Business Analyst - Research

Business Analyst

- Works directly in CEO Office to understand business verticals, objectives and approach

- Conducting primary/secondary research to uncover insights and understand business trends and potential implications for the business

- Driving new projects, initiatives and complete implementation and program management

- Regular SWOT analysis of each business vertical and recommendations for key business decisions, strategy designing and complete implementation

- Tracking performance of business verticals financial status by monitoring variances from plan

- Participating in Regular Business Reviews and Action plans tracking and monitoring and regular status update

- Should be responsible/capable of using a data driven approach to highlight problems

- Determines financial status by comparing and analyzing plans and forecasts with actual results.

- Improves financial status by analyzing results and variances; identifying trends; recommending actions.

- Provides information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.

Skills/Qualifications:

- Reporting Skills, Informing Others, Financial Skills, Forecasting, Corporate Finance, Financial Diagnosis, Financial Software, Analyzing Information, Statistical Analysis, Process Improvement, Financial Planning and Strategy

- Self-starter with a strong onus on project ownership

- Excellent attention to detail

- Capable of demonstrating good business judgment

- Excellent verbal and written skills

- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills

- Should be comfortable working across cross-functional teams/functions

- Should be comfortable working in a fast-changing environment and ambiguous situations

- Strong writing and oral communication skills in English

- Experience : 2-4 years

- Minimum 1 year experience as a Research Analyst at a top Consulting/KPO/Research firm

- Graduate degree with major emphasis in Finance, Business or Engineering. (MBA w/ Engineering a plus)

- Must have excellent quantitative, analytical and reporting skills

- Critical thinking and very detailed oriented

- Must be highly proficient with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint