Equity Research Associate, Smid Biotechnology

Equity Research Associate, Smid Biotechnology

New York City, NY

Job Description
seeking an Equity Research Associate, SMID Biotech to join its team in NYC. Wolfe Research was voted #6 on a weighted basis for equity research during 2025 by institutional clients in the prestigious Extel's All American Research Poll, trailing only significantly larger bulge bracket firms, who have historically not been viewed as our peers. The firm’s clients include most of the world’s largest asset managers (mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds). Our firm covers publicly traded companies in many different industries across the US and abroad – the main focus is quality research, but we also do investment banking.

Equity research job covering: SMID Biotechnology. Candidates should have good familiarity with the biotech sector. This experience could come from: (1) working in a similar financial role already, either on the "buyside" or "sell-side" in the healthcare/therapeutics space; (2) working in the biotech/neurology industry (ideally in a business function such as sales & marketing, business development, portfolio assessment, R&D and medical affairs); (3) working at a consulting firm where clients are biotech companies or (4) working in clinical research in an area related to neurology/cns.

Responsibilities & Requirements:

Ability to analyze drug development and clinical trial design/data analysis
Deep analysis of scientific literature to inform investment theses and analysis of therapeutic areas in Neurology
Good familiarity with financial concepts including: the basics of corporate finance such as 3-statement financial modeling; forecasting; and valuation techniques
Creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills: working with large data sets in Excel/Access, and ability to source and process information independently
Demonstrated ability to generate ideas: work closely and communicate effectively in a time sensitive environment, ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines, strong organizational skills, client service minded and strong writing skills
Must enjoy following the stock market and developing industry themes
Technical skills: Bloomberg and/or FactSet skills helpful; Excel (macros, pivot tables, conditional formatting, short cuts).
Strong communication skills: particularly an ability to write concisely using correct grammar
Comfortable working 10+ hour workdays and some work on occasional weekends
SIE, Series 7, 63, 86 & 87 licensure is preferred, or expected to be completed within the first 6 months of joining
Education:

BA/BS required, concentration must be in a scientific area relevant to the job (Neurology preference)
MBA, CPA, PharmD or PhD in a scientific area relevant to the job is not required, but is a plus
Demonstrated academic ability with a minimum of 3.5 GPA