING Bank to create an independent and stable platform focusing on wealth management solutions;

• An entrepreneurial and performance driven culture that gives you the freedom to use your talent, express your ideas and execute them;

• A multicultural, professional and dynamic environment, offering excellent opportunities for personal and professional development;

• Stimulating working conditions that give room for individual choices.