Senior Business Analyst

Job description / Role

As a Senior Business Analyst you will be expected to possess a good understanding of market trends and issues, with distinctive areas of expertise in the market research. You will answer inquiries that require in-depth research, analytical approaches and client-ready facts and presentational material. You will act as a "thought partner" for teams, moving away from routine request work towards targeted business problem solving. You will engage in research based projects and be expected to make significant contributions to knowledge initiatives whilst serving a number of different client studies / projects at any particular point in time.

Requirements

Candidate Requirements:
Suitable candidates must have an established track record of creatively retrieving, analyzing, and presenting complex industry and business information. The ideal candidates for this role will be entrepreneurial self-starters who enjoy the challenges and rewards of research work in a dynamic and changing environment. You must want to help shape and lead a well supported company whilst participating in one of the world's most exciting and prosperous areas. You should ideally be educated to postgraduate degree standard in business, economics or other related subjects and be fluent English language ability to a professional business standard (speak / read / write); Arabic language skills are considered a strong advantage.

Specific Character Attributes
Superior problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative skills Good, broad content knowledge of the market research in the Gulf region
Experience in managing multiple simultaneous demanding deadlines Inquisitive, investigative nature
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Solid understanding of economic, financial, and general business concepts and terminology
Good understanding of / exposure to the public sector / semi-government organizations in the Gulf
Professional attitude and service orientation; superb team player
Proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and basic financial analysis packages

About the Company

GRMC Advisory Services is a uniquely positioned business advisory consultancy providing informed market insight through intensive research activity. Based in Dubai with more than 20 years of experience in the Gulf region. We play an increasingly vital role in the region, advising leading private and public institutions in core sectors including real estate development, retail operations & development, healthcare operations & development, production and manufacturing operations & development, education operations & development and socio economic environment & future outlook. Our clients comprise of MNCs, governments & institutions, regional & international businesses, SME's, and other consultant entities. We work with our clients to develop strategy and we typically provide informed market reports pursuant to feasibility, business planning and strategic market understanding.