Grant Thornton - Assistant Manager - Consulting

Roles and responsibilities:

- Part of growth strategy team and will have to undertake assignments related to sales improvement, cost reduction, market assessment and commercial due diligence

- Understand and assess engagement situation through detailed understanding of the client's business situation, market factors, growth aspirations and profitability targets.

- Conduct detailed data analysis and come up with relevant insights as per the engagement scope and expected deliverable.

- On-site assessment of client's functional processes and arrive at agreements with client stakeholders based on detailed logical findings

- Create a robust business case for potential improvement areas in line with the engagement objectives.

- On-ground primary research to collect data, analyze and structure it create a coherent message

- Structure engagement deliverables as per the expectations of the project manager and come up with insights from on ground research and analysis.

- Aware of key industry trends (Industry 4.0/ connected cars/ IoT/ Evolving Consumer Behavior etc.)

- Develop and Review financial models - review and analyze financial forecast models, analyze key industry trends, competitor analysis etc.

- Perform balance sheet, cash flow and income statement review

- Participate in Business Development Activities (Proposal Writing, POV creation, Industry Trends)

- Work with corporates, venture capitalists, private equities and other investors

- Participate in thought-ware generation activities of the team which helps the auto & industrial/ Consumer/ Tech practice as well as the overall GT brand in India.

Expected profile:

- Engineer plus MBA (top tier B-School)

- 2- 5 years of experience.

- Prior experience in a professional consultancy firm is preferred

- Relevant corporate experience will be considered

- Executed some of following types of engagements in the past:

- Growth Strategy Engagements

- Market Assessments & Commercial Due Diligence

- Business Plan development skills

- Business Transformation Engagements

- Supply Chain Optimization/ Working Capital Management/ Cost Optimization

- Sales improvement and channel development

Skill set:

- Strong inter-personal skills

- Strong communication skills- written and verbal

- Strong analytical skills and should be good at structuring thoughts.

- Excellent PPT and excel skills

- Ability to effectively manage multiple, concurrent projects and meet deadlines while working both independently and in a team environment

- Attitude: Positive, High on Energy, Value Learning and Development

- Demonstrate integrity, values, principles, and work ethic and lead by example

- Willingness to travel within India or abroad