Equity Analyst / Fund Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Founded in 2001, Sycomore AM is an entrepreneurial asset management company majority-owned by its founding partners and employees and specialised in listed company investments. 

Since its launch, Sycomore’s mission has been to deliver sustainable performance; this is achieved by identifying companies’ long-term levers for value creation. Sycomore AM’s expertise is driven by a field-approach and a proprietary fundamental research methodology including financial and extra-financial criteria. 

The firm’s 22 fund manager-analysts, including 8 ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) specialists, assess the overall performance of a company in relation to its stakeholders: shareholders, clients, employees, suppliers, civil society and environment. Sycomore AM manages more than € 8.3 billion in assets through funds and mandates and is ranked Excellent by Fitch Ratings.

In 2018, for the fourth consecutive year, Sycomore AM was elected Best Fund Managerby 3.200 French IFAs (category €1 to 5 bn AUM – Management of Wealth Award). Sycomore AM was also elected Best Work Place by Great Place to Work in 2018.

As part of its development, Sycomore AM is seeking to hire 1 Global Equity Analyst/Fund Manager

Job Description

Your main role will be to generate investment ideas in the US and to a lesser extent Asia and Europe for Sycomore AM funds. You will be fully involved in the investment decisions, will have a direct impact on portfolios and will also be expected to produce sector reviews.

Qualifications

You have a confirmed experience as a Global Equity Analyst and/or Fund Manager, ideally with a strong expertise in technology and growth sectors.

Curious, enthusiastic and proactive, you enjoy being on the field and close to companies. Your role will involve extensive travels to the US and you will need to be fluent in French and English. You are familiar with the United States and have already developed a local network. You are autonomous and like working in a team. You have an entrepreneurial mindset and could be involved in the potential launch of new funds.

Additional Information

If this challenge looks interesting to you and if you want to join a growing, responsible investment manager with a strong corporate culture that places happiness at work at the heart of its value creation process, please click on the green button and apply on one of the platforms. 

Please upload your resume and write a cover letter in the message area. 

You can expect us to review your application within 2 weeks. 

If your application and profile fit our requirements, we will invite you to a face-to-face interview at our offices.