Job Description
Responsibilities
- Research Associate is responsible for regulating research concerned with company strategies, business, finances, and market conditions.
- Work closely with the Group Head, to plan, organize, and conduct research for the organization.
- Plans schedule according to variety of methods to be used, availability and quantity of resources, and number of subordinate personnel assigned to participate in project.
- Conducts research, utilizing various resources/sources of information, to collect, record, analyze, and evaluate facts for prospective clients.
- Discusses findings with other personnel to evaluate validity of findings.
- Undertaking ad hoc analysis to identify new business opportunities in the region
- Identifying new resource companies to reach their goals
- Analyze findings using analytic tools like root-cause analysis
- Ability to conduct multiple research projects at once
- Financial analysis and assessment of client’s existing operations
- Category assessment, competitive analysis and projections of future growth
- Identifying threats and opportunities.
- Communicating findings with team/HOD to understand business challenges and potential solutions
- Prepares reports of completed projects for publication in technical journals, for presentation to department requesting for project
- Consistently adhere to regulatory standards and requirements.
Qualifications/Experience:
- BSc/BA in Marketing, Math’s or Statistics or relevant field from a foreign or Nigeria university.
- Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
- 3 - 6 Years work experience in banking/Fintech or any sector.
- Any of the following Certifications - CFA, CPA, will be an added advantage.
- IT skills - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).