Associate - FS (German)

Description & Requirements

ABOUT US:

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world's most ambitious change-makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. Expert Client Delivery (ECD) is an integral unit of BCN. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutions across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence, and Bain intellectual property.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH:

This is an opportunity to be a part of Bain's Financial Services (FS), Centre of Expertise (CoE), based out of Gurugram office.

The FS CoE actively supports Partners/Global Case teams across Proposals, Client Development efforts, end Client Cases. Additionally, the team also supports the Global FS Practice in building Bain's FS Data Assets / IP / Thought Leadership / POVs / Tools, etc.

The group comprises 100+ team members across Banking, Insurance, and other Financial Services sectors.

HAT YOU'LL DO:

• Associates work under the guidance of a Project leader/Manager, playing a key role in driving their workstream's overall answer and final materials, and helping their lead/manager with client communication, work planning, and
• team management.
• Use thought leadership and sound business judgment to drive their own and their team let's research and analysis.
• Take responsibility for assigned work streams, identify relevant tools and sources, steer analysis to create powerful insights, while ensuring high quality of work.
• Communicate data, knowledge and insights to the entire team. Deliver audience-right high-quality presentations.
• Comfortable with driving open-ended research, creating point-of-views, IP creation, survey analytics, showing quick ramp up on new projects.
• Understand client needs, generate and screen solutions based on sound reality checks and recommend actionable next steps.
• Effectively structure communication of insights from different work streams and proactively resolve discrete issues and/or drive consensus
• Build client-ready visualization dashboards using tools such as Tableau and perform a variety of advanced analysis.
• Consistently seek and provide responsible feedback in all interactions; recognize different skills and developmentneeds in oneself.

ABOUT YOU:

• Candidates should be graduates / post-graduates with strong academic record.
• Work experience range in case highest qualification is undergraduate studies - 2-5 years of relevant experience in financial services sectors such as Banking, Insurance, Wealth and Asset Management, Payments, Fintech, etc.
• Work experience range in case highest qualification is postgraduate studies - 0-3 years of relevant experience in financial services sectors such as Banking, Insurance, Wealth and Asset Management, Payments, Fintech, etc.
• Proficiency in German at B2 level is mandatory, enabling effective reading, written communication, and comprehension.
• Passion to work in the Financial services domain.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of any visualization tools or languages like Alteryx, Tableau and Python/R is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with open-ended research, creating industry POV, sector and industry scans, summarizing key themes, trends challenges, survey analytics. /
• Should possess strong communication and team skills, with ability to multi-task.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and develop approaches to tackle diligence questions

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 12 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents..