Consultant / Sr. Consultant - Research and Consulting

Consultant / Sr. Consultant - Research and Consulting About the Company - Axience is a professional business services firm, established with a credo of delivering “Integrated Bespoke Solutions” for our clients - We provide high quality bespoke and boutique-style financial and business research services and have established ourselves as a well-regarded research firm delivering value-added and complex work to a strong client base, through a highly capable analyst and management team - Our main office is located in Mumbai (India), along with small capabilities in Dubai (UAE) and Canada (Toronto) The Role and Responsibilities A Consultant / Sr Consultant at Axience is hired typically as a graduate/post graduate or from industry with maximum of 2-5 years of experience. They work on basic market and strategic research. Detailed responsibilities may include (but not limited to): - Be a part of the team working on various research projects aiding decision making for reputable large and medium sized global corporates, consultancies and financial services firms and be exposed to a truly global professional standard - Understand research objectives, design partial or full research strategies, interpret and analyse information for accuracy, exhaustiveness and applicability - Work on projects ranging from market entry study, opportunity assessment, competitive landscape, target/supplier identification & benchmarking, newsletters, company profiles, etc. - Collecting data & information from public domain and through telephonic interviews with related industry participants - Mapping industry professionals and their background to build analytical insights and for primary interviews - Understanding, analysing and presenting the data and information gathered in almost client ready format in Word, Excel, PowerPoint - Independently finishes assigned sections of a project - Maintains a self-quality control checklist of work done and produces error free output - Working on internal initiatives such as case studies, samples and mapping clients for presales Desired Academic and professional background - Management post graduates from Top/ Tier 1 institutes/universities (with Engineering background preferred) - Upper quartile academic performance across all levels of education o Top 10 in the class throughout academic career o In top 25% of top 10-degree college of India (in that category) o Proven record of being a leader in sports or other extracurricular activities o Any other qualities which clearly differentiates the candidate from others - On professional/career front, top 10% performer in their respective work experience - Should have highly developed and demonstrable research and analytical skill set - Experience on working on ad-hoc projects as offered only dedicated analyst can be considered if from KPO industry/ Axience peers Please DO NOT apply if you do not fulfil the above criteria Required skills - Excellent oral and written communication skills (English)  Strong analytical skills with focus on efficiency and quality - Proficiency in working on databases and, excellent MS Office and Excel skills - Attention to detail and curiosity - Strong project structuring skills, secondary and primary market research skills - Ability to survive in fast pace environment sometime working on slightly vague instructions from clients and senior management - Worked on ad-hoc projects across industries during MBA and during professional career - Understanding about analytical modelling skills such as regression analysis, financial ratio analysis, etc.