Business Analyst /Consultant

Title: Business Analyst /Consultant

Salary: Up to £40,000 + other excellent benefits

Sector: Market and Data Research within Financial Services

Language: English

Company details:

This is one of the most well-respected global research firms in the UK and it has carved a specialist niche within Finance. Its clients are all major financial services institutions, and it maps and anticipates trends and new developments within the finance sector (this included credit card companies), explores competitor advantages thereby helping decision makers to make sound business decisions based on real evidence-led insights

Research responsibilities

• Providing insight into markets and competitors through the research of published industry analysis sources and the interviewing of industry experts, suppliers and competitors
• Conducting in-depth interviews with market experts, key players customers and prospects (B2B) and building a network of contacts to engage with
• Adopting a range of approaches such as analysing scarce business intelligence to seize opportunities for our clients
• Presentation creation by drawing sound conclusions and communicating these effectively internally and externally
• Managing small research projects or small parts of more complex projects

Key Account Management responsibilities

• Build excellent relationships with your key accounts
• Create and delivery PowerPoint presentations face to face
• Project manage a number of client projects simultaneously

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience in a research / consulting environment
• Complete fluency in written and verbal English is a necessity. Languages such as Italian, German, French and Spanish are a strong advantage
• Experience in primary research, independently conducting complex in-depth interviews from market research or consultancy environments
• Project management experience running small research projects or small parts / workstreams of larger more complex projects
• Experience in independently creating compelling PowerPoint presentations and delivering them confidently to clients
• A demonstrable passion/interest in Financial Services, previous research / consulting experience in financial services / payments would be a strong advantage
• Economics or Business degree preferred; 1st or 2:1 class degree and strong academics