22 Company Research Jobs

Role & responsibilities

The role involves conducting industry research for a leading consulting client where, among other things, the focus is on the following:

• Identify new markets and chart entry strategies: Identify new markets for growth through analysis of market size, competitive landscape, growth opportunities and formulate organic and /or inorganic entry strategies
• Identify attractive opportunities: Identify emerging and high-growth sectors for investment through market analysis, such as, market size, historical and projected growth rates, emerging market trends, key drivers, etc. Deep dive into specific companies to understand core strengths, strategies, financial health, outlook etc.
• Benchmark products and marketing strategies: Market segmentation, product benchmarking, pricing studies, competitor analysis to identify best of breed strategies
• Enhance performance: Work closely with clients to manage and improve performance through tools, such as benchmarking, value chain analysis, customer analysis, competitive assessment, cost management, etc.
• Excel Linking of models: Link of the excel to provide financial benchmarking and financial analysis

Key Competencies

• 1-3 years of experience in strategy research and analysis across domains.
• Working on conventional requests: Assisting client in requests catering to value chain, analysing market, deep diving into the energy value chain, analysis of market size, competitive landscape, growth opportunities
• The research role is primarily a qualitative research role, though some basic understanding of quantitative terms are required.
• A deeper understanding of business models of O&G sector is a must. Experience in conducting market/industry studies, company research, M&A deal screening, competitive analysis, benchmarking and analysis is also needed.
• Good at MS Office; including MS Excel and Word
• Comfort with working on complex excel sheets
• Understanding of databases such as Capital IQ, Factiva, Refinitiv, Global Data, etc. is a plus
• Experience in handling projects independently
• Also, able to work on short duration turn-around requests, i.e. turnaround of 1 day or less
• 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
• Strong written and verbal communication skills