Qualifications

• University degree from a reputable institution with an outstanding academic record; postgraduate degree in business administration, accounting, finance or related fields preferred
• 2 years of relevant working experience
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative skills, as well as curiosity and a passion for research Interest in the corporate finance domain with intermediate/advanced content knowledge
• Superb people skills, strong team-orientation, and a professional attitude
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver on tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to interact effectively at all levels of a large international organization

Who You'll Work With

You?ll be based in our Lisbon office and be a part of the Strategy & Corporate Finance (S&CF) Insights team. S&CF Insights is McKinsey?s center of excellence in advanced analytics for strategy and corporate finance. Its purpose is to empower teams with advanced, yet easy-to-use, analytical capabilities that can generate superior insights and transform client conversations. To this end, the Strategy & Corporate Finance practice, in conjunction with the McKinsey Global Institute, has assembled one of the world?s most sophisticated groups of experts, sets of databases, and analytical techniques. S&CF Insights is a global team of finance experts and strategists that addresses clients? questions about valuation and value creation. The center combines the best of McKinsey?s financial analysis capabilities, proprietary tools and insights, broad industry knowledge, and practical application perspectives. Tim Koller, a world-class expert in the field and the lead author of Valuation and Value, is our group founder. The team is co-lead by Werner Rehm and Chris Mulligan, who work closely with our team of 90+ professionals across our global hubs. The S&CF Insights has locations in New York; Gurgaon, India; Shanghai; Amsterdam; London and Costa Rica, and now Lisbon. We are currently recruiting candidates for our Lisbon location. Fluency in English required. Apply by October 2021 to start in January 2022, should you have a personal situation that would prohibit you from starting on this, please connect with your recruiter.

What You'll Do

You will articulate, scope, and prioritize research needs, and identify and gather relevant information using a broad spectrum of appropriate sources.

In this role, you will also provide synthesis, insight, and practical implications within tight deadlines, via end products in the form of written summaries, financial models, basic fact packs, and spreadsheets and serve as a thought partner, who can both engage in team problem solving and contribute to knowledge creation initiatives.

Our Capabilities and Insights team provides research analysts with an exceptional work environment and unparalleled work opportunities, and, over time, you will develop a solid grounding in core principles of corporate finance. As your career evolves, you may become a senior analyst and develop deep insights into corporate finance issues. You also start working with specialists, experts and senior leaders of the practice to help McKinsey teams identify and evaluate critical financial and strategic issues for discussions with senior client executives, and also spend some time working directly on client engagements.