Senior Research Analyst

Job description / Role

With a fast-growing client base in process industries across the Middle East - oil and gas, (petro)chemicals, metals, mining, electric power – growing from strength to strength, we are looking for a Senior Research Analyst (SRA) with experience in oil and gas upstream and downstream. Additional knowledge in petrochemicals would be an advantage. We expect the right candidate to develop over time in other process industries.

As a SRA, you will help and support McKinsey’s client project teams with in-depth research, concise analytical approaches and client-ready synthesized facts and presentations. You will act as a real “thought and knowledge partner” to clients and consultants. You will also be invited to engage in internal research projects and distinctive knowledge development projects.

Primary responsibilities:
(1) Client project team support. As a SRA, you will work with consultants to shape requests by scoping and disaggregating problems. After refining the problem, you will gather relevant industry information using a broad spectrum of sources (e.g., databases, primary research, etc.). You will then organize, analyze, synthesize the facts, and present using your own perspective and McKinsey methodologies and frameworks.

(2) Industry knowledge development. We expect you to possess a broad understanding of industry/economic trends and issues and to have one or more distinctive areas of expertise. You should leverage your knowledge base to develop fact packs, and summary perspectives, drive research and development of new materials, and contribute to broader knowledge development. You will also lead the identification and review of information sources and external experts in process industries.

(3) People development and leadership. You will coach new team members and peers in areas of personal expertise, contributing to the professional growth of junior research colleagues. You will also assist the success of the knowledge management team by building strong communities across practices and offices.

McKinsey offers the candidate excellent training and development programs to enhance functional, sectoral and personal skills, and the opportunity to work with a global network of professionals.

We are committed to your success. Your colleagues at McKinsey will go to extraordinary lengths to make certain you succeed. You can count on the support of colleagues around the world to bring their expertise and far-reaching networks to bear on your behalf.

Our values determine the way we do things and govern how we keep the promise of our mission: To help leaders make distinctive, lasting, and substantial improvements in performance and constantly build a great firm that attracts, develops, excites and retains exceptional people.

Requirements

SRA’s 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 or an established researcher who enjoy the challenges and rewards of research work in a dynamic and changing environment.

Specific qualifications
• Superior problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative skills
• Deep and broad content knowledge of oil and gas
• Experience in managing multiple simultaneous demanding deadlines
• Inquisitive, investigative nature
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Solid understanding of economic, financial, and general business concepts and terminology
• Professional attitude and service orientation; superb team player
• Strong IT skills, including proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and basic financial analysis packages

Education
An undergraduate degree and demonstrated analytical abilities are prerequisites. An advanced degree is preferred.

Previous experience
At least 4 to 6 years of relevant industry or business experience in oil and/or gas is a must, preferably in a business research environment.

About the Company

McKinsey&Company is a global management consulting firm that advises the senior management of the world's leading companies on issues of strategy, organisation and operations. We have over 6000 consultants in more than 80 offices in 45 countries. We currently serve three of the five largest companies in the world and two thirds of the Fortune 100 companies.