Analyst - Financial Services 202-143

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Ovum currently has an exciting opportunity for an Analyst or Senior Analyst to join our growing London team. As part of the Financial Services practice the Analyst will focus on the rapidly changing payments industry. With new entrants from across the fintech start-up, social media, and broader consumer technology industries who are offering products and services to both merchants and consumers there will be major implications for the retail banks traditionally dominant in this space, as well as the vendors, payment schemes, market infrastructure players, regulators and other providers serving the industry.

Ovum is a market leading analyst firm, with 180 analysts across 23 global locations providing our clients in the IT, telecoms and media industries with research, consulting and advisory services. Our customers rely on Ovum to deliver objective and thought provoking insights to help them make the right strategic decisions in what are rapidly converging and changing markets.

The Financial Services practice advises banks, payment processors, insurers, and IT vendors on how to thrive in what is becoming an increasingly disrupted value chain. Through a deep understanding of the factors driving change, competitor strategies, and best practice across the financial services industry, we advise and support our clients on the role technology plays in delivering new product and service innovations.

The Analyst will help us continue to serve our clients with insightful analysis on changes to the payments industry in this newly created role. The successful Analyst will have knowledge/experience of the payments industry or other relevant analyst experience to join the team.

Key responsibilities

• Producing insightful and thought-provoking written analysis on what change and disruption in the retail payments industry means for our clients


• Maintaining the team’s high standards of rigour and intellectual excellence across all your work and customer interactions


• Presenting your research to our clients, on webinars, and at conferences and at all times articulating what our findings mean for the audience


• Building and maintaining relationships with our clients and network in the wider industry


• Managing and delivering custom research projects for customers, in line with time and quality expectations


• Supporting our commercial teams to develop our relationships with existing clients and to bring on board new customers


• Demonstrating a flexible and entrepreneurial approach to how we grow our business

This is a hugely exciting opportunity for an intelligent, commercially minded and driven Analyst who is looking to progress their career and gain some invaluable experience within an industry-leading global brand.

To apply, please submit your CV and a detailed covering letter highlighting your suitability.