Fool.com Sector Analyst
Location: Alexandria Virginia
Description: The Motley Fool is hiring Fool.com Sector Analyst right now, this position will be placed in Virginia. For detail informations about this position opportunity kindly read the description below. The next Fool.com Sector Analyst will join a team helping build Fool.com into the premier site for stock news and analysis. Failing that objective, you’ll be asked to wear around a clown suit and hav! e pretzels lobbed at you.
The Sector Analyst will be responsible for a sector (either Technology or Consumer Goods) and will be expected to become a subject-matter expert who can be relied upon throughout the company. This can range from working with our premium research teams to media appearances to research reports and detailed article packages.
Primary Responsibilities and Objectives:
Creating excellent content that moves beyond the headlines to offer compelling analysis of investment ideas.
Outstanding writing skills are a must, as is the ability to formulate unique ideas and become a trusted expert on stocks and investing. You will use well-articulated arguments to conquer your opponents in a buy/sell/hold debate.
Candidates will have to be dedicated to expanding their knowledge and becoming a subject matter expert in particular sectors and a list of companies.
Will be expected to create detailed reports on indust! ries and companies. You will be following a “coverage listâ€! that will be regularly updated.
Works with writers to improve content and sector expertise, both on an individual-article basis and a long-term development basis. Sector Analysts will not only “graduate†new writers from freelance work to becoming contractors, but will provide leadership finding new compelling content for a team of writers within their sector.
Position will involve a level of editorial oversight: Sector Analysts will review articles for quality and consistency.
Along with writing articles, candidates will join an entrepreneurial and driven team. You'll be expected to independently explore the best and most creative ways to maximize your sector and the editorial team’s results in general. Sometimes you’ll stumble, but no matter what you’ll have fun.
Ease appearing on camera is a plus. Sector Analysts frequently are asked to appear in the media and also leverage video for new articles. You don’t need to! start out as Matt Lauer’s apprentice, but consistent improvement of your on-screen presence is expected.
Position is full-time, in-house, in Alexandria, Virginia. We will not consider a "work from home" scenario. We want to see your shining face.
Core Competencies:
Must have detailed knowledge of investment analysis, including equity valuation experience and an ability to make a case for the stocks you think will beat the market. Take a risk, have an opinion.
Must relentlessly pursue self improvement. We want candidates who continually learn more about companies and industries and make themselves better investors.
Must be a self-starter who learns quick and is comfortable with rapidly evolving expectations.
Must have a professional billiards background.
(Kidding about that last one.)
Must have solid understanding of financial statements and their interplay.
Candidate must "get" Foolishness! and understand the Fool ethos.
Preferred Qualities:
Ability to work well in a team environment
Detail-oriented and organized
Dependable
Adaptable and passionate about problem-solving
Sense of humor a must
Education and Job Knowledge:
Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, or any relevant field, which may be substituted for equivalent experience.
Exceptional knowledge of investing, particularly in individual stocks: Know your way around the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows.
Continuing personal education about the world's best public companies.
T he Motley Fool, Inc. provides equal opportunity to all employees on the basis of individual performance and qualification without regard to race, sex, marital status, religion, color, age, national origin, non-job-related handicap or disability, sexual orientation, or other protected facto! r.
We should, however, make you aware that there is one notable exception to this policy. It is our strict and earnest intention â€" and the company’s historical record will bear this out â€" we will never hire any of the following: cyborgs, robots, replicants, or morlocks. Now keep in mind we are well aware that all of the aforementioned have intentions of world domination in the future, but as of now we have no place for them at The Motley Fool … unless the year is 2122 and the revolution has already occurred. If that is the case we welcome our new cyborg, robot, replicant, or morlock rulers!!! Perhaps we have said too much?
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If you were eligible to this position, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to The Motley Fool.
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This position starts available on: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:37:52 GMT