Private Capital - Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company - New York, New York, United States, 10286
Work at McKinsey & Company
Overview
- View job
Overview
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues-at all levels-will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won't find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
Continuous learning:
Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey. A voice that matters:
From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You'll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes. Global community:
With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm's diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences. World-class benefits:
On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
Your Impact You will work in teams of typically 3-5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of client engagement. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations to leadership. The Strategy and Corporate Finance and Private Capital Practices at McKinsey help companies and organizations make smart financial decisions around investing and growth across all industries and sectors.
As a Business Analyst within Private Capital or the Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice, you will be responsible for bringing valuation principles and 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 clients' strategic choices across organic and inorganic upside opportunities. Your work will also involve conducting extensive due diligence work, which may include collecting historical deal-related information, developing and executing a comprehensive work plan, reviewing contracts and policies, analyzing data, identifying risks, conducting competitor analysis, financial analysis, and valuation, and gathering a comprehensive set of data.
During your first few years with the firm, you will consult on multiple client engagements and work with a number of colleagues and clients across a range of industry areas. When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm that will invest in your professional development.
As a Private Capital Business Analyst you will:
structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them synthesize clear takeaways from complex information creating clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution and move people and organizations to act establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organizations communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner develop your leadership style, leveraging your own experiences, strengths, and personal values
McKinsey believes in strengths-based development and coaching, and you'll receive mentoring from colleagues. This will include a senior colleague from your office or practice who will help you grow and achieve your career goals. Additionally, you will have a professional development manager who manages your staffing based on your priorities as well as the needs of client service teams.
You will join our Private Capital practice in our New York office to work in teams and directly with our clients to help solve some of their most difficult problems. You will also work with a range of experts in the firm, from data scientists and researchers to software and app designers.
McKinsey's Private Capital practice is the world's leading advisor to the Private Equity and Principal Investor industry. We work with investors of all types: Private Equity firms, distressed debt/credit investors, real estate, and infrastructure firms, as well as the institutional investors these alternative investment managers serve, including pensions, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and endowments. We serve these clients across the deal cycle, assisting with deal identification, due diligence, and portfolio company operational improvements, as well as on firm-level topics including strategy, governance, and operations.
Your qualifications and skills Undergraduate or master's degree and 1+ years of work experience after completing your undergraduate degree Outstanding record of academic achievement 1+ years of strategy, corporate finance, valuation, M&A or due diligence experience in a consulting firm, investment bank, or major corporation; experience in a corporate development or strategic finance is preferred Demonstrated experience or strong interest in the investing industry, with a basic understanding of industry functioning, drivers, or key players based on work experience, internships, or your studies Proficiency in financial analysis, including financial statement analysis, financial modeling, and risk assessment Demonstrated aptitude for analytics and excel fluency with exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills, and ideally, exposure to market modelling 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 Ability to communicate complex ideas in English effectively, both verbally and in writing