Franklin Templeton - Associate Strategic Business Consultant - Client Analytics Group

At Franklin Templeton Investments, we are dedicated to delivering strong results and exceptional service to clients, team members and business partners. Over 9,000 employees working in 60 offices around the world are dedicated to servicing investment solutions for our clients in more than 150 countries. For over 65 years, our success has been a direct result of the talent, skills and persistence of our people, and we are looking for qualified candidates to join our team.

What is the Associate Strategic Business Consultant - Client Analytics group responsible for?

The candidate will be required to support the formulation & implementation of business strategies for Franklin Templeton's various business groups which includes US Retail Sales, SRT, Institutional Sales, PWD, DCIO/VAIO

What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Associate Strategic Business Consultant?

- Independently research and analyze internal & external data (from third party databases) involving key business metrics using BI tools to generate actionable insights by creating various reports, dashboards, etc.

- Participate and contribute to research projects led by senior team members

- Generate point of view through secondary research on industry trends, product research, competitor intelligence and customer insights to support decision making

- Develop short term and long term business strategies through dialogues, reports, analysis etc.

- Interpret and prioritize client requests, as well as independently interface with and manage internal client base, which includes sales team, wholesalers and relationship managers

- Provide guidance to sales support team & other staff functions on business process and sales team requirements

- Communicate insights from complex data to management in a useful manner

- Collaborate with project managers from various business groups including Technology, Data Intelligence, Sales Reporting & Product Strategy to deliver required business outcomes

- Coordinate effort of implementing strategy within and outside USAS to garnish the intended results

What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE : 

- Masters in Business Administration from top Tier 1 or Tier 2 institutes and with good academic credentials

- Overall 3 to 7 years of experience, with some experience post MBA preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES : 

- Intermediate proficiency in MS Excel (formulas & functions), MS Word, MS PowerPoint

- Exposure to a BI tool (Tableau, SAS, SQL, R, Python)

- Sound written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work directly with clients and teammates

- Strong project management skills, ability to multi-task, and meet firm deadlines

- Capable of working independently as well as in groups

- Ability to maintain a professional image

PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING : 

- Independently capable of interpreting and analyzing Big data

- Sound quantitative and analytical skills, with detail oriented approach to research

What makes Franklin Templeton Investments unique?

In addition to the dynamic and professional environment at Franklin Templeton, we strive to ensure that our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards- the mix of both monetary and non-monetary rewards provided to you in recognition for your time, talents, efforts, and results.

Highlights of our benefits include:

- Professional development growth opportunities through in-house classes and over 150 Web-based training courses

- An educational assistance program to financially help employees seeking continuing education

- Medical, Life and Personal Accident Insurance benefit for employees. Medical insurance also cover employee's dependents (spouses, children and dependent parents)

- Life insurance for protection of employees- families

- Personal accident insurance for protection of employees and their families

- Personal loan assistance

- Employee Stock Investment Plan (ESIP)

- Onsite fitness center, recreation center, and cafeteria

- Cricket grounds and gymnasium

- Library

- Health Center with doctor availability

- HDFC ATM on the campus