Graduate Associate - Consulting

The Client

Our client is a market-leading investment research firm. They provide integrated solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions.

No other company in the world provides the same holistic investment offering : their superpower is the combination of human insights and unique investor-led content with a global expert network.

They serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24 / 7 coverage through their team of 1,300+ employees located across eight offices.

What is Consulting?

Their consulting clients work on behalf of large companies (e.g. Fortune 500’s) or institutional investors and support them by doing deep dive research to provide guidance on their corporate strategy or investment decisions.

The insights they get through their experts and content are the backbone of the recommendations they deliver to their clients.

Associate, Consulting Clients

As an Associate in their Consulting business, you’ll have opportunities to work with the top management consulting firms in the world.

They will trust in you for access to the most relevant experts and research content, which you are responsible for identifying and recommending to them throughout their project lifecycles.

To do so you'll gather a unique set of stakeholder management skills that will help you deliver excellent results for both clients and experts.

The projects can be complex, but the impact is meaningful - every day you will get to hear directly from your clients, experts and colleagues about the difference you have made.

The hats you will wear :

Business driver : on every project, you will have an opportunity to drive performance by delivering on client requests.

Each client and expert interaction is an opportunity to bring in revenue and build your book of business.

• Problem solver : you will search for and vet experts to support your clients at each stage of their research . They operate under very tight deadlines that we have to match with urgency, but not at the expense of quality.
• Player & coach : you will be asked to train and develop the people around you, both on your team and those you’re working with on client requests.

You will also receive lots of hands-on training and coaching yourself.

Research partner : Throughout your research, clients will rely you think as an extension of their team

What we are looking for?

• Business fluent in German (written and oral - Level C1 and above).
• You must be able to deliver high quality and high volume work on a deadline. You will be working on lots of work streams simultaneously, but that energises you - you have the ability to multitask and remain organised , collaborating with others.
• Someone competitive with a drive towards excellence, as you will be held towards both qualitative and quantitative performance measures.
• We also want someone who is a clear communicator who can create the right narrative to share your ideas with a wide range of people, such as introducing our products and services to new clients and experts.
• A can-do attitude !

Whats in it for you?

• Salary : Competitive base salary of €52,000 with access to our bonus scheme after just 1 month . Plus an increase of €2,500 on your base salary on your 12 month anniversary.
• In Year 1, an average performer can expect to earn at least €60,000 OTE but our top performers make more!
• Vacation : 25 days (which increases to 28 days after 2 years of service) plus local Public Holidays
• Learning : personal development allowance of €850 per year
• Health and wellbeing : sick pay, health insurance and long-term care insurance
• Future and family : employer pension contributions (EE and Employer split equally - 9.3%)
• Flexibility : 2 annual volunteer days , 2 personal days when life throws you a curveball and 'Summer Fridays'
• Company Equipment : Apple Macbook plus €20 employee reimbursement for mobile phone usage
• Social : weekly optional social gatherings, daily breakfast and snacks, social events
• ESG : CSR, Environment and Diversity & Inclusion
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