Featured Career: Research Analyst

Building Our Reputation in Research

AllianceBernstein is a trusted name in research. Thorough research is in our DNA; it is a core competency of our firm. This reputation for excellence has been earned and maintained by our teams of research analysts. To join our sell-side or buy-side research teams is both a great privilege and an enormous responsibility.

Research Analyst

We employ research analysts across the full complement of investment markets, including Growth, Value and Fixed Income. Our researchers are based in offices around the world, covering developed and emerging markets. We believe that the best research analysts are those who have a passion for research and a desire to pursue a career in research.

Ideal candidates should have a strong ability to analyze industries and companies, economies, or fixed-income securities, and should have strong quantitative skills. We seek people with a strong work ethic, a collaborative nature and the ability to work well under pressure. A record of outstanding academic achievement, with an MBA or comparable degree, and five or more years of experience in finance, marketing or strategy is a prerequisite. Depending the specific position, additional or specialized experience may be required.

Research Analyst/Sell Side (Sanford C. Bernstein)

Company Description
Sanford C. Bernstein is widely recognized as Wall Street’s premier sell-side research firm. Our research is sought out by leading investment managers around the world, and we are annually ranked at the very top of acknowledged arbiters. In independent surveys of major institutional clients, Bernstein's research is ranked #1 for overall quality, industry knowledge, most trusted, best detailed financial analysis, most useful valuation frameworks, and best original research. In Institutional Investor’s 2011 annual client survey, the leading survey by which analysts in our industry are evaluated, over 90% of our U.S. Analysts were recognized as among the best in their respective fields -- more than any other firm on Wall Street.