KPMG - Business Associate - Research & Benchmarking

About us -

- KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 154 countries and territories and have 200,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

- The position in discussion is with Capability Hubs (CH) team at KPMG Global Services (KGS), which is KPMG's knowledge services hub and is an integral part of the firm's strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability.

- KGS- CH is integral to the firm's strategy of enhancing innovation, building scalability and improving profitability. This Unit is currently 750+ members- strong capability.

- KGS CH has been offering deep insights and solutions to KPMG's practitioners across service lines viz. Audit, Tax and Advisory (Deal Advisory, Management Consulting and Risk Consulting) globally.

Roles and responsibilities-
 
We are recruiting for a Business Associate in the Research and Benchmarking team. Working as a Business Associate in the team, your responsibilities will include:

- Contribute to research and benchmarking assignments - either as a part of an ongoing client engagement, or as a part of business development efforts conducted by the entity

- Conceive and execute secondary research on:

- Company: business model, segments, revenue model, strategy, issues / challenges, M&A history, competitive positioning, organization structure, key management, recent developments, SWOT, etc.

- Market: industry value chain, size and growth outlook, trends and drivers, growth inhibitors and challenges, competitive landscape, Porter's / PESTLE analysis, etc.

- Financials: broad analysis of income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, ratios, segment performance, etc.

- Competitors: comparative performance of companies on financial and operational KPIs, relative strengths and weaknesses, etc.

- Contribute to preparation of client deliverables (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word) - prepare client ready presentations that are well structured, logical and clear to understand

- Undertake exhaustive research and benchmarking for deliverables and triangulate information and data points from various data sources

- Logical thought structuring and ability to draw insights/so-what's in simple to mid-complex projects with guidance

- Articulate findings through use of clear, concise, and grammatically correct business English (both written and verbal)

- Understand client objectives, and context with minimal guidance, and relate research and benchmarking conducted to meet end objectives

- Thorough understanding of internal benchmarking databases

- Be able to identify and come up with proxies for data

- Specialize in one BM product (surveys or location assessment) and be able to execute it completely

- Be able to own parts of niche benchmarking engagements such as Functional BM, Financial BM and execute with minimal guidance

- Deliver parts of mid-complex projects with guidance

- Deliver error free output while adhering to project timelines and effort estimates

- Work with appropriate supervision and guidance from Team Lead/Assistant Manager/Manager

- Work collaboratively with onshore KPMG teams in the development of and delivery of presentations and key findings

Essential skills required:

Education / professional qualifications:

- MBA / M.Com/ PG in Commerce

Prior Experience:

- Candidate with 0-1 years of relevant experience in a similar role, particularly in a leading consulting firm (e.g. other Big 4, global investment bank, leading research house), will have a preference.

- Good knowledge of secondary research sources (e.g. Bloomberg, Factiva, S&P Capital IQ) would be an advantage

- Very strong understanding of Excel and be able to create dashboards, excel models, etc.

- Experience in preparing reports, thought leaderships, media articles, industry landscapes, company analysis and regulatory updates would be an advantage

Behavioral / team skills

- Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Attention to detail

- Prioritization and effective time management skills

- Effective team player