Accordion (Formerly Merilytics) - Associate 1 - Business

Accordion (Formerly Merilytics) - Business Associate 1 - Analytics & Consulting - IIT/NIT/BITS

Company Overview

Accordion works at the intersection of sponsors and management teams throughout every stage of the investment lifecycle, providing hands-on, execution-focused support to elevate data and analytics capabilities. So, what does it mean to work at Accordion? It means joining 1,000+ analytics, data science, finance & technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment while transforming 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.

Headquartered in New York City with 10 offices worldwide, Accordion invites you to join our journey.

Data & Analytics (Accordion | Data & Analytics)

Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) team 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 delivers 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.

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

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/tier-2 colleges are preferred.
• Should have 1-3 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 R, Python, SQL, 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
• Work dinners, team lunches, company sponsored team outings and celebrations
• Reimbursement support for travel to office, as and when promulgated by the Company. 
• Cab reimbursement for women employees beyond a certain time of the day
• 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.