Associate/Project Leader (Generalist) - Middle East CoE

About us
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the worlds 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. BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.
Who you will work with
This is an opportunity to be a part of Bains Middle East Centre of Expertise (ME CoE) team, based out of Gurugram office, and specifically support Bain Middle East case teams on live cases, client development and proposal support. The ME CoE consists of 60+ team members, organized into ~15 teams, working across various sectors such as Public, Advanced Manufacturing Services, Financial Services, etc.
As a Generalist, you will work on industry-agnostic projects and get exposed to various BCN products ranging from company profiles, industry analysis, competitive benchmarking to excel models, survey analysis, and ad-hoc studies, on live client cases as well as for business/client development.
An Associate works as a team member/contributor on BCN cases, driving the analysis on complex cases with some direction from a Project Leader and occasionally leading simple cases independently. In addition, Associates help mentor and coach Analysts by providing regular guidance / feedback. The expectation is to eventually provide significant direction and support to resolve complex issues and effectively manage client and team meetings.
What youll do
Candidate should be currently working in strategy consulting/research-oriented set-up and possess acumen to solve open-ended problems
Proficient in research and analysis, as well as able to provide solid business judgment to derive answers in situations where data is not easily available or explicitly published
Able to interface with primary client contact (Bain case teams from ME offices)
May have first-level team management responsibility, which involves allocating and reviewing work to a small team of analysts and conducting performance / feedback discussions
Provide content thought leadership & may manage simple cases independently
About you
Candidates should be graduates / post-graduates with strong academic records
Work experience range in case highest qualification is undergraduate studies 2-5 years of exposure to managementconsulting
Work experience range in case highest qualification is postgraduate studies 0-3 years of exposure to managementconsulting
Should possess strong in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
Prior experience in similar analytical roles may be an added advantage
Candidates should possess excellent analytic skills, communication skills, team player skills with ability to multiple task and work under pressure
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