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McKinsey & Company Hiring For Associate – Financial Institutions Group (FIG) – India at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time
Who You’ll Work With
You will be based in one of our offices in India, working in teams and directly with our clients in the banking, lending, insurance and other financial services sectors to solve their most pressing problems.
You will join a highly entrepreneurial team of consultants dedicated to growing and developing the impact of the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) practice. You will receive exceptional training and ongoing coaching and mentoring. When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm whose culture is distinctive and inclusive. We will accelerate your development as a leader to create positive, enduring change in the world.
What You’ll Do
You will work in teams of typically 3 – 5 consultants to identify, and oftentimes implement, potential solutions for a specific client problem or challenge. Together, you will help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.
Over the course of each project, you will gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations. You will also present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. In some cases, you will be asked to travel to your client site.
When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm whose culture is distinctive and inclusive. We will accelerate your development as a leader to create positive, enduring change in the world.
As an associate, you will receive training and coaching on how to better structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them. You will synthesize clear takeaways from complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods. You will work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution and move people and organizations to act. You will establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organizations. You will communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner. You will also develop your leadership style, leveraging your own passions, strengths, and personal values.
McKinsey believes in strengths-based development and coaching, and you will receive frequent 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 staffing to help you choose projects based on your priorities as well as the needs of client service teams.
While all consultants develop specialized knowledge as they progress with McKinsey, most are initially broad in their focus, meaning they do not need specific industry or functional expertise to be successful. For consultants who join McKinsey as experienced professionals, this can mean building on previous knowledge or developing experience in an area that is completely new.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree; advanced graduate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, etc.) or equivalent is preferred.
- 4+ years of relevant experience in the financial services industry
- Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment for people at all levels of an organization
- Comfortable with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English