53 House SAJob Title: AnalystTiming: Near term / immediateLocation: Geneva, SwitzerlandAbout the Company53 House SA is a newly formed family office based in Geneva, Switzerland. The focus is primarily on investing in publicly-traded equities globally, via a long short investment portfolio. They have an investment philosophy that is based upon deep proprietary fundamental research, multi-year holding periods and portfolio concentration. Their team are temperamentally and structurally oriented towards compounding capital at attractive rates, commensurate with reasonable risk, over longer-term horizons, and are equipped to navigate the inevitable volatility along the way. They have a strong preference for investing in quality businesses run by excellent management teams whose shares can be purchased at appealing prices during periods of controversy or misunderstood/underappreciated change. They are attracted to companies that are experiencing important inflection points in their underlying earnings power, on both the long and the short side. While the predecessor firm was founded in 2014, much of the team worked together for several years prior to this. They have extensive experience investing in a wide range of industries, geographies and market environments.RoleThe Analyst will be working together with existing members of the team, on idea evaluation, targeted research projects, and position maintenance. In general, the analyst will work to develop a deep understanding of businesses, industries and management teams as part of an extremely deep and detailed investment process. The Analyst will support the firm's significant primary research efforts, which include identifying research contacts, interviewing industry experts, and attending trade shows and other industry conferences. The work also includes extensive desktop research and reading and in-depth, creative analyses, often employing inputs from a wide variety of sources (market data, economic data, financial disclosure, primary research, historical analogues). The Analyst will have and will further develop skills in business analysis, management assessment, financial analysis and valuation, investment psychology and investment pattern recognition.Ideal CandidateExperience level
One to a maximum of four years of professional experience.
A professional background in management consulting, investment banking, private equity or principal investing. Top-tier prior training is a requirement.
Prerequisite skills
Business analysis skills: basic ability to understand and evaluate competitive dynamics, barriers to entry, and the key drivers of a business.
Financial analysis skills: basic understanding of accounting, including the ability to read and interpret financial statements; understanding of the concept of compounding and internal rate of return.
Experience gathering and analysing data from a variety of sources.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to summarize in-depth analysis into key takeaways in verbal and written formats.
Proficiency with business productivity tools.
Key professional traits
Has a genuine passion for learning about businesses and enjoys problem solving.
Has a questioning mindset with a healthy dose of scepticism; can make connections and spot emerging patterns; and applies rigour and creativity to answer questions.
Proactive, resourceful and independent; resilient and looks to overcome obstacles.
Seeks feedback and mentoring from others; and aware of weaknesses and biases.
Entrepreneurial in nature and thoughtful around own learning.
