Associate - Middle East Center of Excellence

About Us:

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 61 offices in 39 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 plays a critical role in supporting Bain's case teams globally to help with analytics and research across all industries, 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'll Work With:

The opportunity is with Middle East Centre of Expertise (CoE). ME CoE mainly works with Riyadh, Dubai and Doha offices. As an Associate, you would work with Bain partners, clients and case teams across industries, functions and regions to provide research, knowledge & analytics support. You will collaborate with business leaders, acting as a thought partner in providing advice and client-ready insights.

You will lead 1-2 team members on problem solving, work-planning, research, analytics, and overall content and materials for client discussions/workshops. You will also help Bain partners in developing intellectual property, go-to market materials, pitch documents and publications. 

What You'll Do:

• Performing research/analysis across all geographies and industries and structuring approaches/presentations for adding value in complex business analysis
• Preparing an action plan for client to implement the strategic solutions and manage its execution
• Ability to provide solid business judgement to derive answers in situations where data is not easily available or explicitly published
• May have first level team management responsibility which involves allocating and reviewing work to a small team of analysts 

About You:

• Graduate (preferably with degree in engineering / science / commerce / business / economics) and MBA from top-tier institute/university with high academic records
• Excellent problem-solving skills to lead the team towards pragmatic solutions
• Excellent project management and team management skills
• Proficient at using various analytical and reporting / visualization tools
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and handle dynamic case expectations
• Highly effective communication skills and ability and deliver clear and professional presentations to senior stakeholders (Bain managers, partners and clients)
• Highly effective coaching and mentoring skills 

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.