Specialist - Research

Oliver Wyman; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Marsh (India) Private Limited, part of the Asia BIG and India Knowledge Services, seeks a business intelligence specialist to support regional sales enablement and live client pitches. The role focuses on research, market insights, and strategic analysis to drive client outcomes.

You will work with regional leaders to deliver high-impact research engagements, build trusted stakeholder relationships, and contribute to process improvements across the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's / Master's in Economics or MBA or equivalent postgraduate certification from a reputed institute.

Responsibilities

• Create client dialogue decks supporting initial discussions with clients and prospects, encompassing business overview, financial analysis, strategic priorities and risk assessment.
• Identify prospects across industries, locations, business type, etc.
• Industry assessment highlighting insights into addressable market size, industry trends, challenges, outlook, external drivers and risks.
• Competitor analysis linked to client/prospects, strategic objectives, investments and opportunities.
• Insurance market analysis detailing market and product lines.

Skills

Strategic research

Stakeholder presentation

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's / Master's in Economics or MBA

Tools

SP Capital IQ

Factiva

Global Data

A.M. Best Insurance service

Job description

Job Summary

As a part of the Business Intelligence Group (BIG) Asia - Strategic Research team in India Knowledge Services function of Marsh (India) Private Limited, the candidate will be aligned to the regional sales and client engagement vertical, supporting sales enablement projects and live client pitches for the sales team, partners, and risk advisors.

Dedicatedly working for Asia, the BIG team supports stakeholders with insights to achieve distinctive client outcomes. We track clients, prospects, industries, markets, competitors as well as emerging risks and develop research collateral critical to growth and sales strategy.

Responsibilities

What will you focus on

• Client dialogue decks to support initial discussions with clients and prospects, encompassing business overview, financial analysis, strategic priorities and risk assessment
• Prospect identification of companies around industries, locations, business type, etc.
• Industry assessment highlighting deep insights into addressable market size, industry trends, challenges, outlook, external drivers, as well as key existing and emerging risks
• Competitor analysis that highlights client/ prospects, competitors strategic objectives, key investments/ activities undertaken, and how these factors connect to potential opportunities
• Insurance market analysis that provides a detailed analysis of specific market and product line

We will count on you to

• Invest in understanding our business thoroughly
• Independently deliver high-impact research engagements projects commissioned by regional leaders, strategy and sales communities within the firm
• High attention to detail in both research and creation of end products, with focus on producing insightful, synthetized, well written outputs/ reports
• Be extremely responsive in daily work and showcase research process excellence
• Maintain regular project manager interaction for constant flow of information on delivery status, expectations, process changes and new opportunities
• Develop strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders through high-quality project delivery, responsiveness, and agile and clear communication
• Contribute to process improvement of the team by making relevant recommendations and executing the process initiatives to enhance the efficiency and quality of overall delivery

Requirements

• Bachelors / Masters in Economics or Masters in Business Administration (MBA) / equivalent post-graduation certification from a reputed institute
• 2 to 4 years of experience in strategy advisory, research (quantitative and qualitative | secondary) experience, at a leading professional services / consulting firm / market intelligence / research firm
• Strong commitment to absorb and engage in feedback discussions and enhancing own knowledge and quality of end products
• Proven ability to present project updates to stakeholders, with strong project management expertise
• Exposure in building frameworks, drawing data driven insights and performing analysis aligned to the Sales Strategy , focusing on clients / prospects, markets, competitors, products and regulatory developments
• Good understanding of financial concepts, global marketplace, key trends, economic and geo-political developments, key business and financial risks
• Strong understanding of strategy frameworks (PESTEL, Porter s 5 forces, BCG Matrix, SWOT, etc.) and their applications in bringing out innovative insights
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving, storyboarding and report writing skills, and excellent communication skills - verbal, writing, listening
• Advanced level of proficiency in MS Office - PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and SharePoint
• Extensive exposure of commercial databases such as SP Cap IQ, Factiva, Global Data, A.M Best Insurance service etc.

What makes you stand out

• Exposure to working in a global setting
• Experience in risk consulting or insurance/ re-insurance related research or advisory support in related verticals
• Knowledge/ exposure of global insurance markets, risk advisory, enterprise risk management or risk consulting space

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