Job Description

• The position in discussion is with Capability Hubs (CH) DAS & Advisory Markets Research team at KPMG Global Services (KGS), which is an integral part of the firm’s strategy to enhance innovation, build scalability, and improve profitability. It is a multi-capability team delivering insights and sales enablement support to KPMG member firms. This capability is currently ~200 members’ strong.​

Key attributes (Research):​

• 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, design, 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.​

‒Benchmarking: basic understanding of the role of support functions, operational KPI benchmarking, and vendor assessment from a business perspective​

‒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.​

• Guide juniors (if required) across stages of projects – from communicating client requirements, scoping and work allocation. Support in review across secondary research, data analysis and discussions.​

• Articulate findings through visually appealing / appropriate frameworks and in a clear, concise, and grammatically correct business English (both written and verbal)​

• Ensure effective presentation of client deliverables – prepare client ready presentations that are well structured, logical, and clear to understand.​

• Upskill junior team members to add stronger value by providing training and coaching on different projects / activities and support in reviewing the work performed by the team.​

• Showcase a greater degree of flexibility, steer well through complexity/ambiguity and cater to everchanging requirements from the Leadership​

Educational qualifications ​

• Total experience: The candidate must have 1–3 years of relevant experience in a similar role. ​

• MBA / M.Com/ PG in Commerce​

​Preferred technical & functional skills ​

• Proficiency in MS-Office - Intermediate/Advanced MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, and MS-Word.​

• Knowledge of preparing Information Memorandum analysis, M&A studies, target screening, private equity reports, industry landscapes, company analysis and thought leaderships.​

• Experience in using specialized databases and free sources.​

• Excellent report writing and PPT skills ability to weave together a story starting with a problem statement and presenting it in a high impact manner suitable for senior leadership.​

Key behavioural attributes/requirements​

• A pragmatic approach to analysis and problem solving; ability to drive through to an outcome in circumstances of complexity and ambiguity.​

• Ability to assess technical information to distill key strategic insights and convey these succinctly, clearly and confidently, verbally and in written form.​

• Excellent business communication (structuring, writing, speaking and articulation) and Excellent interpersonal skills.​

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