Business Analyst - McKinsey Transformation

Your Impact

You will operate as part of an engagement team, typically consisting of a team of 2-5 consultants led by an engagement manager. Together you will drive the day-to-day execution of a transformation effort to help clients achieve new performance highs in their business.

You will apply a proven, methodology-driven approach to large-scale transformation that focuses on execution and capability building. Your client engagements will often span >6 months, and they will generally include three phases: Independent Diligence, Bottom-Up Planning, and Implementation.

• Ensure Analysts are exposed to multiple areas of the businesses, rotating their responsibilities across the Transformation Office and functional and strategic support areas.
• Work directly with clients - usually on site - and will take ownership of specific workstreams and end-products within the overall transformation program.
• Be responsible for delivering the transformation objectives within your workstream, coaching your clients to develop and execute effective improvement plans and role-modeling a mindset of rapid decision-making.
• Mobilize and help clients to achieve change that exceeds their expectations.
• Broadly, you will have the opportunity to build on your proven capabilities and leverage a range of influencing styles.
• In a collaborative team setting, you'll work closely with others but will also – after appropriate apprenticeship – be expected to operate autonomously with limited direction to drive progress in your areas of accountability.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of corporate and/or professional services experience focused on operations, finance/accounting, and or go-to-market/top-line growth initiatives
• Experience in management consulting, large-scale change management, turnaround and restructurings, M&A and integrations, and or investment banking is a plus
• Program management experience on driving large-scale, transformational change programs is preferred
• Experience in the following is ideal:
• Implementing rapid and successful operational turnarounds and or rapid growth programs across key strategic, revenue, cost and working capital levers, business planning or P&L modeling, working capital management, or 13-week cashflow preparation
• Ability to understand, analyze and interpret financial statements
• Demonstrated aptitude for analytical and conceptual problem solving, comfort with quantitative analysis and managerial accounting
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to understand the perspectives of varied stakeholder groups
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing

Travel expectations: 50-80%