Capital Performance Group - Business Analyst

Description

About Capital Performance Group

Capital Performance Group is a management consulting firm located in Washington, DC. Our firm provides advisory, planning, analytic, and project management services to the financial services industry. Our clients include commercial banks, thrifts, non-depository financial services companies, industry trade associations, vendors to the industry, and government agencies involved in the financial services industry. Our senior consulting members have, on average, twenty years of experience working with financial services companies as strategists, marketers, and operational managers. We understand what drives performance in the financial services industry and how to help our clients meet their business and financial objectives.

Our assignments encompass strategic planning, marketing, financial management and project implementation and cover topics such as business performance analysis and improvement, competitive market assessment, distribution planning, strategic planning and product development. As a small, entrepreneurial company, CPG offers professional and financial growth opportunities for its staff.

For more information on CPG, please visit our website at www.capitalperform.com.

CPG Business Analyst Responsibilities (full-time position)

CPG's Business Analyst Program offers a unique combination of work experience, skills training, and professional mentoring. Analysts act as important members of client engagement teams, taking the lead role in generating required research and analytics and taking part in brainstorming sessions with the consulting staff to develop insights for solving business challenges faced by our clients. CPG’s Business Analysts gain exposure to both the consulting and financial services industries.

Typical responsibilities include:
• Financial performance analysis of financial services companies and comparison of performance to peer institutions.
• Manipulating and analyzing data pertaining to customers and markets.
• Conducting secondary research on industry topics and trends, including strategies, products and services, value propositions, and operational advantages of major financial services companies.
• Providing research support in developing speeches for CPG consulting staff, as well as conducting research for and authoring articles for publication in industry periodicals and forums.
• Analysis of company-specific news, performance, and developments to inform business development activities for the firm.
• Development of spreadsheet models to quantify the financial impact of business initiatives and the effects of consulting team recommendations.
• Development of presentations for senior managers of leading financial services companies in the U.S., and presenting findings to those senior managers.
• Limited travel to client locations in the United States.

Qualifications

Candidates for CPG’s Business Analyst Program must have:

• Undergraduate degree in finance, business, or related quantitative disciplines. Classes in money and banking, accounting, marketing, and statistics strongly desired.
• Well-developed analytical skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, especially Excel.
• An aptitude and eagerness to learn.
• The ability to manage several assignments concurrently.
• A high level of interest in the financial services industry.
• A high level of ethical integrity.
1-3 years experience as a marketing or financial analyst is a plus.
Comfort building quantitative models is also a plus.

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