Fidelity - Data Analytics Professional - Business Analytics & Research

BU Overview

Business Analytics & Research (BA&R), a part of FMR India, is a consulting and insights team that enables business leaders at Fidelity Investments to make informed decisions. The team uses a combination of business & investment research, advanced analytics and decision sciences to solve business problems at the operational, tactical and strategic level. The group has a high focus on leveraging big data and technology to facilitate critical decisions, and is in the process of setting-up a first of its kind big data lab in India. The group houses top talent, with over three-fourths of the associates having a post graduate degree or PhD. The group provides a unique exposure to the financial services industry spanning workplace investing, retail investing, institutional investing, asset management and private equity.

Role Description:

- Work closely with business partners to understand project requirement and implement the same using sound data knowledge and experience

- Build a reputation with partners as a person who can provide solutions to business problems

- Independently conduct data analyses with minimal supervision

- Handle multiple projects in parallel with an eye to final packaging or finished deliverables

- Projects can range from strategic analysis to senior executive reporting projects

- Effectively communicate findings, concerns, ideas, project management elements to multiple stakeholders in an offshore-onshore environment

- Working within and across teams/sub-teams

Candidate Skill Set

- Understands business challenges & translates them into business solutions

- Able to synthesize large volumes of data into comprehensible and insightful information

- Experience with data bases and understanding of database architecture

- Must have excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills

- Proficiency in Base SAS, SQL and knowledge of Excel VB Macros, Visualization tools like Xcelcius, Tableau are helpful

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education and Experience

- Graduate or post-graduate qualification from top-tier institutions

- 1 to 5 years of meaningful work experience in analytics and data handling

- Proven experience in independently handling various kinds of research projects, client servicing, data interpretation & insights generation