Sell-Side Publication Forecast Reviewer
Job Description
The opportunity
IXO is recruiting senior sell-side research practitioners to evaluate a specific forecasting question: when a named analyst is likely to publish after a catalyst, and what that update is likely to say. The work uses a fixed information cutoff and concerns the analyst’s research process, not general company-event transmission.
What the forecast must explain
Use the available company and research evidence to build a reasoned view of the expected publication.
• Examine filings, earnings releases, call transcripts, estimates, valuations and ratings relevant to the analyst’s coverage.
• Forecast publication timing and likely content, explaining which developments could prompt a change in estimates, valuation, rating or emphasis.
• Describe the internal production steps and practical workflow that make the timing and form of that research plausible.
• Distinguish knowledge of the analyst’s established coverage behavior from an assumption inferred only from a single event.
• Review AI forecasts for sector accuracy, evidential support and information that would not have been available at the cutoff.
Outputs include time-bounded publication forecasts, expected research views, explanations of the production workflow and scored evaluations of model analyses. State uncertainty and plausible alternatives, not just one confident narrative.
Who can do this work
You should be a former lead sell-side analyst or a very senior associate who personally published catalyst-driven research in the exact sector. Strong command of research evidence and publishing workflows is required. The usual experience level is eight or more years of direct practice; outstanding equivalent performance may qualify.
Experience on ranked or leading research teams is preferred. Familiarity gained as the named analyst’s former colleague, coverage competitor or senior buy-side reader is particularly useful. Employer prestige is not a gate: relevant experience and a work sample determine fit.
Engagement and pay
This is remote IXO expert work at $160 • $260/hr USD. Approximately 20 hours per week is an indicative planning assumption; scope, schedule, duration and rate will be agreed before starting.
Use only public, synthetic or explicitly authorized evidence available at the cutoff. Do not introduce hindsight, leaks, confidential employer/client material or material nonpublic information.