Accordion
Website:
accordion.com
Job details:
Company Profile:
Accordion is a global financial consulting and technology firm helping CFOs and their teams drive value creation. Rooted in private equity rigor and powered by data, analytics, and AI, we partner with companies across industries to turn insight into impact.
Accordion works at the intersection of Private Equity sponsors and portfolio companies’ management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle. We provide hands-on, execution-oriented support, driving value through the office of the CFO by building data and analytics capabilities and identifying and implementing strategic work, rooted in data, analytics and AI.
Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices worldwide, including the India office based out of Hyderabad. Join us and make your mark on our company.
Data & Analytics (Accordion | Data & Analytics)
Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) practice in India delivers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.
We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.
D&A team members deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.
Working at Accordion in India means joining 800+ analytics, data science, finance, and technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment to transform how portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordion’s future—by embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm-wide commitment to building something great, together.
Join us and experience a better way to work!
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Role Overview:
The Assistant Manager – Client Partnerships will play a key role in strengthening the analytical, reporting, and business development support backbone of the Client Partnerships function. This is an internal-facing role that partners closely with CP leadership, ED+ stakeholders, and delivery teams to drive pipeline visibility, proposal readiness, collateral consistency, and data-driven decision-making across all business development activities. The incumbent will be expected to operate with a high degree of accuracy, ownership, and proactivity, ensuring that leadership has timely, error-free, and consistent information to support the firm's growth objectives.
What You Will Do
- Perform recurring and ad-hoc analyses of client portfolio dynamics, including new client acquisition, churn/attrition, downsizes, expansions, and client origination attribution to generate actionable insights for leadership.
- Monitor pipeline health on an ongoing basis and proactively escalate risks such as stalled opportunities, weakening early-stage activity, or declining conversion trends, along with supporting analysis and recommendations.
- Conduct market and competitor research to identify trends, whitespace opportunities, and insights relevant to business development strategy.
- Support senior stakeholders in developing pitch decks, proposals, and RFP responses for both new business and account-farming initiatives, while tracking opportunities and coordinating outreach across the BD pipeline.
- Maintain and periodically refresh standard business development collateral, with particular emphasis on AI-embedded solution offerings in collaboration with vertical heads, ensuring consistency of messaging and a unified narrative across all BD materials in alignment with ED+ stakeholders.
- Prepare periodic reports, dashboards, and meeting decks covering sales activity, pipeline progression, lead generation, and other key business development metrics.
- Maintain the CRM system (DealCloud) with real-time accuracy, including opportunity status, lead management activity, and pipeline data integrity, ensuring it serves as a reliable single source of truth for leadership.
- Support CP leadership in shaping and executing the function's strategic roadmap, and lead process improvement initiatives that enhance the efficiency, responsiveness, and scalability of the Client Partnerships function.
- Leverage AI tools to automate recurring and daily tasks, including reporting, research synthesis, and collateral updates.
- Collaborate with CP leadership, ED+ stakeholders, and delivery/functional teams to ensure alignment of priorities, timelines, and messaging, while ensuring all deliverables shared with senior stakeholders are accurate, timely, and error-free.
Ideally, You Have
- Minimum 4–5 years of experience in client partnerships, business development, account management, or a related field, preferably within a Professional Services firm or a mid-size/multinational environment.
- Strong stakeholder coordination and relationship management skills, with the ability to build credibility and work effectively with senior internal stakeholders across leadership, delivery, and functional teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience contributing to presentations, proposals, and business development materials.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to interpret market and pipeline data and convert insights into practical, actionable recommendations.
- Proficiency in CRM tools, preferably DealCloud, and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Word; familiarity with AI productivity tools is a strong advantage.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with strong attention to detail, ownership, and a track record of delivering accurate, executive-ready output under deadlines.
- Experience working with global teams and comfort operating across different markets and cultural contexts.
- A proactive, collaborative mindset with a strong interest in contributing to business growth and client success i.e., anticipates issues, flags risks early, and drives tasks to closure without follow-up.
Why Explore a Career at Accordion:
A Culture of Impact & Excellence
- A culture of merit & recognition: Thrive in a meritocratic, high-growth environment with semi-annual performance and promotion cycles.
- Multi - dimensional exposure: Navigate complex, high stakes workstreams across diverse industries and domains. At Accordion, you will engage with varied intellectual challenges that keep your perspective sharp, and your curiosity fuelled.
- Entrepreneurial environment: Exercise the intellectual freedom to make definitive decisions and the autonomy to own their outcomes. We reward initiative, encouraging you to expand your influence and assume larger responsibilities.
- Collaborative vitality: Experience a non-bureaucratic, high-energy culture alongside high-calibre peers. Our environment is designed to challenge your thinking and accelerate your growth through shared expertise and collective ambition.
Our Commitment to Your Well-being
We believe that our collective success is rooted in the personal well-being and growth of our people. We have curated a suite of benefits designed to support you and your family’s health, celebrate your milestones, and empower your professional journey.
- Comprehensive health & security: We provide fully covered Health and Group Term Life Insurance for you, with health insurance coverage extending to your immediate family.
- Care on your terms: Access expert medical guidance through on-site health camps or our integrated tele-health services. This ecosystem includes free professional consultations alongside discounted healthcare services including dental and vision care.
- Integrated family support: We support working parents with a fully sponsored, premium on-site Day Care facility.
- Empowering leave structures: Our robust leave policy is an intentional commitment to work-life integration, featuring dedicated maternity and parental support designed to help new parents through life’s major transitions.
- A culture of recognition: We believe every breakthrough deserves an audience. Through our dedicated rewards platform, we pause to celebrate both your professional triumphs and your most meaningful personal milestones.
- Architecting your growth: Thrive in a positive & transparent environment designed for the continuous evolution of your craft. We provide the infrastructure - through learning programs and engagement initiatives - to bridge the gap between your personal aspirations and professional mastery.
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