We are recruiting for a Senior Analyst in the Research and Benchmarking team. Working as a Senior Analyst 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, design 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.

- Benchmarking: basic understanding of the role of support functions, salary benchmarking, cost benchmarking, and vendor assessment from a business perspective

- 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.

- Location Assessment: understanding of the demographic, socio-political and workforce enablers

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

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

- Suggest alternative data sources/research methodologies, suggest proxies and run creative queries to fetch difficult to obtain data

- 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)

- Ability to develop simple bespoke frameworks to represent research and offer innovative ways of presenting information

- Proactively seek guidance to decode scope requirements and ask relevant questions to get to the big picture

- Proactively use past learning to connect dots, offer innovative ways of presenting information and develop simple bespoke frameworks

- Meet all internal/external timelines and provide solutions in case of delays

- Adequately assist project lead on client calls

- Work reasonably independently, 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

Job Requirements

Mandatory Skills

- Education / professional qualifications

- MBA / M.Com / PG in Commerce

Prior Experience

- The candidate must have 1-3 years of relevant experience in a similar role, particularly in a leading consulting firm (e.g. international consulting firm, Big 4, global investment bank, leading research house).

- Experience working with international clients

Technical skills

- Proficiency in MS-Office - Intermediate/Advanced MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint and MS-Word

- Highly articulate with excellent communication and presentation skills (especially PowerPoint)

- Experience in doing data analysis, preparing reports, thought leaderships, media articles, industry landscapes, company analysis and regulatory updates

- Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data quickly and draw meaningful insights

- Primary/secondary research and benchmarking proficiency in using specialized databases and free sources

- Strong numerical, analytical and strategic thinking skills, and sound business / commercial acumen

- Adept at strategic frameworks such as SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, PESTLE, etc.

- A pragmatic approach to analysis and problem solving; ability to drive through to an outcome in circumstances of complexity and ambiguity

- Ability to assess technical information to distill key strategic insights and convey these succinctly, clearly and confidently, verbally and in written form

- Proficiency in using specialized databases and free sources

- Sustained research exposure (a minimum of 1 year continuously) to the below mentioned sectors will be an added edge:

- Financial Services, Industrial Manufacturing, Technology, Media and Telecom, Consumer Goods and Retail, Energy and Natural Resources, and Healthcare and Life Science

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

- Ability to handle client