RocSearch - Associate Manager - Telecom Research - Strategic Research & Advisory

About RocSearch

For over 21 years, RocSearch has been a pioneer in empowering our clients to overcome challenges and realise their goals. Our strength is delivering research and advisory solutions through managed and dedicated teams that produce the expert intelligence our clients require to gain a true competitive advantage. We draw on proven expertise to deliver consistent value across all types of business requirements: ranging from digitisation and analysis of business, financial, or customer data to the provision of 'act-on' insights for the most challenging business problems. Our longstanding client relationships bear testament to the enduring value we create, alongside our consistent reliability and absolute discretion. We take great pride that many of the brightest global companies rely on us to help them achieve top - line growth, operational efficiency and increased profitability.

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Roles & Responsibilities

- Build and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the client's business, telecom value chain, Indian telecom sector and its performance metrics, Indian telecom operators, their service offerings and key performance metrics.

- Quickly come up to speed on the existing research process, client subscribed databases, other commonly used information sources and delivery templates.

- Decipher research briefs and implement an optimal research strategy to execute client requests leveraging public information sources and clients' subscribed databases including GSMA Intelligence, Capital IQ, Analysis Mason, CMR etc.

- Lead and independently execute research requests. Maintain a completion index of 95%-100% across all deliverables and be proficient in applying quantitative techniques and frameworks for market forecasting, DCF valuation, cash flow analysis, etc.

- Lead and participate in client conversations to present key findings and address questions and objections with clarity, ease and confidence.

- Develop strong rapport with client stakeholders and become the go-to person for their workstreams.

- Manage multiple workstreams, review outputs of junior team members (as and when required) and deliver error free outputs under tight deadlines.

Candidate Profile

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering / MBA (specialisation in information technology/ telecom is preferable) / CFA with 4+ years of strategic research experience.

- Proficiency in creating in-depth company profiles, conducting financial due diligence (balance sheet analysis, income statement analysis, cash flow analysis, forecasting using valuation techniques), market analysis, evaluating technology trends and business case analysis.

- Excellent MS-Office (PowerPoint, Excel and Word) skills. Working knowledge of Tableau will be an added advantage.

- Strong project management and multi-tasking skills.

- Ability to deliver under tight deadlines and switch between multiple projects during the course of the day; adaptable to working on both recurring and ad hoc assignments.

- High degree of quality orientation and work output ownership.

- Logical and meticulous approach to problem solving.

- Flexible with work timings, based on clients' requirements.

- Strong oral and written communication skills with exposure to client interaction.