Associate, Financial Services Practices

**The Company**

**Egon Zehnder**

**Egon Zehnder, Knowledge Centre India (KCI)**

Established in January 2005, KCI in Gurgaon, works in close collaboration with the Global offices of Egon Zehnder. There are 5 teams that make up KCI: Experts, Research Operations, Visual Solutions, Projects/CV Capture and Global Technology Services.

The Experts Team is a group of experts aligned to specific Industry or Functional Practice that works on with global teams ibn solving client mandates. The Experts provide insights from internal/external databases, expert perspectives on industry trend and through their experiences. Most of the team members come with an industry specialization (working in consulting or industry or both) and deliver insights for solving critical client problems.

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**Practice Groups**

To meet our clients’ needs with precision, our Consultants and Experts work in global practices defined by industries and organizational functions in which they have significant prior executive-level experience. Our sector specialist structure helps us bring great depth to our knowledge of talent and intellectual capital.

Consultants and Experts at Egon Zehnder are aligned to the following Industry Practices:

- Consumer
- Health
- Industrial
- **Financial Services**:

- Technology & Communications (T&C)
- Private Capital
- Services
- Public & Social Sector

**Within the Financial Services Group, we have further segment specialization for**:

- _Asset Management_
- _Financial Tech_
- _Infrastructure_
- _Insurance_
- _Private Equity_
- _Retail Financial Services_
- _Risk Management_
- _Sovereign Wealth Funds_
- _Wealth Management_
- _Wholesale Banking_

**The Position**

**Research Associate - Financial Services**

As an experienced hire, this individual is expected to lead by example and act as an informal mentor and coach to other experts they work with throughout the organization. This is an individual contributor role however there will be extensive collaboration with global colleagues on projects.

The Expert will work closely in collaboration with Experts and Consultant colleagues around the world as a fully integrated team member on senior-level, international projects.

**Requirements**:
**Required knowledge/experience**:

- Post Graduate from an accredited academic institution
- A deep knowledge of, or clear propensity to learn about the Financial Services Industry at large, its competitive landscape including the very latest trends along with 8+ years of business research experience
- Experience of working on international engagements either in a professional services environment or in an in-house/captive research environment
- Openness to travelling once or twice a year if need be
- A self-starter with learning agility, engaging remotely, thought partnering, critical thinking, eye for detail, conceptual thinking
- Superior verbal and written communication skills and expertise with MS-Office (Word, PowerPoint & Excel)

**Location**

The position is based at Egon Zehnder’s KCI office in Gurgaon, Plot no. 29, Institutional Area

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**Egon Zehnder is an Equal Opportunity Employer**

Egon Zehnder provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, disability, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

**Benefits**
- 5 Days working
- Hybrid Work option
- Reward and Recognition
- Employee friendly policies
- Personnel development and training
- Health Benefits, Accident Insurance
- Gender Diversity