Senior Analyst - Marine Domain

NOTE : MARINE DOMAIN EXPERIENCE IS MANDATORY

Role & responsibilities :

- Execute business research projects in the area of strategy; procurement and /or marketing for various clients including large corporations and professional service firms

- Understand research objectives based on client type and accordingly follow a work approach, interpret and analyze information for accuracy, exhaustiveness and applicability

- Source the relevant and accurate information through secondary (including databases) and primary research

- Present the analysis in a structured manner

- Deliver high quality, client-ready output with minimal supervision; identify risks / issues and escalate to the project leads in a timely manner

Role & responsibilities :

- Ability to conduct secondary and primary research for complex business problems

- Ability to extract relevant information from various databases such as DialogPro, Thomson, Factiva and Bloomberg;

- Basic understanding of industry dynamics such as KPIs and frameworks such as SWOT analysis, Porter's Five Forces; strong domain knowledge of his core subjects/specialization area (educational as well as work experience)

- Creative outlook and ability to think of multiple approaches to address a problem

- Motivated, fast thinking, dynamic person with strong business acumen

- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

- Strong team player and keen learner

- Perseverant and - can do- attitude

- Go getter with quick grasping ability

- Proactive and ready to take initiative

Desired Skills & Experience

Work Experience :

- 1 to 3.5 years of experience in business research

- Experience of working in teams

- Experience of direct interaction with clients, both through emails and conference calls

- Experience of supervising/managing the work of a relatively junior analyst

Knowledge :

- Knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of various industries and other concepts such as best practices, strategy and key performance indicators

- Analytical bend of mind, to seek the why, how and so-what of a problem statement

- Knowledge of various databases such as DialogPro, Thomson, Factiva, ProFound

- Knowledge of using Power Point, Excel and Word in a creative manner to deliver the desired output

- Knowledge about his educational background with clear fundamentals and concepts

Skills :

- Excellent business research skills, as evidenced by extensive experience in utilizing those skills in research environment

- Superior problem solving abilities and strong analytical thinking

- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)

- Ability to constantly maintain the quality levels across all projects, ability to do multi-tasking

- Ability to conduct open ended primary research to garner industry specific insights

Education :

- Degree in numerate discipline

- MBA (preferred)