Analyst

Avasant; Delhi; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure

Training & mentoring

Career development

Job summary

Avasant in India is seeking a Benchmarking Analyst to translate client priorities into data-driven metrics, build models, and create visualizations. You will assess operations, compare to peers, and develop narrative insights.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree, strong quantitative skills, and excellent communication. You’ll work across time zones with a global team, contributing to benchmarking studies and client deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in research, strategy or related field.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-time zone environment.

Responsibilities

• Understand client priorities and translate into data-driven metrics.
• Assess business and operations to benchmark against industry peers.
• Conduct data analysis, modeling and create visualizations.
• Enhance data sets and platforms with new features.
• Develop new tools and data sets to support additional areas.
• Provide benchmarking and financial analysis to clients.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Independence

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Background

Avasant is a Los Angeles, California headquartered leading management consulting firm providing Strategic Sourcing, IT and Business Transformation and Global Strategy services to the global Fortune 1000. Since 2006, Avasant has negotiated over $250B in deals and operates in over 50 countries. The firm has been recognized as "World's Best Outsourcing Advisor" by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) for fourteen consecutive years. In 2020, we were also recognized as one of the top five industry analyst firms by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR). Learn more at https://avasant.com/

Avasant’s benchmarking practice provides data-based market insights to technology buyers and providers as they navigate the rapidly changing digital landscape. We conduct detailed IT spend assessment, benchmarking engagements across IT (Applications, Infrastructure, and Cloud) & BPS, assess enterprise clients’ software license spend, execute custom benchmarks, develop reports and studies on market trends, tailored per our client’s requirements, and provide detailed assessments on their commercials and KPIs based on comparison with best-in-class / industry peers. To know more about Avasant’s Benchmarking practice, please visit here.

Responsibilities

The key roles and responsibilities for this position would include the following:

• Responsibilities for projects in the Benchmarking domain: Understand client business priorities and challenges with a view to translate into data driven metrics and analysis.
• Assess Client's business and technology operations (e.g. SLAs and other operational metrics) to compare to best-in-industry operational metrics
• Conduct data analysis, modeling and create visualizations to develop and share recommendations.
• Enhance existing data sets and platforms with new features and data.
• Develop new tools and data sets to support additional areas
• Develop a narrative around data captured to identify key market trends
• Provide benchmarking and financial analysis to Clients based on comparison to industry peers / operationally comparable organizations.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s with interest in research, strategy or consulting domains (in the industry and digital technology space)
• Significant exposure and interest in digital technologies, with an inherent curiosity to analyze how they will impact the industries
• Strong sense of ownership and adherence to quality and timelines
• Exceptional quantitative and data interpretation skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – both written and verbal (English)
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment across multiple time zones/ geographies

What Avasant offers

• Entrepreneurial environment, with the ability to lead and drive new initiatives to further personal and organizational goals
• Global exposure and a chance to work with multi-national clients, including some of the industry leaders
• Training and mentoring on the latest business and sector practices based on market requirements
• Opportunity to work with and learn from an international team of industry specialists
• Focused programs for career development, including funding of industry certifications and skill development programs
• Dynamic and multicultural work environment