Oliver Wyman is now looking to hire an Experience Research Professional to join our growing global Private Capital Research team!
This role is based out of our Gurugram office.
Job Overview:
We are seeking experienced research professional to join Oliver Wyman Knowledge Department. You will work closely with partners and consultants in the Private Capital Practice Group to support secondary research efforts, ensure successful delivery of client work focused on diligence projects as well as other corporate finance and advisory projects.
Oliver Wyman's Private Capital practice provides an array of capabilities to support investment decision making, backed by deep expertise across diverse industry sectors. Our clients include private equity funds, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, investment banks, commercial banks, arrangers, strategic investors, and insurers.
The Knowledge Department supports our consultants with planning and execution of on-demand research projects as well as the interpretation, evaluation, and preparation of results. You will have expert level research skills and ability to quickly develop knowledge of research tools to facilitate effective and creative research approaches. You will be helping consultants and research colleagues to scope and develop their research needs, conduct timely, accurate and cost-effective research and deliver compelling synthesized research products. You will work with a wide range of information tools and proprietary databases to provide research for client projects and business development.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with a wide range of information tools and proprietary databases, providing both quick solutions and in-depth research for the business.
Synthesize information and glean key concepts and trends from the information, provide own point of view and basic insights into the deliverables. The ability to think critically and develop the most efficient solutions to information requirements is key in this role.
Collaborate with consultants engaged in client service, business development or intellectual capital building by delivering highly relevant and well-synthesized research. Directly engage in strategic projects, together with our research specialists and consultants, contribute to updates and maintenance of customized knowledge products
Develop strong trusted relationships with practice members and research colleagues to promote effective knowledge sharing and a positive work environment.
Independently manage the pipeline of industry-specific tasks, set priorities, and collaborate with a team of international colleagues to meet client demands. You will be required to exercise independent judgment to solve internal client demands. This will involve prioritizing your own work to satisfy competing needs and building excellent task management and time management skills
Use MS Office tools to produce graphical portrayal of research findings, customized to project needs
Experience and Skills Required:
5-8 years’ experience of working in a research environment, providing business information on multiple sectors.
Experience of working with specialised data sources is essential. For example: Preqin, Capital IQ, M&A databases (eg. Cortex/Dealogic, Mergermarket, Debtwire), Pitchbook, Bloomberg, Refinitiv and other databases.
Strong grasp in financial fundamentals, including accounting statements, security analysis and portfolio management, corporate finance and fixed income; exposure on benchmarking projects will be an advantage
Demonstrate flexibility in catering to research demands of other sectors, if needed to address a heavy pipeline, including industrials, technology, consumer, telecom and others
Ability to operate under pressure with tight deadlines to meet the needs of a high paced globally focused.
Ability to manage several tasks effectively while prioritising and managing your own time
Creative problem-solving skills and inquisitive nature with tenacious drive to solve complex research challenges
Ability to think creatively and propose new ideas or methodologies for research
Innate curiosity and initiative
Strong desire to be a part of a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment with willingness to suggest and test new ideas / ways of working
Excellent communication skills and research synthesis skills allow you to draw out key insights and to provide basic data analysis.
The ability to apply Generative AI tools to enhance efficiency and quality of research deliverables
Excellent Excel skills. Proficiency with rest of MS Office suite. Familiarity with tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, etc. for data analysis
What we can offer you:
A stimulating working environment that provides opportunities for professional growth, access to mentoring and training programs
Attractive compensation package and selection of benefits
Working in diverse and dynamic team environment.
Friendly and flexible workplace that promotes work-life balance. Fresh fruit, beverages and snacks
A range of digital collaboration and online communication tools to support effective team work
Various social initiatives and learning opportunities adapted for virtual settings
