Quantitative Research-Senior Associate

Opportunity

This opportunity is ideal for private equity/investment banking/strategy consulting 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.

This role would involve supporting a large global private equity client with:

• Analyzing Investment Themes / Strategies: Evaluating attractiveness of the overall sector / geography / company focused investment themes and strategies of the fund
• 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.
• New Market Identification & Entry Strategies: Identifying new markets for growth through analysis of market size, competitive landscape, growth opportunities and formulating organic and /or inorganic entry strategies
• 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 companys business model, its competitive positioning, etc.
• New Product Identification and Marketing Strategies: Market segmentation, product benchmarking, pricing studies, competitor analysis to identify best of breed strategies for investee companies
• Industry Dashboards: Periodic monitoring of key industry drivers and performance indicators for specific industries
• 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
• Client Management: Understanding project request, discuss project, negotiate deadline, handling client queries
• Quantitative Skills: Quantitative support including industry or market analyses, competitive benchmarking and opportunity assessments. Valuation analysis through income method and multiples driven technique (Relative Valuation analysis). Experience in credit research, including debt analysis, covenant monitoring, cash flow conversion, etc.

Required Background

• 3+ years of experience in strategy consulting/investment banking/private-equity/research sectors
• Experience in quantitative analysis including basic modelling, trading & transactions comps, benchmarking etc.
• CFA, Chartered Accountant, MBA from a top tier business school
• Strong business fundamentals and knowledge of business analysis skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines
• Dedicated and motivated individuals having demonstrated academic excellence with strong analytical, communication and teamwork skills
• Proven project management skills