Business Analyst - Risk and Resilience

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Job description

You'll work as part of our global Risk and Resilience Practice supporting clients in many different industries facing challenges of developing and implementing tailored concepts for risk recognition, measurement, and control.

You'll work in teams of typically 3 - 5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of client engagement.

You will assist client teams in understanding and quantifying risk exposures, evaluating risk strategies, and building and maintaining risk models by being staffed full-time on one engagement or providing ad-hoc assistance to several engagements.

Over the course of each project, you will gather and analyze information, formulate, and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations risk-based methodologies to support top management-level strategic decisions. You'll 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 that will invest in your professional development. As a Business Analyst, you will receive training and coaching on how to better:

* Structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them
* Synthesize clear takeaways from complex information into 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 passions, strengths, and personal values

McKinsey believes in strengths-based development and coaching, and you'll 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.

* Undergraduate degree with an outstanding record of academic achievement in a quantitative discipline such as math, statistics, economics, finance, operations research, financial engineering, engineering, physics, etc.
* Typically 1-4 years' experience in risk management (any industry sector but healthcare or pharmaceutical a plus) and/or experience in a consultancy (with risk focus) and/or comparable experience in banking, insurance, risk regulation & compliance [AML, fraud, KYC, etc.], data privacy, climate risk, cyber risk, etc.
* Strong interest in and passion for risk topics - could be broadly interested or have a specific interest within a sector: banking/financial services, insurance, corporate, and/or in a specific function: risk regulation & compliance, crisis management, cyber risk etc.
* Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
* Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
* Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
* Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
* Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
* Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively - both verbally and in writing - in English and the local office language(s)
* Willingness to travel