Senior Associate - Research & Insights - Big4/Consulting Firm

Senior Associate Research and Insights Hub, Markets, IFS.

Company - Big 4 Consulting Firm

Job Description & Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Associate to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting comprehensive industry, business, financial, and market research. This role involves identifying and sourcing relevant data largely from public sources and paid subscriptions, organizing and analyzing information, deriving actionable insights, and presenting findings to various stakeholders. The Senior Associate will also develop domain expertise in select sectors, facilitate knowledge management, and ensure\ the documentation of best practices.

Responsibilities:

Core Job Responsibilities:

- Perform industry research, business research, financial research and market research.

- Identify and source the required data/information related to industries, companies and markets.

- Organize and analyze data according to research context and objectives.

- Derive insights and inferences from the research findings.

- Provide a cohesive narrative and present the research findings.

- Develop analytical capability and domain expertise in select sectors.

- Actively facilitate knowledge management and ensure documentation of best practices and maintenance of databases.

- Navigate the complexities of working with diverse teams/teams across the country and engagements.

- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, and stakeholders to build trust.

- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

- Analysis of selected companies across various dimensions, including, market share, customers, credit ratings, news, public issues, ownership structure, active investors, share price, PE ratio etc.

- Company screening based on industry, location, revenue size, etc.

- Draw projection models of companies.

Mandatory skill sets:

- Market Research, Sectoral Research

Preferred skill sets:

- Proficiency in the use of databases like Prowess and Capital IQ will be a plus.

- Analytical capability and functional knowledge.

- Broad understanding of the Indian economy and its key sectors, awareness of corporate news and developments.

- Ability to ask insightful questions and find answers using data, logical reasoning and deduction.

- Ability to read and analyze financial statements in the business context.

- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

- Familiarity with various visualization tools such as Power BI and with Gen AI will be a plus.

Education qualification:

- CA or MBA from a Reputed Institute.