Associate

You will be part of Bains Financial Services (FS), Centre of Expertise (CoE) based out of the Gurugram office. The FS CoE supports the global FS practice with research and analytics, developing new and updating existing FS tools, and creating annual IP publications, reports, and point-of-views. You will work with a team of 20+ members across Banking, insurance, and other FS sectors. **Key Responsibilities:** - Work under the guidance of a Project Leader/Manager to drive workstreams, final materials, client communication, work planning, and team management. - Use thought leadership and sound business judgment for research and analysis. - Take responsibility for assigned work streams, identify relevant tools and sources, steer analysis, and deliver high-quality presentations. - Drive open-ended research, create point-of-views, IP, survey analytics, and quickly ramp up on new projects. - Understand client needs, generate solutions, and recommend actionable next steps. - Communicate insights effectively, resolve issues, and build visualization dashboards using tools like Tableau. - Provide feedback in interactions, recognize different skills, and development needs. **Qualifications Required:** - Graduates/post-graduates with a strong academic record. - Passion for working in the Financial Services domain. - Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. - Knowledge of visualization tools/languages like Alteryx, Tableau, Python/R is a plus. - Hands-on experience with open-ended research, creating industry POV, summarizing key themes, trends challenges, survey analytics. - Strong communication and team skills, ability to multi-task, deal with ambiguity, and develop approaches to tackle diligence questions.,