Senior Researcher

Quikr, which now operates leading transaction marketplaces built on top of India’s largest classifieds platform, is India’s largest platform that is used by over 30 million unique users a month. It is present in 1200 cities in India and operates several large classifieds businesses across C2C, Cars, Education, Homes, Jobs, and Services. We are the only classifieds platform not just in India but globally to go in for verticalization. The change in strategy has helped us go deeper into our key verticals - QuikrC2C for goods, QuikrCars for cars and bikes, QuikrHomes for residential and commercial properties, QuikrJobs for blue/grey collar jobs and QuikrServices for daily and long term services need to offer a richer consumer experience. The Quikr platform operates across desktop, laptop and mobile phones, and allows consumers as well as small businesses to sell, buy, rent and find things across its multiple categories with great ease. Flexibility has always been key to our success and the essence of this is captured by our motto: ‘Aasaan Hai Badalna’ (Change is Easy). We have always strived to understand and meet the needs of Indian consumers with consumer insights forming the backbone of everything we do. We introduced a series of innovations such as Quikr Nxt, Maximum Sales Price (MSP) calculator, Missed call, Car inspection report, Vernacular Support and the QuikrScanner app to help lift the consumer experience to a whole new level and be a game-changer for the industry. In yet another pioneering move, we have also brought the convenience of ecommerce for pre-owned goods with Quikr Doorstep. Founded by Pranay Chulet in 2008, our investors include Warburg Pincus, Kinnevik, Tiger Global Management, Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners, Nokia Growth Partners, Steadview Capital, Omidyar Network, Ebay Inc.

The Role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide high quality, real-time research assistance to bankers / consultants in support of client projects Perform research including but not limited to the online retrieval of financial information, company fundamentals, and market data as well as performing basic research functions using secondary databases, outside sources and academics.
• Managing teams of 5-7 analysts/senior analysts, and providing on the job training, mentoring, coaching and conducting performance appraisals for the team
• Supervise team members on daily basis to complete research requests within deadlines
• Track researcher progress periodically and report the same to management
• Identify areas of improvements and develop new methodologies to meet milestones
• Analyze and resolve research issues promptly and accurately
• Coordinate with management in determining research priorities and developing researcher roadmap
• Review requests processed by the team to ensure the deliverables meet the quality standards
• Driving knowledge development and conducting knowledge sharing sessions for the team
• Understand research needs and objectives of clients and conceptualize solutions to fulfil these requirements
• Plan, coordinate and execute assigned research requests
• Identify practical, timely and innovative research approaches; as needed, clarifies request objectives ensuring superior customer service standards throughout all interactions
• Interact directly both by telephone and email with US, UK and Asia based clients and counterparts
• Includes training and guiding junior and new analysts, maintaining efficiency, working on complex projects and client communications
• Allocating requests to team members depending on their industry expertise and skills, resolving their related queries and performing quality check on client deliverables
• Identify key challenges and develop appropriate solutions

Ideal Profile

Essential Qualification

• Post-graduate in Finance, Economics, commerce or any other degree that is considered suitable to perform the required role. Should be flexible to working in rotational shifts
• Technical Qualification / Experience
• Minimum 6-10 years of experience in Business Information Services / Library Services with good written and verbal communication skills. Technical know-how in the MS Office Suite. Good interpersonal skills. The individual should be open to work in shifts based on the requirement
• Database Proficiency
• Good working knowledge of Capital IQ, Refinitiv Eikon, Factiva, Merger Market, Perfect Information, Datastream, Euromonitor, BoardEx and Moody’s products

What's on Offer?

• Work alongside & learn from best in class talent
• Opportunity within a company with a solid track record of performance
• Flexible working options