Rishi Kedare
Associate Manager
Navi Mumbai
Summary
Associate Manager with over 13 years of in-depth experience in Research (Secondary research), Team management and Stakeholder management. Exposure in ESG research related to Climate. Having good understanding of TCFD, GRI, CDP, BRSR, SASB, SDG frameworks. Working knowledge of premium databases such as Bloomberg, Dealogic (DCM, ECM, M&A, Loans), Cortex Strategy Manager, Mergermarket, Rosen Consulting, REIS, Real Capital Analytics (RCA), Euromonitor, Freedonia, Pitchbook, Thomson Research, EIU, Global Insight, Gartner, IDC, Frost, S&P, Fitch, Moody’s, Capital IQ, Factiva, OneSource etc. Working on niche industries, company screenings, M&A, ECM, DCM, Fees run on Dealogic, industry newsrun, complex industry research etc.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate Manager
Morningstar India Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
11.2021 - Current
- Core responsibilities include team handling, process improvement initiatives, technology initiatives. Managing two teams/processes which includes 40 team members.
- Pushing for deadlines and targets and achieving those on time by working along with the research team.
- Successfully managed multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines ensuring optimal resource allocation.
- Collaborated closely with senior management on strategic planning efforts, aligning departmental goals with overarching company objectives.
- Worked on impactful projects such as Crawler - Text Mining tool, Detection Tool, Extraction Tool, Improvements on in-house Research Platform by closely collaborating with technology teams. These projects resulted in efficiency at process level.
- Generating weekly report/stats report for the stakeholders.
- Delivered comprehensive reports on key performance indicators, driving data-driven decision-making among leadership teams.
- Championed employee engagement initiatives, boosting morale and promoting a positive workplace culture.
- Initiated process improvements based on thorough analysis of internal operations data resulting in enhanced productivity levels.
- Managed cross-functional projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with company objectives.
- Enhanced team productivity by implementing efficient project management strategies. Revised the research/data collection approach to increase the efficiency and reduce the average research TAT from 25 days to 5 days.
- Improved client satisfaction by consistently delivering high-quality work on schedule. Reduced client related defects by 50% compared to previous year by implementing rule base quality checks before sending to clients.
Team Lead
Integreon Managed Solutions.
Mumbai
07.2017 - 09.2021
- Working as shift manager and assisting with team management in a specific shift.
- Assist in workflow management/WFM/WFC.
- Allocating jobs, quality checking work and managing client expectations.
- Client monthly reporting, Feedbacks to team members, helping with staffing.
- Reporting SRR for any negative feedbacks, investing thoroughly on negative feedbacks.
- Ability to remain calm and work effectively with Global IB Professionals under pressure.
- Having regular meetings with client.
- Working along with investment bankers globally and helping them with company/industry/economic research based on client's specifications with a high degree of accuracy, consistency and in a timely manner.
- Use different industry sources such Gartner, IDC, Frost for TMT sector, Evaluate Pharma for Healthcare sector, Euromonitor for Consumer and Retail sector, Pitchbook for Private Equity and many others to find the required information which helps the senior analysts from IBD division of major investment banks to analyze and report their findings.
- Working on complex industry/sectoral research which involve checking for key performance indicators such as LFL, Churn rates, CET ratios, Customer acquisition costs etc., or doing company screenings for building lists of companies in a specific sector.
- Working on niche industries and trying to find as much as data as possible from public sources.
- Consistently provide quality results within the specified deadlines.
Jr. Researcher
JP Morgan Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
07.2013 - 06.2017
- Performing market research on various sectors, industries such as Real Estate, FIG, TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications), NRG-Diversified industries etc. Mainly aligned to Real Estate sector.
- Working with the sector related sources/databases such as Dealogic, Mergermarket, Rosen, REIS, Real Capital Analytics (RCA), Thomson research, Factset and many more to gather/analyze information needed by the clients.
- Maintaining productivity, accuracy and relevancy by providing quality results to clients.
Senior Research Associate
Integreon Managed Solutions.
Mumbai
11.2009 - 12.2011
- Data mining, scanning financial industry information and collect data from databases or public domain like e-newspapers, journals etc. on assigned project, sector or industry.
- Analysis of economy.
- Conduct comprehensive industry research and analysis.
- Quality checking completed jobs, assisting new recruits by training and helping them with their work.
- Allotting jobs to team by recognising their skillset.
- Part of the first batch to visit client in London.
- Up-skill training in Strategy Manager (Dealogic SMP) and providing updates on training program.
- Also, part of important client meeting with senior management.
- Meetings with vendors to get in-depth knowledge on various databases.
Education
Master of Arts - Economics
Mumbai School of Economics, University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India 08.2011 - 06.2013
Skills
Operations management
Project management
Training and development
Workflow management
Performance reviewing
Cost reduction
Recruitment and hiring
Budgeting and finance
Process improvement strategies
Employee performance evaluation
Stakeholder management
Overseas Client Visit
London, United Kingdom
- Selected as part of the first group to visit the client in London.
- Attended upskilling sessions focused on Strategy Manager (Dealogic SMP) and provided updates on the training program.
- Participated in high-level stakeholder meetings to discuss on various strategic issues
- Engaged in vendor meetings to gain detailed insights into various databases.
Timeline
Associate Manager
Morningstar India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2021 - Current
Team Lead
Integreon Managed Solutions.
07.2017 - 09.2021
Jr. Researcher
JP Morgan Services India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 06.2017
Master of Arts - Economics
Mumbai School of Economics, University of Mumbai
08.2011 - 06.2013
Senior Research Associate
Integreon Managed Solutions.
11.2009 - 12.2011
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