Research Analyst - Finance Domain - Consulting Firm

One of our reputed client is hiring RESEARCH ANALYST. Below is a brief JD.

Candidate Should Have Secondary Research Experience In Finance - Preferably From Banking

BUSINESS TITLE : Research Analyst

JOB FAMILY : Data and Research Service (DRS), Research Expertise

GLOBAL TITLE : Research Analyst 

COHORT : RA 

REPORTS TO : Research Lead 

WHAT YOU'LL DO :

As a Research Analyst within BCG's Data & Researcher Services team, you would provide secondary research in support of proposals, client cases, and business or IP development initiatives, with specialization in financial services. You will be responsible for delivering on variety of requests through the day.

The environment is fast paced and may need you to connect with the customers from the consulting and knowledge teams to refine/understand the scope, devise an appropriate approach; package and deliver to the satisfaction of the customer. There is opportunity for you to grow and learn in an apprenticeship culture where you can quickly build and expand your research knowledge base to the next level.

YOU'RE GOOD AT :

Topic knowledge and industry expertise :

- You will manage various research requests, with a high-level accuracy and organization, primarily on a key industry or topic you have a strong interest in and you will develop an expertise about

- You will be required to understand request objectives focussed on financial services and proactively suggest most appropriate and efficient research approach to senior DRS team members and customers, as appropriate

- You will be participating in longer project assignments, with support from Senior Research Analysts or Research Leads

- You will evaluate our source quality and data accuracy, and you will proactively help to identify and raise research-related issues

- You will take ownership of personal development in research delivery and topic specialization

- You will engage in thought partnership with consulting teams and knowledge teams to understand, scope and deliver accurate, timely and relevant data and information

- You will be coaching Research Associates and outsourcing partners, and delivering data quality analysis with them

- You will be developing partnership with our knowledge team, in support of customers and are someone who bring great maturity in internal customer interaction

Utilization and development of tools and technology :

- Along with collecting, summarizing and synthesizing relevant data and information into appropriate, concise, timely and highly effective output, you are proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint

- With guidance, you will develop tools, resources and training within specific topic, you will be contributing to knowledge capture and documentation

- Using your strong analytical thinking, you will provide advanced synthesis, and develop deep expertise in specialized research tools, databases and sources

Working flexibly in in a fast-paced environment :

- In addition to being intellectually curious and being able to work in a fast-paced, deadline focused environment, you are capable of identifying practical, timely and innovative research approaches
 
YOU BRING :

- 2-4+ years relevant working experience, with some specialization in retail banking, corporate banking, capital markets, asset management, and wealth management

- Bachelor's degree with strong preference to analytic programs (e.g. economics, engineering, sciences)

- Excellent English; other languages requested in certain locations

- Financial database searching capabilities e.g. Thomson, Bloomberg, Datastream, SNL financial, FT Banker, Orbis, Alacra, Factiva etc.

YOU'LL WORK WITH :

Our knowledge and research specialists collaborate with global colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of knowledge and research positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative research careers.

YOU'LL BE BASED IN :

COUNTRY : India

YOU'LL BE TRAVELLING : Case to Case basis

YOUR EMPLOYEE TYPE IS : Regular (100%)

YOUR JOB TYPE IS : Full-time