Associate- Qualitative Research

Acuity Knowledge Partners; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of research and analytics in financial services seeks an Associate in Gurugram, India. The role involves company profiling, market assessments, and quantitative analysis for a global private equity client. Ideal candidates have 2-3 years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in financial tools. This is a full-time position in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity, or research sectors.
• Strong business fundamentals and knowledge of business analysis skills.
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Company profiling and market assessment.
• Periodic monitoring of key industry drivers.
• Quantitative support including competitive benchmarking.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Financial statement analysis

Market assessment

Strong communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

CFA, Chartered Accountant, or MBA from a top-tier business school

Tools

Factset

Bloomberg

CapitalIQ

Factiva

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Acuity Knowledge Partners is a leading provider of bespoke research, data management, analytics, talent, and technology solutions to the financial services industry. This role supports a large global private equity client with responsibilities spanning company and industry analysis, industry dashboards, quantitative analyses, and portfolio company monitoring.

• Company and Industry Analysis: Company profiling and market assessment and analysis such as market size, historical and projected growth rates, emerging market trends, key drivers, etc.
• Industry Dashboards: Periodic monitoring of key industry drivers and performance indicators for specific industries.
• Quantitative Skills: Quantitative support including industry or market analyses, competitive benchmarking and opportunity assessments. Valuation analysis through income method and multiples driven technique (Relative Valuation analysis).
• Portfolio Company Monitoring: Periodic tracking of business and financial performance indicators of portfolio companies and benchmarking those with their peer group for timely identification of upside and/or downside triggers.

Required Background

• 2-3 years of experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity, or research sectors.
• Experience in quantitative analysis including understanding of financial statements, and familiarity with comparable company valuation including trading and transaction comps, benchmarking, etc.
• Candidates with prior experience using databases such as Factset, Bloomberg, CapitalIQ and Factiva will be preferred.
• CFA, Chartered Accountant, MBA from a top-tier business school.
• Strong business fundamentals and knowledge of business analysis skills.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Dedicated and motivated individuals with demonstrated academic excellence and strong analytical, communication and teamwork skills.

Seniority

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Research