Accordion India (Formerly Merilytics)_Associate - Business

Company Overview:

Accordion is a global private equity-focused financial consulting firm specializing in driving value creation through services rooted in Data & Analytics and powered by technology.

Accordion works at the intersection of Private Equity sponsors and portfolio companies management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle. We provide hands-on, execution-oriented support, driving value through the office of the CFO by building data and analytics capabilities and identifying and implementing strategic work, rooted in data and analytics.

Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices worldwide. Join us and make your mark on our company.

Data & Analytics(Accordion | Data & Analytics)

Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) practice in India delivers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.

We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.

D&A team members deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.

Working at Accordion in India means joining 800+ analytics, data science, finance, and technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment to transform how portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordions futureby embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm-wide commitment to building something great, together.

Join us and experience a better way to work!

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Role Overview:

A Business Associate at Accordion will be working on complex analytical projects and is the primary owner of the workstreams involved. The Business Associates are expected to lead the team of Business Analysts to deliver robust analytical solutions consistently and mentor the Analysts for professional development.

What You will do:

• Proactively provide thought leadership to the team and have complete control on the delivery process of the project.
• Understand the clients point of view and translate it into sound judgment calls in ambiguous analytical situations.
• Highlight potential analytical issues upfront and resolve them independently.
• Synthesizes the analysis and derives insights independently.
• Identify the crux of the client problem and leverage it to draw relevant actionable insights from the analysis/work.
• Ability to manage multiple Analysts and provide customized guidance for individual development.
• Resonate with our five core values Client First, Excellence, Integrity, Respect and Teamwork.

Ideally, you have:

• Undergraduate degree (B.E/B.Tech.) from tier-1 colleges.
• Should have 2-5 years of experience.
• Strong leadership & proactive communication to coordinate with the project team and other internal stakeholders.
• Ability to use business judgement and a structured approach towards solving complex problems.
• Experience in client-facing/professional services environment is a plus.
• Strong hard skills on analytics tools such as SQL, Power BI, Tableau and Excel is a plus.

Why Explore a Career at Accordion:

• High growth environment:

  Semi-annual performance management and promotion cycles coupled with a strong meritocratic culture, enables fast track to leadership responsibility.

• Cross Domain Exposure:

  Interesting and challenging work streams across industries and domains that always keep you excited, motivated, and on your toes.

• Entrepreneurial Environment

  : Intellectual freedom to make decisions and own them. We expect you to spread your wings and assume larger responsibilities.

• Fun culture and peer group:

  Non-bureaucratic and fun working environment; Strong peer environment that will challenge you and accelerate your learning curve.

• Other benefits for full time employees:

• Health and wellness programs that include employee health insurance covering immediate family members and parents, term life insurance for employees, free health camps for employees, discounted health services (including vision, dental) for employee and family members, free doctors consultations, counsellors, etc
• Corporate Meal card options for ease of use and tax benefits
• Team lunches, company sponsored team outings and celebrations
• Robust leave policy to support work-life balance. Specially designed leave structure to support woman employees for maternity and related requests.
• Reward and recognition platform to celebrate professional and personal milestones.
• A positive & transparent work environment including various employee engagement and employee benefit initiatives to support personal and professional learning and development.