Senior Associate/ Delivery Lead- Fig Research Job in Acuity Knowledge Partners

Education/ Experience and Skill Requirement

Required Background

• Strong banking and insurance sector understanding and experience

• Experience of about 4-6 years on industry & strategic research or consulting assignments in research or consulting firms

• Experience on performing market assessments, market sizing, competitive & operational benchmarking studies, financial analysis, etc.

• Good knowledge & experience on preparation of high quality project level power point presentations, excel based financial modeling & analysis, and word format research reports to deliver the desired project output in a creative manner

• Experience on managing internal & external clients, delivering projects/assignments, building case studies

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Qualification as MBA / CFA/ CA

• Knowledge of various databases (SNL, Capital IQ, Factset, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Will be responsible for working as part of the dedicated team for private equity and consulting

• Supporting our clients on multiple industries including Banking, Insurance, Assets Management, among other industries and preparing pitch books, industry reports, company focused discussion documents, studying & analyzing different business & financial models

• Provide high quality analysis on projects including critical industry or market analysis, market sizing, company reports, ad-hoc requests, financial analysis, competitive analysis/benchmarking and opportunity assessments through in depth secondary research

• Good understanding of financial analysis including key items used FIG industry (NIM, Tier 1 & 2 Ratio, AUM, NPA, Solvency Ratio, GWP, etc.) / valuations, trading/ transaction comparable etc.

• Contributes toward managing project timelines and quality of deliverables in a manner to ensure high client satisfaction

• Demonstrate strength and flair in client/requester relationship building and management, information/ knowledge needs assessment

• Expected to independently or with minimal guidance understand research objectives and design strategy, interpret and analyse information for accuracy, exhaustiveness and applicability in resolving the research problem

• Work on assignments/projects in banking and insurance sectors. Work individually on small projects or with other associates on assignments, executing independent parts and also checking and collaborating with other associates

• Conduct research and analysis on companies including corporate strategies & competitive positioning, financials, technology, etc., analyse industries, identify & analyse trends, value chain, competitive landscape & peer benchmarking on various parameters ranging from operational, financial performance and capital market stats