Research Analyst, Strategic Initiative

Overview & scope

Market research expertise driving decisions to support business plans, analyzing data for business ideation and enhancement recommendations in line with the company’s business plan.
Assimilation and analysis of data to develop commercially viable strategic initiatives/products, which cater to GEMS’ target markets.
Primary and secondary research to validate assumptions to enable data-driven financial models and Investment Committee propositions.
Driving the market research and data analytics component for the financial models.
Preparing opportunity proposals for the Investment Committee.
Preparing correspondence and infographics for thought leadership and feedback to regulators.

Key accountabilities

Market research & data analytics

Data analytics & reports (internal)
Harnessing data from company wide Phoenix, Salesforce and PowerBI interfaces to conduct analysis such as student demographic analysis, residential location and drive time analysis, enquiry-enrolment conversion analysis, joiners-leavers analysis, sibling analysis, academic outcome analysis, customer satisfaction & NPS commentary analysis.
Prepare weekly update reports on different initiatives and their respective status.
Preparing data driven, insightful and visually captivating notes and reports for the Investment Committee / SMC.

Market research (external)
Secondary research using a variety of sources (e.g. analyst reports, market research reports, news articles, real estate and education publication and periodicals).
Customer segmentation, market sizing, demand and competitor analysis, macroeconomic forecasting and make recommendations to support the company’s business plan.
Designing and executing in-depth interview guides to solve the problem statement with key organizational stakeholders, industry experts, customers, Education Business Group & Reporting with recommendations.
Conduct research on the relevant industry in relation to the strategic initiative on the competitor landscape.

Skills

Qualifications:
University degree in business, finance or related discipline.
2 years’ post-qualification experience in research & analytics, advisory & consulting.

Skills:
MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Power BI, Salesforce, analysis, research, drafting presentations for senior management / board / subcommittee of the board.
Well-spoken/articulate, proficient in English (Arabic is a plus), thinking & reasoning, ability to make inference from market data and publicly available information & make recommendations relevant to the business unit lead.

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