Hero Electronix - HEPL Associate - Business

HEPL Associate

Company Overview:

Hero Electronix is the $5B+ Hero Group's venture into the technology space with a vision to create a $1B+ home-grown, scalable and leading technology businesses out of India, centered around both consumer and enterprise solutions. HEPL strongly believes that rapid advancements in Internet Connectivity and Artificial Intelligence technologies is a tectonic shift that is causing all products around us getting re-imagined. Our speakers, watches and even cars today are Smart and Connected.

Started 6 years back to capitalize on this broader theme, HEPL, today, has multiple enterprise businesses: (1) Semiconductor Engineering Services (Tessolve), (2) Connected media platform & devices (Mybox) (3) Connected Enterprise Solutions (Zenatix), (4) Smart and Connected Consumer Devices (Qubo).

To manage our portfolio, we have assembled a small team of top notch professionals led by an ex-McKinsey Senior Partner level individual. The individuals in the team will be responsible for providing both operational and strategic support to the portfolio companies to drive value creation. Portfolio initiatives will include driving a diverse set of strategic (strategy development, international expansion, M&A/ JV execution) and operational improvement projects (eg. S&M transformation, new product commercialization).

Role:

- At HEPL we are looking for an Associate, who can work with the mid to senior level executives across multiple areas of business including providing support in financial tracking and modelling, pitch presentations, market research and monthly/quarterly business updates of investees. If you are the kind of individual who likes / wants to work in fast paced start-up environment with visibility across businesses, then this is just the right role for you. Read on below to understand some of the key responsibilities for this role.

- Take a specific project for one of the portfolio companies and run it with complete ownership: This could range across developing strategy, budget, business case for a product, fund raise evaluation, process streamlining, cost optimization, etc.

- Provide support in new vertical setup and market entry for our portfolio companies

- Create and manage financials dashboard of investees for internal tracking and presentation

- Develop presentation around financials and operations of the investees on a monthly/quarterly basis for internal board consumption

- Develop financial business case including key financial parameters and financial budgeting/projections

- Develop and reinvent business strategy for the portfolio companies

- Identify and evaluate new potential areas of entry and new opportunities for HEPL

- Identify, evaluate and build thesis on new companies to invest

Minimum Qualifications:

- Graduate degree from Tier 1/ Tier 2 colleges

- 2-4 years of experience with:

- Tier 1/2 management consulting firms, or

- Mid-market PE/VC, or

- Tier 1/2 Data analytics firms

Preferred Traits:

- Strong analytical abilities with ability to analyze drivers and trends, and actively discuss deliverables with key stakeholders across the organization

- Very proficient in excel with experience in financial modelling

- Excellent presentation development skills

- Ability to work under strict deadlines

- Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects; excellent time management and organization skills

- Independently manage and drive required deliverable with minimum supervision