Strategy Associate - Summer 2023 (Manhattan)
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Different how? It means working with numbers doesn’t make you a number. Here, your voice matters. Our inclusive community and caring culture rejects limits and egos, which helps make our work stronger and you thrive. From our global clients and no-silos style, we empower you with opportunity from day one, then set you up for long-term success with flexibility, resources and connections. It’s how we help you create a career you love — and more.
Interested? Get to know us better at gt.com/careers and read on to learn more how you’ll help us become even bolder:
Strategy Associate
Grant Thornton’s Advisory professionals help companies stay ahead of the game with bold thinking, big ideas, and progressive strategies. Our Strategy practice applies our deep experience and capabilities to challenge the status quo. With a focus on pragmatism, we help our clients solve their toughest problems and develop value creation strategies that result in real impact. We support our clients in all aspects of their business cycle — whether assessing a transaction to propel a company forward, understanding new markets, or identifying where to make strategic bets for new growth opportunities.
Our strategy practice sub-service line comprises three capabilities:
• Corporate & Growth
• Customer & Brand
• Integration & Separation
Position Summary
The Associate position offers excellent growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated individuals. They partner with clients to uncover key insights, reimagine business models, and define strategies that result in clear outcomes. Associates work with teams and clients on a day-to-day basis to conduct research and analyze client, competitor, and industry data. They apply knowledge of business principles and help develop actionable recommendations.
Your day-to-day may include:
As an Associate, you will have the opportunity to develop your career through diverse engagements, coaching and professional learning. You will be responsible for applying core consulting skills across a variety of client issues. Your responsibilities will include:
- Solve ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations, demonstrating strong analytical skills
- Utilize various data collection techniques, quantitative and qualitative analyses, and support synthesis of data into meaningful and actionable insights
- Define and evaluate corporate and growth strategies reflecting market, competitive and other external drivers
- Communicate in a structured and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats to stakeholders
You have the following technical skills, qualifications, and abilities:
- Strong academic performance while pursuing a university degree
- Demonstrated ability to work in teams, and deliver against tight deadlines in dynamic environments; this may be demonstrated via university projects, internships, self-study, community building or work experience
- Effectively communicate complex ideas and concepts both in writing and verbally
- Strategic problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Intellectual curiosity and motivation to develop professionally, including industry recognized professional certifications
- MBA applications accepted
*Associate level interviews for the Strategy Practice include a fit interview and a strategic case interview.
Training:
Grant Thornton LLP provides both local and national training programs related to an individual’s job responsibilities. We are committed to ongoing professional development and we encourage individuals to attend outside training seminars.
Benefits:
Grant Thornton LLP promotes a nationally recognized culture of health and offers an extensive array of benefits to meet individual lifestyles. For a complete list of benefits please visit http://www.gt.com/.
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