Corporate Governance Research Analyst - Israeli Market

ISS - Institutional Shareholder Services

Brussels, Belgium

ABOUT ISS

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is the world’s leading provider of corporate governance solutions for asset owners, investment managers, and asset service providers. ISS’ solutions include objective governance research and recommendations, end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions, turnkey securities class-action claims management, and reliable global governance data and modeling tools.

Institutional clients turn to ISS to apply their corporate governance views, identify governance risk, and manage their complete proxy voting needs on a global basis.

ISS is a truly global company with more than 800 employees spread across 16 offices in 10 countries. ISS issues proxy research and vote recommendations on approximately 39,000 companies in 115 countries each year, and works closely with clients to execute nearly 7 million ballots representing 2.7 trillion shares. ISS analysts have unique expertise and insight on the governance landscape, local market voting, practices and regulatory requirements, along with expertise in varied fields such as law, M&A, compensation, and analytics.

POSITION OVERVIEW

ISS Brussels is seeking a Corporate Governance Research Analyst. You will analyze corporate governance and financial information and write research reports on publicly traded companies based in Israel. You will collaborate with other analysts on research and articles, deepening your understanding of technical terminology in the corporate governance and investment management field.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze corporate governance and financial information to write research reports on publicly traded companies;
• Issue proxy vote recommendations for shareholder meetings of the portfolio of companies in your markets;
• Develop market expertise in corporate governance, investment and shareholder issues;
• Assist in engagement with companies, institutional investors, and various organizations and Government/regulatory/listing authorities;
• Participate and conduct research to help policy formulation and update efforts;
• Update market guidelines and intelligence reports;
• Answer internal/external client/issuer queries on research reports;
• Write quarterly reports and periodic articles for publication for respective market(s);
• Collaborate with other analysts on research and articles;
• Participate in various working committees and/or projects;
• Working on the rating products;
• Code each resolution on a company’s annual general meeting agenda into a standardized format;
• Gather data based on information in the company’s public documents.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong analytical ability and financial understanding of investment issues;
• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Required languages: FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND HEBREW (any other European languages may be an advantage);
• Work independently and take initiatives but also are a team player, able to cooperate with the other team members;
• Good eye for detail;
• Organized and structured mind to deal with large quantities of work and strict deadlines;
• Master degree in Law and/or Finance, Economics or equivalent through experience;
• Preferably 1 to 3 years of experience in corporate governance/investment analysis/research;
• Basic understanding of finance and capital markets.

APPLY

Applicants should answer all questions and attach their CV and Motivation Letter using the reference “Research Analyst Israeli Market- Brussels”.
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Please note that due to the great number of applications we receive, we can only respond to selected candidates.

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