At a Glance
- Tasks: Analyse financial events and map company relationships to forecast market impacts.
- Company: Leading financial research firm focused on AI-driven analysis.
- Benefits: Attractive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a focus on real-time decision-making and impactful insights.
- Why this job: Join a cutting-edge team and shape the future of financial analysis.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in equity analysis with strong industry knowledge.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 £ per year.
About the work
We are building expert-authored forecasting and research data used to evaluate and improve AI models on real financial analysis. Each task asks a practitioner to reason from a fixed evidence cutoff — no hindsight — and document the judgment a strong analyst would have made at that moment. This role covers company event propagation: identifying the companies related to an upcoming event and estimating how the catalyst should transmit to each of them.
What you will do
- Map suppliers, customers, competitors, distributors, substitutes and geographic exposure from EDGAR filings, footnotes, exhibits, transcripts and industry data.
- Identify related companies ahead of an event and separate direct exposure from weak thematic correlation.
- Estimate direction, magnitude, horizon and confidence, and name the revenue, margin, earnings or valuation mechanism behind each.
- Review model-generated analyses and grade them against your own standard.
Who we are looking for
- A senior sector PM, lead equity analyst, or event-driven investor with deep knowledge of a specific industry.
- Hands-on experience mapping a company's economic network from primary filings, not from screens or third-party tags.
- Typically 8+ years of direct experience, or unusually strong evidence of equivalent performance.
- Backgrounds we look at first: top multi-manager and event-driven funds, leading sector teams at major asset managers and banks, and elite specialist research firms — for example Citadel, Millennium, Point72, Balyasny, D. E. Shaw, and top sell-side sector franchises. Brand-name experience is a strong first-pass signal but is not a hard requirement — direct experience and performance on the work sample determine who qualifies.
Point-in-time discipline
Every task is graded on reasoning from the stated cutoff without hindsight, data leakage, confidential information, or material non-public information.
Equity Analyst - Event Propagation employer: Obsidian
Obsidian is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant Greater London area, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration among experts in the field. Employees benefit from a fast-start program with opportunities for growth and extension, alongside a commitment to quality in AI model training that makes a meaningful impact in genomics. With a focus on professional development and a supportive environment, Obsidian is dedicated to empowering its team members to excel in their careers.
