Strategic Insights

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Strategic Insights - Researcher**

**Location - London or Manchester**

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

The Strategic Insights team seeks to add value to our clients through delivering actionable insight, enabling data driven decisions and developing analytic products/partnerships. Deliverables are closely aligned to the pillars of the firm strategy, sectors,as well as our service lines.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

**A look into the role**

As a Researcher within our Strategic Insights team, you will:

- Collaborate effectively with colleagues in Markets & Clients (M&C) to support the strategic priorities of the team, and identify innovative ways research can provide support
- Develop strong relationships with stakeholders and manages these effectively, to assure first class service delivery and client care
- Work alongside the manager team to support regular stakeholder engagement, and ensure that research effectively supports the strategic priorities of the business in terms of business development, industry strategy and client engagement
- Support on the design of relevant training, communications and firm engagement to ensure effective adoption and use of Strategic Insights services, platforms and desktop tools
- Manage deliverables for a key sector or service line within the firm, building relationships with stakeholders and delivering insight to support their go to market strategy
- Able to deliver value add research and analysis, showing deep sector or industry understanding
- Contribute to the development and delivery of client engagements and regular insights, delivering to budget and time

**Knowing you’re right for us**

Joining us as a Researcher, the **minimum criteria **you’ll need are proven analytic skills with the ability to draw on synthesise information to draw out insights.

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.
- Experience of outsourced research relationship management and service delivery
- Good working knowledge of core research databases such as FAME, Zephyr, Refinitiv, Lexis Nexis, Mergermarket
- Knowledge of Financial Services Research

**Knowing we’re right for you**

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respectour colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursueyour passions inside and outside of work.

**Beyond the job**

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs throughour every move, grounded in our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. **It’s how it should be.**

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