Job Type: Full time
Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Location: Primarily work-from-home and client sites (USA, Canada). Occasional international travel may be required.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
As an Associate, you will work closely with Aperium LLC leadership and client teams to deliver consulting engagements and contribute to Aperium LLC practice development. Engagements will comprise a variety of assignments, assisting clients to identify, plan for and capture opportunities for business growth and operational excellence. Examples include market analysis, profitability analysis and other financial modeling, operational reviews and operating model design, voice-of-the-customer research, business transformation program management and post-merger integration.
Key activities for the role:
- Actively contribute to all phases of client engagements, such as engagement delivery planning, primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, recommendations, implementation planning and status reporting
- Work effectively with client teams and leaders and provide structured discussion facilitation to build understanding, consensus and momentum towards key decisions and adoption of change
- Work with firm leadership to develop client relationships and proposals for prospective clients
- Contribute to development of Aperium LLCs service delivery methodology, tools, technology and team performance
DESIRED PROFILE
- A university degree from a top-tier university, with distinguished academic achievement
- Experience from previous work, academic or volunteer roles, demonstrating:
- Problem-solving skills for business growth and optimization (e.g. operational improvement, acquisition target assessment, business IT solution design, organizational structuring, marketing strategy, etc.) – includes quantitative and qualitative methods
- Teamwork skills for group brainstorming, planning and coordination of work, prioritization and time management, quality control on work product, relationship-building to earn trust
- Communication skills, written and verbal, to clearly communicate complex ideas and decision support to business managers, and ideally to senior leaders
- 1-2 years of full-time experience in management consulting is an asset but not required
- Work authorization in either the United States or Canada
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed
- Fluency in English; additional languages are a bonus
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FROM YOU
- Your resume, emphasizing pertinent experience you have, university GPA and standardized test scores (e.g. GMAT)
- Academic transcripts
- References, on request
COMPENSATION
- Compensation is competitive for university graduates entering management consulting and for candidates with 1-2 years of relevant management consulting experience
ABOUT APERIUM LLC
At Aperium LLC, our mission is to enable organizations and their leadership teams to accomplish what really matters both in the near term and in the long run. What really matters is more than just financial and operational performance. We help to design and execute business models and operating strategies that bring economic and social benefits for customers, employees and communities.
Aperium LLC was built from the ground up to be a different kind of firm. A firm we would want to hire ourselves. A firm that listens thoughtfully, truly puts the needs of customers first, and has no hidden agenda. Our team brings international experience in entrepreneurship and venture growth, corporate leadership, business transformation and talent development. Our approaches are founded on quantitative analytics, design thinking, operational excellence, and behavioural change at scale.