Key Responsibilities:
Structured Problem Solving and Business Assessment:
- Help identify and structure key issues into an issue-tree and set of hypotheses and plan and conduct research and analyses that address the most appropriate issues
- Understand client issues and structure the problem in order to develop hypotheses around possible solutions; understand company's key strategic/operational issues (market definition, industry trends, client issues)
- Structure and create business/market assessments and identify appropriate tools to be used and analyses to be done
- Compile data, conduct analyses of data to prove or disprove the hypotheses
Business Acumen:
- Develop and utilize industry knowledge to be able to make implementation oriented recommendations
- Develop business case elements to highlight the financial implication of recommendations
- Identify industry specific operating metrics and link them to relevant financial metrics to identify the key value drivers for a client
- Develop knowledge of prevailing trends, financials and operating drivers across multiple industry segments
Financial Analysis and Value Creation:
- Understand, describe and apply corporate finance concepts, interpret company annual reports, prepare data for analysis and identify relevant financial adjustments pertaining to a specific industry
- Build financial models to back up a business case
Strategy Development
- Help develop innovative, fact-based and achievable strategies and operating models after evaluation of multiple strategic options
- Describe and assess advantages/ disadvantages of strategic options, including implementation readiness
- Define criteria to evaluate appropriateness of options to the client situation
- Prioritize options based on defined selection criteria
Communication and Presentation:
- Plan and deliver well-structured oral and written communications
- Leverage data and information to develop a well-structured, cohesive presentation; apply strong PowerPoint/ document creation skills to structure and create client-ready deliverables
- Communicate clearly and effectively with the client and the project team to convey ideas and understanding of the deliverable and schedule
- Contribute to formulation of main message/ storyline
- Structure arguments to support message
- Apply clear, concise, and compelling written skills to help advocate a point of view
- Confidently communicate data and findings to enable insight development- develop clear supporting evidence in charts and graphs
Experience:
- Should have prior experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Corporate Transformation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA); Organization Strategy; Pricing and Profit Optimization; Growth and Innovation.
Key Competencies:
- The individual must have outstanding, consistent academic performance
- Have good financial acumen and financial analysis and diagnostic skills
- Have an eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
- Should be able to work creatively and analytically to strict deadlines in a problem-solving environment
- Should be comfortable working at the highest levels of client organizations and interacting closely with the - C- level executives in a range of environments
- Should be comfortable functioning in a broadly positioned and highly diverse consulting firm
- Should have good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
- Should possess excellent presentation skills
- Should possess and demonstrate high integrity and credibility as perceived by all those with whom s/he will work
- Should have strong intellect coupled with proficient commercial instincts
- Should be diplomatic, flexible, and have a good team approach.
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