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Associate - Qual Quant

Acuity Knowledge PartnersGurugram, Haryana, India

30+ days ago

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Industry analysis and dashboards : Deep dive industry studies on focus sectors, periodic monitoring of key industry drivers and performance indicators for specific industries
Investment opportunity identification : Identifying emerging and high-growth sectors for investment assessment through market analysis such as market size, historical and projected growth rates, emerging market trends, key drivers, etc.
Financial spreading and valuation analysis : Creation and updation of trading & transaction comps, knowledge about valuation analysis via different techniques, through idea of company financial metrices
M&A and strategic analysis : Identification and analysis of potential targets through analysis of markets, products, services and financial synergies
Commercial due diligence support : Commercial due diligence of potential investment through analysis of the market opportunity, target company’s business model, its competitive positioning, etc.
Peer group benchmarking & competition landscaping : Identifying players operating in relevant industry, mapping them by geographies, sector or other parameters, benchmarking shortlisted players on various KPIs
Analyzing investment themes / strategies : Evaluating attractiveness of the overall sector / geography / company focused investment themes and strategies of the fund
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
Project Management : Project structuring, planning, conceptualizing output, leading a team of 2-3 analysts, reviewing team’s work, signing-off before delivery
Client Management : Understanding project request, discuss project, negotiate deadline, handling client queries

Key Competencies

Experience of 4-6 years supporting strategy research and analysis, preferably across industries

CFA, MBA from a top tier business school in Strategy, Finance, Operations or Economics

Strong finance fundamentals and knowledge of financial analysis skills

Experience working across databases such as Capital IQ, Factset, Preqin etc.

Strong problem solving abilities and analytical thinking skills, as evidenced by extensive experience in utilizing those skills in research and consulting environment. Adept at synthesizing information to generate insights

Dedicated and motivated individuals having demonstrated academic excellence with strong leadership, analytical, communication and teamwork skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines

Superior problem solving abilities and strong analytical thinking to seek the why, how and so-what of a problem statement and ability to think multiple / alternative solutions to a given problem

Proven project management skills

Excellent at using MS PowerPoint; command over MS Excel to process varied data sets in spreadsheets (Pivots, charting etc.) is highly desirable.

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Associate • Gurugram, Haryana, India