Project Leader – Corporate Finance CoE
Job ID
102052
Work area(s)
Description & Requirements
About us
Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that helps the world’s 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
Corporate Finance teams are part of ‘Corporate Finance and Strategy CoE (CF& CF&S work as innovation partners for Bain’s Global strategy practice to enable cutting edge Intellectual property ( Point of view PoV development commercialization and flawless client delivery Our strength lies in our people who are experts across different aspects of the strategy topic vis a vis business and corporate strategy, CEO and leadership ways of working and corporate finance, backed by solid capabilities around research, analytics and stakeholder management Corporate Finance team works with Bain teams across the globe with solutions to corporate finance and capital markets related aspects with a wide array of highly customizable offerings and tailored analyses to address key CXO concerns and equip the C Suite with the right tools to shape their agenda on long term shareholder value creation The team conducts financial diagnostics for client companies, codifies Bain’s intellectual property and contributes to new intellectual property We work with case teams across geographies and industries however, they focus almost exclusively on Corporate Finance related projects.
About you
- Candidates should be graduates/post graduates with specialization in finance with strong academic records
- Work experience range in case highest qualification is undergraduate studies 5-8 years of relevant experience and in case highest qualification is postgraduate studies 3-6 years of relevant experience in investment banking, equity research or consulting with corporate finance exposure
- Candidates should possess excellent analytical, communication, and team handling skills. Prior experience with managing teams, coaching, and mentoring is important.
- Preference for candidates with CA /CFA
- Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are required
- Exposure to Python and GenAI would be preferred
What you’ll do
- Provide thought leadership and sound business judgment to drive the team’s research and analysis on corporate finance cases across geographies
- Able to very quickly come up to speed on different businesses and perform research and analysis across all geographies
- Take responsibility for assigning work streams; monitor and balance workloads
- Identify and employ relevant research sources and analytical tools
- Ensure timely, high quality, error-free research, analysis and output produced by the analysts
- Understand client needs and situations and adapt to case expectations
- Generate and screen realistic answers based on sound reality checks and recommend actionable solutions
- Strong understanding on financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, valuation principals, ability to connect financial performance to valuations
- Ability to think through the impact of any change in one financial metric across financial statements, valuations
- Shows ability to make sense of financial data, such as reasons for high or low growth, margins, returns, multiples, leverage and accompanying competitive dynamics
- Should have created financial models from scratch vs. updating set templates. Focus is more on strategic choices and their impact on valuation vs. only valuation
- Strong inclination towards Capital Markets and being abreast on prevailing economic environment, stock markets and capital flows a must
- Demonstrates the ability to cross-link different business models and key industry dynamics, using key drivers/KPIs behind operational and financial performance
- Has hands on experience in conducting company research, industry research, and investment related research
- Communicate data and clearly explain insights and implications for the client to the entire team
- Effectively communicate with Bain case teams from any global office, global Practice Area affiliates and third-party analytics vendors
- Consistently provide responsible feedback in all interactions; recognize team’s development needs and provide feedback toward constant improvement
- Provide coaching and mentoring to COE analysts and associates
- Participate in annual COE/BCC resource planning and development
- Assist in Office Management roles (e.g. recruiting, marketing, training, etc.)
What makes us a great place to work
We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 12 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents.