Consultant

Summary

Join Mintel, a leading research and intelligence solutions provider, as a Research Analyst. You will leverage your data analysis and presentation skills to deliver actionable insights to clients. This role requires experience in research or data analysis, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively. You will be responsible for data analysis, report creation, client presentations, and project management. Mintel offers a collaborative culture, flexible work arrangements, personal development opportunities, and various employee benefits.

Requirements

• Possess advanced skills in Microsoft Office, with emphasis on Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PPT
• Have a demonstrated talent for abstract thinking, spotting trends and patterns, an instinct for commercial opportunities, and a nuanced understanding of consumer insights
• Be a lateral thinker, an intuitive dot-connector, and have experience weaving compelling narratives out of disparate facts across a wide range of categories
• Have solid familiarity with most forms of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and working knowledge of when and how to apply them to a given client challenge
• Have expertise working with complex data sets, including econometrics, statistics, consumer surveys, and syndicated sales data, such as IRI or Nielsen
• Always be drawn to knowing the “why” behind things and be great at navigating client conversations, asking second and third level questions to get at the heart of clients’ challenges and goals
• Have experience with brand strategy, innovation, or creative exploration and the energy, intellect, humility and passion that draws people to wanting to learn more from you
• Be able to visualize strategic thought in evocative and engaging presentations, delivered with confidence and authority and be able to adapt your communication style to suit each client and internal business partner
• Have extremely polished English-language verbal and written communication skills, and be able to clearly communicate ideas to readers in a straightforward way
• Have a keen ability to explain and promote analytical output to non-technicians
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Japanese
• Take pride in the team you are a part of and the work you produce
• Cultivate professional relationships with your colleagues
• Constantly find innovative and unique ways to create an exceptional work environment

Responsibilities

• Use analytical techniques to analyze complex datasets and extract meaningful insights
• Comfortable working in large data sets to clean, organize and synthesize information
• Translate research findings into actionable recommendations for clients
• Build templates and slide layouts for complex research projects
• Enhance slide layouts and formatting not only for consistency but to draw in our clients during a presentation
• Support excellent storytelling and presentation flow
• Proofread presentation headlines, charts, footnotes, and supporting copy (style guides and best practices provided)
• Assist with the creation of comprehensive research reports and presentations
• Present findings to internal and external clients in a clear and compelling manner, facilitating discussions and addressing queries
• Work collaboratively across several different Mintel consulting teams to deliver best-in-class custom work to our clients
• Communicate with internal and external clients, ensuring client satisfaction and loyalty
• Actively participate in the design and execution of custom research projects, overseeing research methodologies and ensuring high-quality deliverables tailed to meet client needs
• Conduct secondary research, analyzing data to extract meaningful insights, primarily covering financial services and CPG industries
• Stay up to date on industry trends, market dynamics, and competitor landscapes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Business Intelligence and collaboration tools such as Tableau, Looker, Jira, Miro, etc
• Copywriting experience

Benefits

• A culture that supports true collaboration whilst embracing remote working
• Flexible start time and end time
• Blended (office/home) approach to work
• Approach to personal development where we encourage individuals to grow and share what they’ve learned
• Social events, both within the department and across the company
• Generous annual leave and wider circle employee benefits
• Additional one day off to celebrate your birthday
• Membership in Employee Resource Groups (Mintel Diversity, Mintel Wellness, and Mintel Gives)
• Giving back is part of our culture with this in mind, Mintel gives employees 2 days' leave per year to join local volunteering activities organised by our Mintel Gives (where applicable)
• Mental health and wellbeing support via Modern Health App
• Beautifully designed offices foster collaboration and fun