Our success is dependent upon our people applying their diverse perspectives to the global financial markets. Through the Point72 Academy Investment Analyst Program for Experienced Professionals, we hire people from various industries and train them as investment analysts.

We look for individuals across a wide range of disciplines and professional experience to join our paid, full-time training program, where our seasoned industry practitioners will teach you the foundational skills needed to become an effective idea generator on an investment team.

Upon successfully graduating from the Academy, you will have the opportunity to be placed in a permanent role on a long/short equity investing team where you’ll join more than 125 Point72 Academy graduates who have already been placed around the world.

As an analyst at Point72, you will benefit from our mentorship culture and ongoing professional development resources that are dedicated to your continued growth beyond the Academy.

What a Hedge Fund Investment Analyst Does at Point72

As an analyst at Point72, you’ll work closely with your portfolio manager and team to develop a deep understanding of companies across industries and around the world. Through fundamental research and financial analysis, you’ll attempt to see change before it happens and turn those insights into actionable investment ideas. You will also:

Support portfolio manager-driven stock ideas as you develop the ability to generate independent investment ideas
Utilize compliant primary research to build sector and company expertise
Translate sector and company expertise into the building and maintaining of company earnings models
Apply your ever-growing knowledge base to identifying and opining on key market debates that drive stock prices
Creatively research questions
Recognize variant views versus the market
Constantly develop your skills through coaching from your Portfolio Manager and with the Firm’s professional development resources
Conduct yourself with the highest levels of professionalism, ethics and integrity

Who Should Apply

When we hire for the Point72 Academy, we’re looking for potential. We’re interested in problem-solvers offering a unique perspective that could be applied to investing. Backgrounds of interest include but are not limited to:

Finance: sell-side, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, insurance, venture capital, and more
Industry-specific experience (including consulting) in areas such as:
Oncology, pharma, immunology, gene therapy, cardiology, and other biological and/or medical sciences
Geoscience, chemical engineering, renewable energy
Software engineering, cloud computing, sales and solutions engineers
Those with superior analytical skills as demonstrated through work experience and/or graduate education in law, philosophy, economics, history, political science, journalism, humanities, or liberal arts

In addition to prior professional experience, we’re looking for people with:

The ability and ambition to learn quickly as we prepare you to join a long/short equity investing team as an investment analyst
Demonstrated passion for problem-solving, no matter the discipline
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate well with others
Fierce commitment to ethics and integrity
Self-motivation, maturity, and eagerness to learn
Exceptional critical and analytical thinking ability
Full-time professional work experience
An undergraduate degree (or above)

Timing

The next program begins in September 2022, with other start dates to follow later this year

We Take Care of Our People

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

Fully-paid health care benefits (including during your time as a Point72 Academy Associate)
Generous parental and family leave policies
Volunteer opportunities
Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
Mental and physical wellness programs
Tuition assistance
A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more