Qualitative and Quantitative Research

About the Role

This opportunity is ideal for private equity professionals interested in working with leading global private equity funds and corporations. The role provides good exposure to various aspects of the private equity industry.

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 updating of trading & transaction comps, knowledge about valuation analysis via different techniques, through idea of company financial metrics.

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Required Skills

• 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.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in private equity or investment banking is a plus.
• Familiarity with financial modeling and valuation techniques.

Pay range and compensation package

Compensation details will be discussed during the interview process.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.