Associate - Investment/Business Research - KPO

Associate Research

- The role will involve comprehensive research support to Partners/Analysts of proprietary investment arm of FIL focused on private equity. The job will include industry analysis, custom research work, financial and valuation analysis.

- Make preliminary assessments about the investment potential of specific sectors and companies

- Do secondary and primary research (surveys, channel checks, etc.) to gather information about market size, key players, their management teams, suppliers, customers, products, etc.

- Prepare detailed sector studies and keep abreast of important trends and developments in the relevant sectors

- Financial analysis on the target companies (company financials, comparables, etc) to forecast business, industry, and economic conditions

- Analyse and monitor investees key performance metrics

- Take up ad-hoc custom requests as needed.

Experience and Qualifications :

- MBA from a prominent institute or CA or CFA or Masters in Finance with 1-4 years of experience in investment/business research.

- Strong attention to detail, verbal and written business English communication skills.

Essential Skills Required :

- Analytical / Problem solving skills, with a logical thought process - to sort, analyse and creatively interpret large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data.

- In-depth knowledge of one or more sectors (healthcare and technology) - key drivers, dynamics, trends and indicators would be an advantage.

- Database skills - Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Factiva and other financial databases

- Basic understanding of the financial markets