Responsible for market and competitor research aiding V&A across various technologies and industries.

Leading the global InsurTech landscape study with the objective of understanding technological disruption impacting traditional insurance industry, having grown from hands on involvement in project execution to larger strategic role involving end-to-end ownership of the same from identification of project, defining the strategy, driving customer engagement and overseeing seamless delivery. Shouldering responsibility to identify and develop New business opportunities and working directly with clients to provide research and industry expertise and/or partner on delivering strategic workshopsDeveloping thought leadership entailing original, cutting-edge points of view to use with clients, the media and in conferences - The role entails creation and writing of viewpoints, with multiple projects having been published and quoted in the press - Select ones also form the basis of issue-driven discussions with clientsSupporting Accenture Growth & Strategy and Practice Enablement, involving analysis of competitors’ moves, market sizing & trends and impacts for Accenture while developing periodic management reports to provide fresh insights on client performance and the issues clients currently faceWork closely with the Global Financial Services Research Lead and with the Global Insurance Accenture Research leads, to help define and establish the strategy and priorities for the Insurance research agenda and support thought leadership projects, client projects, primary research activity and business or market development for the practice and clientsMember of ‘Social Media’ master-class steering group, an initiative to educate and inspire active participation and collaboration, both on internal and external platformsSpearheaded the ‘Insurance Digital Innovation’ project, encompassing research studies based on objective insights and data pertaining to the latest digital and technological developments in the sector.

Responsible for delivery of detailed market intelligence reports, encompassing market sizing, industry trends, demand drivers, industry information; competitive landscape, takeaways, etc., and thereby providing business recommendationsLed a team of analysts for ‘Quarterly Trend Reports’ pertaining to Life insurance and ‘Business Continuity Management.’Also, directed the development of technical insurance product brochures for sales personnelConducted training on ‘Insurance Financials’ for a team of 16 analysts from Investment and Business Research wings of Business Intelligence and Analytics teamProject managed the development and maintenance of ‘Insurance Distribution Intelligence’ database and preparation of trend analysis reports covering 33 countries globally for both L&S and P&CDevelopment of Competitor Intelligence (CI) database covering top ten life insurance companies from each of the ten Asian countries under study covering their products, strategy (premiums) and distribution aspectsAuthored a white paper on ‘Insurance Distribution in BRIC countries.’

As a business research analyst, was involved in the development of marketing dashboards and presentations.The job entailed analysis and presentation of market data, using relevant market research tools, to the client to facilitate better decision making in FMCG marketing.