Research Associate

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conducting research on companies and industries.
• Gathering the right intelligent information from different credible sources
• Connecting with the companies to conduct interviews to gather information.
• Carrying out data entry for researched companies in Excel and proprietary platforms of the Company
• Research of data in a timely and accurate manner while aligning with the relevant research guidelines.
• Achieving set research target assigned by the team lead
• Preparing comprehensive reports and documents containing company profiles.
• Analyzing the financials of companies
• Assigning company ratings as per the Company guidelines
• Proactively providing support for internal initiatives and different departments as and when required.
• Taking complete ownership of the work assigned
• Efficiently organizing, storing and analyzing data with attention to security and confidentiality

Required Skills & Personal Attributes:

• Possess excellent inter-personal and well-developed communication skills, in particular questioning and listening skill.
• Good analytic and research skills.
• Paying attention to detail and delivering activities on time.
• High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Ability to work with teams in a time-line driven high pressure environment.
• Sound time management skills
• Self-driven with a high level of motivation and energy; a strong ‘can do’ attitude; ability and willingness to work in a dynamic set-up with maturity and flexibility.
• Ability to pro-actively identify ways to contribute to firm’s goals & mission.
• Applying critical thinking to analyze issues.
• Leading multiple tasks and activities at a time.
• Able to work effectively independently as well as in a team.

Preferred Experience and Background:

• 1-2 Years of work experience in data entry, documents processing, research.
• Experience in research/ data entry/ financial services
• Added experience in telemarketing/call center will be appreciated.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Finance/ Management/ Business Studies from reputed university or institutes.

Salary Range: 70k-100k