Business Data Analyst, Mumbai

Overview:

The GECS-Mumbai desk is a Front Office extension of the Global Equities COO functions supporting our regional offices in the US, Europe, UK and Asia. This desk focuses on improving and managing the firm’s Equity business by helping develop and manage various Equites processes and initiatives. We are looking for an individual with a technical/analytical background who wants to pursue a career in finance/global markets client management profiles.

Role & Responsibilities of the position in brief:

• Participate in various analytical requirements from the global COO desk which involve preparing management packs, detailed performance reports and scorecards across various desks and regions and more.
• Work closely with Equities Cash & Advisory business to identify and produce metrics relevant to business requirements that focus on client management & strategy.
• In time, work towards further automation of existing metrics with development and transposition to database capabilities.
• Assess the effectiveness of data sources and data-gathering techniques and improve data collection methods to reproduce business MIS more effectively.
• Liaise with and support Senior Management and Regional counterparts on various ad-hoc task.
• Analyze and enter numerous Cash Equity vote results received from clients within the firm’s internal vote management system. This exercise is a key measure of the firm’s research service provision across all three regions.

Key Skills:

• Graduate / Post Graduate, 0-3 years of work experience.
• Proficient in database interrogation and analysis tools including but not limited to Python, Tableau, VBA & SQL programming skills.
• Expert in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, macros and data mining.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, ability to deliver under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Prior knowledge of finance and business management will be an add-on.
• Teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to sharing ideas and finding solutions.

About Us

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.