Every day, our people play a vital role in helping organisations create value and grow with confidence. Our clients have very high expectations of Synovate Business Consulting. We offer a unique service to clients around the world, with outstanding strength and depth of service in the Asia Pacific.

We respond to client expectations by recruiting truly outstanding people. And providing them with the quality of assignments, training, support and international opportunities they need to flourish, professionally and personally.

As one of the leading specialist research & consulting firms in the Asia Pacific, we are able to offer exceptional opportunities for our people to work alongside talented individuals on an international basis.

2010 saw our company enjoy continued growth around Asia, including here in Vietnam. We are therefore seeking exceptional candidates to join our team in Ho Chi Minh City as:

• Senior Business Analyst

To be successful in this role you will be able comfortable working autonomously, as well as part of larger teams, delivering work of a high standard to your clients. You will have a keen understanding of what it takes to excel in a client-facing role and place the interest of clients at the heart of everything that you do.

To find out more about Synovate Business Consulting please visit our website at www.synovate.com/businessconsulting

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The responsibilities attributable to this role will include some or all of the following:

• Be an important part of a team that is delivering large and complex project engagements, both on and off client sites. You will play a central role in multi-disciplinary projects by Synovate in Vietnam. You will liaise with our colleagues in other business areas and assist in agreeing scope, being responsible for certain project deliverables and quality and client satisfaction in your immediate area of responsibility.

Your work on a typical assignment will include gathering primary and secondary data, analysing this information with a logic check, putting your findings, conclusion and recommendations into a well-written English language report for the client.

• Preparation of robust and rigorous working papers and deliverables in line with Synovate Business Consulting standards and methodologies.

• Helping develop strong, long term client relationships.

• Involvement in supporting sales activities including assisting on proposals, identifying opportunities during the course of engagements.

Required Skills:

Successful candidates will display a combination of the following:

- A broad interest in business and commerce, including international business, strategy, marketing and economic issues
- An understanding of the business model and customer value proposition possibly gained from working within industry or through studying a professional business qualification.
- An ability to absorb and analyse information quickly
- Professional skepticism and commercial awareness
- General consulting skills
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and first rate interpersonal skills. For these positions, fluent English is just as important as your native Vietnamese language!
- Excellent reporting and presentation skills (Excellent English language skills are essential)
- Ability to develop strong client relationships
- Attention to detail
- Ability to deliver work within tight time scales, to budget and to a high quality.
- Strong team player but able to work on own initiative.
- Ability to work in locations around Vietnam as well as undertaking work in other ASEAN countries
- Proven academic record (ideally from a leading university but not essential)
- The ability to take charge of your own career!

How to Apply:

IMPORTANT: Only applications written in English will be considered.

Interested candidates should submit their covering letter, resume, and photograph. Please visit our website for additional information about the post.

Please also state your current salary and remuneration and expected salary.

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(Source: Vietnamworks)