Reseach Associate - Needham & Company, LLC, Boston, MA

Position Title: Reseach Associate
Company: Needham & Company, LLC
Industry: Finance
website: http://www.needhamco.com/

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Founded in 1985 to serve emerging growth companies and their institutional investors, Needham & Company, LLC is a privately held, full-service investment bank and asset management firm headquartered in New York City. Needham & Company, LLC focuses on emerging growth companies in technology, biotechnology and life sciences. The firm's research goal is to service the needs of growth-oriented institutional clients.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The software team of Needham & Company intends to hire a research associate. The individual will work with the software group head as part of a three person team covering application software, infrastructure and services firms. Responsibilities include: building and updating financial models, answering inbound phone calls, providing assistance in writing research reports and morning notes, listening to earnings conference calls and assisting with project-oriented work. An ability to work with speed and accuracy under time constraints is a must.

REQUIREMENTS:
The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented person who posses common sense and a demonstrated interest in the financial markets. Longer-term success requires strong verbal and written communications. The typical candidate will have recently graduated with a Bachelor's degree that included strong guidance in finance and accounting. An understanding of technology and the software business is a significant positive.

This is a full-time position in the firm's Boston, Massachusetts office. We expect the position to last for two years before the candidate attends business school. From time to time, especially talented individuals will be promoted to junior analyst instead of rotating out of the program.

POSITION LOCATION:
Boston, MA

APPLY TO:
Jonathan C. Maietta
Equity Research
Needham & Company, LLC
One Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: (617)457-0943
Fax: (617)457-0934