Overview
Working Student – Principal Investors and Private Equity – München, Germany
Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
What You’ll Do
You are knowledgeable and passionate about the private equity and principal investor landscape. You understand the deal environment and how investors evaluate opportunities. You are also savvy with databases and eager to learn about and apply digital tools and capabilities to enhance depth in thinking and analysis. In addition, you are enthusiastic about supporting the PIPE practice area and learning about our casework and client experiences. You are an analytical thinker and a quick learner. You have a service-oriented mentality and can think creatively about ways to address cross-industry business questions through data. You are able to take on new tasks easily and are excited to continually expand and solidify your professional toolkit.
- Updating our internal private equity databases
- Supporting our BCG Vantage analyst team with research tasks and analyses
- Online research
- Supporting internal projects
You can work up to 20 hours/week during your semesters and up to 40 hours/week during your vacation time. The role offers enough flexibility to combine personal, academic, and professional life. This is a temporary role from min. 12 to max. 24 moths. You need to be an enrolled university student in Germany.
What You’ll Bring
- Ongoing Bachelor’s or Master’s studies with high academic achievements (socio-economic sciences, business administration or similar)
- Interest in private equity and infrastructure investor topics
- Some previous experience in the financial area (ideally in private equity) as a working student or an intern
- Creative, yet structured problem solver and autonomous self-starter
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment and to manage multiple tasks in parallel
- Strong organization and project management skills
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint capabilities
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both German and English
- Strong interpersonal credibility, reliability, and service mentality
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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