Business Manager

Company Overview

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 and 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. We bring together deep domain expertise, advanced technology, and AI-enabled analytics capabilities to solve some of the most complex and high-impact business challenges.

We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics helping them unlock value, drive performance, and make smarter, faster decisions powered by data and AI-driven insights.

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.

Being part of Accordion India means joining a dynamic community of 800+ professionals across analytics, data science, finance, and technology. You’ll thrive in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment where curiosity is encouraged, innovation is embraced, and emerging technologies like AI are actively shaping the way we work and deliver impact.

Join us and experience a better way to work!

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

Role Overview:

The Business Manager at Accordion will directly project manage client delivery and provide analytics oriented thought partnership to clients. (S)he will directly manage project teams to facilitate delivery of high-quality analytics services and identify opportunities for deeper client engagements. The role also leverages modern data, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to enhance decision-making, improve efficiency, and deliver deeper business insights.

What You will do:

• Develop a strong project management discipline including project plan tracking, risk identification & mitigation, robust quality management, and stakeholder alignment, while leveraging AI-enabled productivity tools where relevant.

• Develop hands-on expertise in tools and technologies and if needed, can execute analysis models, build dashboards, provide business context to data engineers in data modelling etc. in complex client engagements. Use advanced analytics and AI-assisted capabilities to improve speed and depth of analysis

• Regularly engage in peer level discussions with the C-Suite of client companies, to partner with them as a trusted analytics & AI advisor, bringing data-driven and forward-looking insights.

• Develop a thorough understanding of client's business challenges to proactively recommend analyses and automation opportunities that can deliver results for the client

• Develop a robust knowledge of functional areas (Marketing, Finance, Pricing, Supply Chain etc.) across a diverse set of industries to provide relevant and actionable insights backed by robust analytics.

• Facilitate people development and proactively ensure that development agenda is fulfilled for the team. Coach and develop team members on both core consulting capabilities and AI enabled working practices.

Ideally, you have:

• Undergraduate degree (B.E/B.Tech.) from tier-1/tier-2 colleges are preferred

• MBA degree from top tier colleges is preferred

• Should have 3 - 8 years of full-time experience.

• Strong leadership & proactive communication to coordinate with the project team and other internal stakeholders.

• Ability to use business judgement and a structured approach towards solving complex problems.

• Actively building capability in AI tools and displays a proactive interest in AI-enabled ways of working to enhance productivity, problem-solving, and decision-making.

• Experience in client-facing/professional services environment is a plus.

• Strong hard skills on analytics tools such as SQL, Power BI, Tableau and Excel is a plus.

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 —leveraging data and AI-enabled tools to uncover insights, solve problems faster, 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.