Accelerating gender equity in finance
Founded in 1980, Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. (FGP) manages approximately $7 billion for institutional clients (public and corporate pension funds, foundations, endowments, multifamily offices, etc.), financial institutions, including insurance companies, and high-net-worth clients. We believe that superior investment returns are achieved by taking a long-term, bottom-up, value-oriented approach to investments based on detailed fundamental research and analysis. While our firm is supported by an equity interest from Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (AMG), FGP operates as an autonomous business. A large portion of the firm is owned by its employees, aligning our interests with those of our clients.
Mid-level
• Undergraduate degree with evidence of academic success
• Completion of the CFA designation is preferred
Not Specified
Foyston, Gordon & Payne is looking for an outstanding candidate who wants to be an integral member of an experienced Canadian equity investment team at a leading institutional asset manager. Our long-tenured team is looking for a unique individual who is innately curious, a believer in value investing, and has demonstrated research experience on the buy-side, sell-side or perhaps in a corporate investing team.
We are seeking an individual, regardless of gender, race or background, who is a perpetual learner, analytically minded, and capable of delivering actionable research in a timely manner.
The ideal candidate is an active communicator who is not afraid to pitch and debate ideas with an investment team. You will generally work independently, but participate in a team environment, and must be a ‘self starter’ who is pro-active.
We believe that investment performance matters, being a contributing team member matters and individual accountability also matters. We are looking for candidates that share these values.
What you will do:
• Work closely with the Canadian equity team to research companies and influence investment decisions for Canadian equity portfolios
• Provide research and analysis of Canadian equities
• Consolidate and analyze information from company financial statements, industry conferences and company presentations, analysts, and company management teams
• Build and maintain financial models
• Present stock recommendations to the Portfolio Managers
• 3 to 7 years of experience in an equity analyst role, ideally on the sell-side, buy-side but perhaps in another unique investing role
• Collaborate in a team-oriented approach, working with others
• Demonstrate an ability to understand financial statements, including nuances of accounting
• Be curious, and show strong analytical skills
• Demonstrate an ability to succinctly present a written investment thesis
• Confidence and comfort in expressing opinions to the investment team
• Comfortable with both a collaborative and debate-driven approach to communication
• A mindset of humility and being able to learn from past mistakes
• Be willing to work in our Toronto office (most days of the week)
If you are interested in this role, please include:
i) a cover letter;
ii) your resume; and
iii) an investment report & recommendation (max 10 pages) for a Canadian company of your choice (with a market cap of greater than $1bn) in the format of your choice.
Please email your package to
HumanResources@foyston.com and include the job title and “VersaFi” in the subject line.
