Sr. Specialist, Research (Finance)

About the role:

Gartner Researchers support the discovery of actionable business ideas while bringing best practices, and research models to life across a broad range of world-leading clients. A Senior Specialist on the Finance Insight Extension team is responsible for synthesizing Gartner’s best research to develop fresh, timely insights designed to help senior executives solve critical challenges and elevate their organization’s performance.

The Senior Specialist combines their knowledge, experience and collaboration skills to produce provocative research and collaborate with peers and senior stakeholders to develop research initiatives.

This individual will produce a wide range of written deliverables written for CFOs, Controllers, Heads of FP&A, and Finance Transformation Leaders that require qualitative and quantitative research methods, strong collaboration skills, and clear and compelling business writing.

What you will do:

• Apply Gartner's proven methodology for identifying best practice solutions to many of today's biggest business challenges
• Analyze and interpret business problems using primary and secondary research, root cause analysis, benchmarking, and other qualitative and quantitative methods
• Conduct wide-ranging secondary literature searches
• Spot patterns and relationships in quantitative or qualitative information in order to generate hypotheses about conclusions that can be drawn from the data
• Independently create key research deliverables, including: white papers, articles, presentations and webinars, guidebooks, templates, how-to guides
• Challenge client thinking utilizing solid logical frameworks 
• Contribute to the Insight Extension team’s plans for future content by monitoring areas of emerging client interest and urgency
• Closely collaborate with peers and senior stakeholders on a global team

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3-5 years of relevant experience

• Creative approach to gathering, analyzing, and restructuring data points to create original insights
• Strong writing skills, with particular attention to precision of language and ability to present information in a logical and consumable manner
• Intellectual curiosity and adaptability to changing circumstances, including a willingness to experiment with content to maximize client utility, challenge stakeholder perspectives, and consider alternative or unexpected points of view to improve ideas
• Dedication to ensuring deliverables meet Gartner’s high content quality standards
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• Strong organizational skills, including a proven competence for meeting deadlines and managing thorough stakeholder reviews
• Highly disciplined and committed to self-improvement, with a self-starter mentality
• Willingness and foundational ability to coach others

What we offer:

• Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, Medical, Dental & Vision Plans, Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program …