Associate \u2013 Corporate Finance CoE

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 2-5 years of relevant experience and in case highest qualification is postgraduate studies 0-3 years of relevant experience in investment banking, equity research or consulting with corporate finance exposure
• Strong understanding of financial statement analysis, ratio analysis and underlying valuation principals, ability to connect financial performance to valuations with a flair for numbers and fair knowledge of equity markets to generate compelling insights and equity story with a focus on ‘so what’
• Proficient professional with sound business logic, thought leadership and ability to structure approaches to answer complex business questions
• Cross link different business models and multiple industries key dynamics, using key drivers/KPIs behind operational and financial performance
• Candidates should possess excellent analytical, communication, and team player skills ability to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure
• Good to have first level team management responsibility involving allocating and reviewing work to a small team of analysts and conducting performance discussions, writing reviews for appraisal
• Preference for candidates with CA CFA
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are required
• Exposure to Python and GenAI is an added advantage

What you’ll do 

Corporate Finance (CF) Associates play a team member role on BCN cases, at times leading simple cases independently and at times driving the analysis on more complicated cases with significant direction from a Project Leader/ Manager/ Senior Manager

• Corporate Finance Associates may manage 1-3 Analysts and take responsibility for sharing appropriate information across work streams. Associates provide feedback and coach Analysts on task execution and role. The expectation is to eventually provide significant direction and support to resolve complex issues and effectively manage client and team meetings.
• Corporate Finance Associates are responsible for executing and at times driving the team’s overall answer, final materials, client communication, work planning, and team management on capital markets/corporate finance related projects.
• Corporate Finance Associates are expected to produce high quality, client-ready research and analysis, understanding implications and generating strong business insights
• Ability to think through the impact of any change in one financial metric across financial statements and impact on valuation. Ability to make sense of financial data, such as reasons for high or low growth, margins, returns, multiples, leverage, and accompanying competitive dynamics
• Communicate data, knowledge, and insight to the entire team. Generate and screen realistic solutions based on sound reality checks and recommend actionable solutions
• Effectively structure communication of insights from own workstream. Deliver clear and professional presentations to the team/team leaders/managers
• Consistently seek and provide meaningful and actionable feedback in all interactions; recognize different skills and development needs in oneself and work towards them. Assist with 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..