Associate - Strategy & Corporate Finance

Your Impact

You will join our Strategy & Corporate Finance practice in our New York office to work in teams of 3-5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of client engagement. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and synthesizing and communicating recommendations to leadership and the client.

Our Strategy & Corporate Finance practice works on engagements across industries, advising clients on top-management level issues including corporate strategy and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, business due diligence, value-based management, and strategy in IPO situations.

You will provide expert advice on financial and strategic issues, helping clients make informed decisions in high-stakes situations. Our broader practice advising CEOs and CFOs shape their strategy agendas. We are dedicated to helping businesses navigate the complex market landscape and achieve their goals.

You will be responsible for bringing strategic thinking to each client situation. This includes developing frameworks to analyze business problems using qualitative and quantitative approaches, working on financial benchmarking and business modeling to provide fact-based rationale for client’s strategic choices, and guiding clients through the entire M&A lifecycle.

• Key skills will include financial modeling, business analysis and insights, M&A transaction analysis, and general valuation knowledge.
• You will take ownership of key project workstreams (e.g., leading a commercial due diligence phase or managing a post-merger integration), guiding junior colleagues to translate complex insights into pragmatic, real-world actions.

Your Role

Your role is highly collaborative; you will work closely with client teams to inspire engagement, build their capabilities, and drive lasting change.

Beyond your day-to-day client engagements, you will actively contribute to our firm’s intellectual capital by codifying your deal learnings, developing cutting-edge M&A frameworks, and supporting business development through client proposals and white papers.

Qualifications and Skills

• Undergraduate or master’s degree and 4+ years of work experience after completing your undergraduate degree
• 2+ years of strategy, corporate finance, M&A or due diligence experience in a consulting firm, investment bank, accounting firm or major corporation; experience in corporate development, strategic finance, and merger integration is preferred
• Proficiency in financial analysis, including financial statement analysis, financial modeling, and risk assessment
• Intellectual curiosity, creative thinking and problem-solving mindset
• Adaptability and openness to collaborate in a flexible environment
• Sensitivity on social responsibility and ambition to have a real impact on clients and on our communities
• Analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Strong record of leadership in an academic, professional, or extracurricular setting
• Thoughtful, empathic and comfortable communicator
• Communication skills to express complex ideas in English, effectively, both verbally and in writing