Description

We are working with a leading hedge who are looking to hire an Equity Analyst with a proven track record in identifying and executing short investment opportunities. This is a high-impact role within a dynamic investment team, focused on uncovering fundamental mispricing across European equities and generating differentiated short ideas.

The successful candidate will have experience analysing businesses from a short perspective, combining forensic accounting, rigorous fundamental analysis, and strong market intuition to identify deteriorating fundamentals, and overvalued companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate high-conviction short ideas across European listed equities
• Conduct deep fundamental analysis, including financial modelling, industry analysis, and management assessment
• Identify catalysts and develop detailed short theses supported by robust research
• Monitor existing positions and update investment cases as new information emerges
• Produce clear and concise investment reports and presentations for portfolio managers
• Stay on top of sector trends, market dislocations, and structural changes impacting European companies

Candidate Profile

• Extensive experience generating short ideas within a hedge fund
• Strong coverage of European equities across multiple sectors
• Proven ability to identify structural decline in business fundamentals, or overvaluation
• Highly commercial mindset with strong conviction and intellectual curiosity
• Advanced financial modelling capabilities
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, idea-driven investment environment

Role Requirements:

• ~3-5 years of relevant buy-side equity research experience
• A demonstrated track record in short selling European equities - candidates must have exposure to short selling
• Strong academic background in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related discipline
• A background in forensic accounting would be highly advantageous, but is not strictly required.
• CFA or equivalent qualification would be useful, but is not strictly required.

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit an up-to-date CV in MS Word (.docx) format to

mailto:fundmanagement@octaviusfinance.com