Research Associate

**Job description - Research Associate / Analyst**

Euromonitor International is looking for talented individuals interested in a career in market research. If you enjoy working with data and have high numeracy skills, Euromonitor offers you the opportunity to utilise these skills in helping consumer, service and financial industries make informed business decisions.

Reporting to the Research Manager in our Cape Town office, the data analyst/specialist will focus on the collection, building and analysis of data. This work will contribute directly to Euromonitor’s popular and long-running syndicated product _Passport_, which provides data and insight on economies, industries, and consumers worldwide, giving clients greater context on global markets and future trends.

Working on specific industries and countries within Africa, the data analyst will further utilise his/her knowledge of data analysis techniques to improve current research methodologies and processes. This may incorporate not only the building of new research methodologies and processes but the utilisation of those already developed by Euromonitor’s centralised process teams, Catalyst and Transformation, to see how they be incorporated into local research to improve data quality and efficiencies.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- The analysis and manipulation of data from both public sources and trade interviews using MS Excel, and other data analysis tools, such as Python and SQL;
- Working with large datasets and other relevant sources to improve data quality through ongoing sense checks and analysis;
- Building new data methodologies that can improve data quality and incorporating centralised tools that may assist in efficiency of research processes and methodologies;
- Developing industry and regional expertise on consumer and service markets in Africa through data analysis and report writing.

**Requirements**:
**Skills/Proficiencies required**:

- The successful applicant will demonstrate a keen interest in consumer and industry trends in relevant African markets, with an eye for detail;
- Superb numeracy and analytical skills, including advanced knowledge of Excel, and preferably SQL and Python;
- The ability to work independently and under pressure to tight deadlines;
- Applicants should be flexible, proactive and possess a strong sense of personal responsibility for continued improvement;
- From personal characteristics we seek: curiosity, integrity, striving for excellence, well outspoken and friendly person;
**Benefits**

**International**: Not only do we have a very multinational workforce in each office, but we are all dealing with our 15 offices worldwide on a daily basis.

**Flexibility**: Euromonitor has adopted a hybrid working approach, with a minimum of two days in the office per week. You also have three weeks to work from anywhere.

**Benefits**: We offer competitive salaries, medical aid contributions and a Core Hours policy allowing flexible start and finish times to each day in many of our offices.

**Opportunities to grow**: The majority of our managers and directors have been promoted from within and many have moved across departments as well as upwards. We pride ourselves on identifying and rewarding talent.

**Committed to making a difference**: We think that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our extensive Corporate Social Responsibility Program gives each member of staff two volunteering days a year in addition to holidays. It sees us reaching out into the local community with our mentoring, group volunteering, and fundraising initiatives as well as supporting international charities through our website sales, matching staff sponsorship fundraising, and carbon offsetting all our flights, amongst many other activities.

**Euromonitor International is an equal opportunity employer**: We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.