Accordion India - Manager - Strategic Initiatives

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 Accordion’s future—by 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:

As a part of Strategic Initiatives function at Accordion, you will be working to support the Leadership of D&A Practice to improve efficiency in the internal operations, develop and implement new initiatives and contribute to the overall business strategy of the D&A practice of the organization. In the role of Manager – Strategic Initiatives, you would be involved in hands-on execution of strategic initiatives and projects, from understanding problem statement, problem-solving, project planning and implementation, and creation of reports, dashboards & presentations. You should be a self-starter and demonstrate high-level of task ownership.

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What You will do:

The roles and responsibilities of Manager – Strategic Initiatives will include the below:

• Drive thought leadership and work closely with D&A leadership in the organization by identifying strategic opportunities and executing key initiatives.
• Execute and track progress of critical strategic initiatives driven from D&A leadership and drive closure of key action items by following through with the stakeholders.
• Develop and execute the strategy and roadmap for various internal functions, such as Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Client Partnerships etc., in co-ordination with the leadership team.
• Track performance through KPIs for the company, including internal functions and analyze operational data of all the functions to find relevant and present insights and make recommendations to leadership.
• Develop holistic understanding on client delivery operations, internal functions operations and governance model of D&A practice.
• Solve problems through structured thinking, research, project planning, and on-ground execution and drive closure of key action items by following through with the stakeholders.
• Prepare the agenda and presentation for various forums/meetings that involves functional area leaders and leadership. Provide final versions of PowerPoint decks assigned to you in-line with company formatting guidelines
• Identify process gaps and opportunities to enhance inter-functional coordination and solve problems through structured thinking, research, project planning and on-ground execution.

Ideally, you have:

• B.Tech/B.E; MBA is additionally preferred.
• 4-7 years of experience in a cross-functional role, preferably in Analytics domain.
• Problem solving acumen with an eye for detail and an analytical bent of mind.
• Attributes of being a team player with excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Strong MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint skills.

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 doctor’s 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 which includes various employee engagement and employee benefit initiatives to support personal and professional learning and development.