The Research Clerk – Market and Industry Intelligence role provides research, data, and administrative support in gathering, organising, and presenting market, competitor, regulatory, and industry information under the guidance of the Head of Research or an assigned supervisor.
The Clerk will assist with desk research, industry data compilation, competitor tracking, environmental scanning, benchmarking, and preparation of market-intelligence reports. The placement is designed to build practical research capability while contributing to timely and well-referenced insights for strategic planning, product development, and business growth.
The role does not carry independent ownership of strategic recommendations, final market assessments, budgets, or business decisions. All outputs will be reviewed and approved by the supervisor.
Key Responsibilities
Conduct assigned desk research using approved regulatory, industry, statistical, company, and reputable publication sources.
Collect, clean, validate, and organize market and industry data, including premiums, market share, growth, claims, product features, and pricing.
Update competitor databases, product-comparison tools, regulatory trackers, and market-intelligence repositories.
Monitor competitor activities, product launches, partnerships, digital initiatives, and market positioning, and prepare factual summaries.
Track relevant regulatory, economic, technological, and industry developments and prepare source-based briefs.
Support industry benchmarking, market sizing, product research, opportunity assessments, and business-case research through data preparation and preliminary findings.
Prepare tables, charts, weekly updates, draft reports, and presentation materials, and support stakeholder engagements through follow-up, note-taking, and action tracking.
Verify and reference sources, maintain an orderly research repository, highlight data gaps or conflicting information, and undertake other assigned research and administrative duties.
Requirements & Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Data Science, Business Analytics, Market Research, or a related field.
Must be a recent graduate.
No prior full-time work experience is required.
Exposure through an internship, industrial attachment, academic research project, data-analysis assignment, or business case is desirable.
Previous exposure to financial services, insurance, economics, or regulatory research is an added advantage.
Basic knowledge of competitor analysis, benchmarking, market sizing, or environmental scanning is desirable.
Basic exposure to Power BI, statistical tools, or business-intelligence platforms is desirable.
Good communication skills – written, oral, presentation, report writing.
