Axience - Senior Vice President/Associate Director - Financial Research

We request the candidates to apply for this role only if they strongly believe that they really have a suitable background.

About Axience:

Axience is a professional business services firm, established with a credo of delivering Integrated Bespoke Solutions for our clients.

We provide high quality bespoke and boutique-style financial and business research services and have established ourselves as a well-regarded research firm with a strong clientele, board and management team.

Our main office is in Mumbai, supported by small satellite capabilities in many other parts of the world.

Financial Research:

- Under our Financial Research vertical, we support reputable clients in the financial services industry including private and public markets investors, family offices, investment banks and others.

- The scope ranges from investment analysis, desktop due-diligence, financial modelling, valuation as well as ongoing analyst support for our buy-side clients and equity / credit research and corporate finance analyst support to our sell-side clients.

- Our business is healthy mix of ongoing support to our clients as well as relatively complex ad-hoc projects.

- Irrespective of engagement, Axience prides itself in differentiating itself from various competitors by delivering incredible quality and value to small / mid-size outsourcing and research services relationship which requires experienced professionals with strong experience and skills.

- This mix allows our staff to have arguably better learning and growth opportunities than our peers.

- Axience is looking for an experienced professional with unmatched execution and leadership abilities from third party KPOs or financial services / consulting / research agencies captives who can lead / co-lead research delivery across FR segments.

- Ideally such an individual will have background both in financial and business research however strong / demonstrable and progressive background in financial / investment research is absolutely required.

Delivery:

- Manage multiple ongoing client accounts and projects and underlying teams.

- Manage multiple ad-hoc projects and underlying team structure for our financial services clients ranging from equity / credit research, investment banking support, feasibility studies, investment evaluations to due diligence among others and / or strategic / market / business assessment for our corporate and family office clients.

- Lead and be responsible for pilots and successfully winning new client accounts, driven by an unmatched ownership, quality, execution and leadership abilities.

- Hold responsibility for ensuring quality of delivery for all / selected clients / projects.

- Be ultimately responsible for project planning and execution processes proposal preparation, client

communication, project plan, team allocation, work review and finalization.

Hiring, Training and Development:

- Be responsible for supporting management and working alongside / guide HR / admin in effective, efficient and target hiring and enhancing Axience brand among talent and universities.

- Lead / co-lead training and development of underlying delivery teams.

- Define framework of minimum deliverables by team members and align hiring and training/development to such framework.

Strategy and Growth:

- Be responsible for select areas / vertical / themes pre-sales / business development P&L.

- Support / guide collateral development for business development and marketing related to delivery, thought leadership, whitepapers as well as pitches, emails templates, website and social media.

- Be directly / indirectly responsible for various pre-sales and BD activities, including managing small teams.

- While the position requires professionals with core experience in Financial Research, anyone that can also handle strategic research / market sizing / assessment aspects pertaining to investment / commercial due diligence mandates will be more preferred.

- However, Financial Research skillset is primary requirement.

Required Background and Characteristics:

- Advanced education from top tier institutions with top 10% academic performance in the class.

- This role requires professionals who have considers themselves top 5% in the industry and are judged as most dynamic, efficient, organized and skilled demonstrated by their growth and aspirations.

- Significant relevant and progressive work experience, both as an individual contributor as well as projects lead.

- Mixed experience in ad-hoc complex projects as well as ongoing relationship and an ability beyond managing / delivering simple research outsourcing engagement.

- Prior experience of working in KPO / investment banks / captive units of international investment banks / brokerage houses or management consulting.

- International exposure through travel or education is desired; professional wanting to move back / return to India might be suitable too.

- If you have taken GMAT an equivalent in past, then GMAT score of 700+ is required; else you will be required to take an aptitude test.

- The role requires top decile aptitude.