Oliver Wyman - Benchmarking Specialist - Gurugram

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Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman is looking to bring onboard an experienced professional as Benchmarking Specialist to join our IMEA (India, Middle East, South Africa)
Knowledge Services Team!

This role will be based out of our Gurugram Office.

We are seeking an experienced benchmarking professional to join the Oliver Wyman Knowledge Services Department within the Benchmarking Team. You will work closely with senior researchers to set up and establish the team and deliver structured benchmarking analysis to research and consulting teams across financial metrics and industrial/operational parameters for a defined portfolio of companies and sectors.

Our clients include private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, investment banks, corporates, and strategic investors seeking independent, analytically robust benchmarking to inform investment and operational decisions.

The Knowledge Services Department supports consultants with planning and execution of on-demand research and benchmarking projects, including interpretation, evaluation, and preparation of results. In this role, the benchmarking expert will lead the design and execution of benchmarking studies spanning performance, process, competitive, strategic, financial, and internal dimensions. Working at the intersection of data science and strategy, this individual will convert raw comparisons into prioritised improvement roadmaps that clients can act on.

• Consolidate existing research, scale them and develop products, using your skillset in benchmarking and research product development
• Build and maintain reusable benchmarking models from a business perspective, covering metrics applicable to the respective sectors and drive actionable insights
• Understand, analyse, and conduct benchmarking studies to determine performance levels and trends in various areas and identify gaps
• Define and maintain appropriate peer cohorts based on sub-sector classification, scale, ownership structure, and geographic footprint
• Collect and validate primary data through executive interviews, surveys, and site visits
• Aggregate, normalize, and analyse data across proprietary sources; accounting policy differences; and currency effects to enable like-for-like peer comparisons
• Build performance gap analyses and translate findings into ranked, investment-grade recommendations
• Track reporting cycles and update databases on schedule; identify performance divergences and flag material shifts against industry norms
• Own accuracy of the repository through regular validation cycles; manage task pipeline, set priorities, and collaborate with global colleagues to resolve competing demands
• Produce PowerPoint outputs to translate benchmarking findings into client‑ready visuals
• Coach and quality‑assure the benchmarking work of junior analysts and associates.

• 3–7 years’ post‑qualification experience in corporate benchmarking with a demonstrated track record of independently executing benchmarking or data‑intensive analytical assignments
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Statistical reasoning and normalisation, advanced modelling, financial statement analysis, primary research design (survey design on Qualtrics and Askia), MECE frameworks and issue trees, and executive‑level slide storytelling
• Source Landscaping:
  Good knowledge of sources, such as APQC to identify relevant commercial data
• Creative problem‑solving skills and analytical curiosity with tenacious drive to solve complex benchmarking challenges; ability to think critically and develop the most efficient solutions to information requirements
• Excellent communication and research synthesis skills that allow you to draw out key benchmarking insights and present findings clearly to consulting audiences
• Ability to apply Generative AI tools to enhance efficiency and quality of benchmarking research deliverables
• Excellent Excel skills and proficiency with Power BI, Tableau, R, and Alteryx would be a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree (mandatory):
  
  B. Com,
  
  B.Sc. (Economics / Statistics / Mathematics), BBA, or
  
  B. Tech / B.E. with strong quantitative aptitude
• Pre…