Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
KPMG is hiring for Business Associate - Research role
Roles and responsibilities
- Contribute to research and benchmarking assignments – either as a part of an ongoing client engagement or as a part of business development efforts conducted by the entity
- Conceive and execute secondary research on:
- Company: business model, segments, revenue model, strategy, issues/challenges, M&A history, competitive positioning, organization structure, key management, recent developments, SWOT, etc.
- Market: industry value chain, size and growth outlook, trends and drivers, growth inhibitors and challenges, competitive landscape, Porter’s / PESTLE analysis, etc.
- Financials: broad analysis of income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, ratios, segment performance, etc.
- Competitors: comparative performance of companies on financial and operational KPIs, relative strengths and weaknesses, etc.
- Contribute to the preparation of client deliverables (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word) – prepare client-ready presentations that are well structured, logical, and clear to understand
- Undertake exhaustive research and benchmarking for deliverables and triangulate information and data points from various data sources
- Logical thought structuring and ability to draw insights/so what’s in simple to mid-complex projects with guidance
- Articulate findings through the use of clear, concise, and grammatically correct business English (both written and verbal)
- Understand client objectives, and context with minimal guidance, and relate research and benchmarking conducted to meet end objectives
- Thorough understanding of internal benchmarking databases
- Be able to identify and come up with proxies for data
- Specialize in one BM product (surveys or location assessment) and be able to execute it completely
- Be able to own parts of niche benchmarking engagements such as Functional BM, Financial BM and execute with minimal guidance
- Deliver parts of mid-complex projects with guidance
- Deliver error-free output while adhering to project timelines and effort estimates
- Work with appropriate supervision and guidance from Team Lead/Assistant Manager/Manager
- Work collaboratively with onshore KPMG teams in the development of and delivery of presentations and key findings
Job Requirements
Educational Qualification/Prior Experience
- Education Qualification: MBA / M.Com/ PG in Commerce
- Candidate with 0-1 years of relevant experience in a similar role, particularly in a leading consulting firm (e.g. other Big 4, global investment bank, leading research house), will be given preference
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Highly articulate with excellent communication and presentation skills (especially PowerPoint)
- Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data quickly and draw meaningful insights
- Good knowledge of secondary research sources (e.g. Bloomberg, Factiva, S&P Capital IQ) would be an advantage
- Very strong understanding of Excel and be able to create dashboards, excel models, etc
Note: Those who have some exposure/ internship in research may only apply.
Please share your resume on: ayushiarora1@kpmg.com