[Remote] Research Analyst, Consumer & Retail
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Citrini Research is hiring a consumer and retail analyst to connect fundamental financial analysis with real-time insights into consumer behavior, brands, and culture. The role researches companies and emerging trends, develops investment ideas, and produces clear research for investors.
Responsibilities
- Conduct fundamental research across consumer and retail companies
- Build and maintain financial models, analyze company performance, and assess valuation
- Track consumer behavior and brand momentum across social media, search, product launches, influencers, resale markets, pricing, and promotions
- Identify shifts in demand, customer preferences, and competitive positioning before they become clear in reported results
- Read filings, earnings transcripts, investor decks, industry reports, and other company materials
- Build relationships with management teams, industry experts, operators, and other key industry contacts
- Write research notes, earnings analysis, and longer thematic reports for investors
- Develop investment ideas and contribute to client discussions
- Help separate lasting changes in consumer behavior from short-lived internet attention
Skills
- 1–3 years of experience in equity research or a similarly rigorous financial role, ideally covering consumer or retail companies
- Strong understanding of financial statements, valuation, modeling, and company fundamentals
- Naturally plugged into X, TikTok, social media, internet culture, and emerging consumer trends
- Ability to distinguish between online noise and signals that could actually matter to a business
- Strong writing skills and the ability to explain an investment thesis clearly and concisely
- Strong analytical instincts and attention to detail
- Comfortable moving between detailed financial work and less traditional forms of consumer research
- Willingness to form an independent view, test it against evidence, and change your mind when the facts change
- Comfortable working independently and figuring things out without a fixed playbook
- High curiosity, high output, and low ego
- A background in sell-side consumer or retail research is particularly helpful
- Sell-side equity research covering retail, apparel, footwear, beauty, restaurants, consumer products, or related sectors
- Buy-side investing, industry research, or other financial roles involving consumer companies
- Experience using alternative data to understand demand, brand relevance, pricing, or customer behavior
- Familiarity with retail operations, merchandising, e-commerce, or consumer brands
- Comfort with Excel and building useful datasets from messy sources
- Existing research notes, investment memos, writing samples, or independent company analysis
Benefits
- In-office in New York or remote within the US
Company Overview
- Citrini Research provides institutional investors with thematic equity and macro market research, frameworks, and portfolio insights. It was founded in 2023, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.citrini.com.
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