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Engagement Manager - Corporate Strategy - Paris

  • Paris, 75008

  • CDI

  • 03/06/2024

Description

Indefi is a fast-growing strategy consulting firm that provides asset managers with an actionable roadmap to achieve their growth objectives. Established in 2007, we are an international team of 80+ consultants headquartered in Paris and operate across Europe and the U.S.

 

We operate across three business units:

  • Corporate Strategy: We partner with clients from the top 10 largest global firms to boutiques and private market specialists, by providing guidance across growth strategy, market entry, product development and enhancement, sustainability, and M&A support

  • Private Equity: We help private equity firms make better investment decisions at every stage of the every stage of the deal life cycle and build greater returns

  • Sustainability: We help our clients define and deliver their sustainable and responsible investment strategy and operating model. We work across the value chain to support investors and portfolio companies to define and embed their chosen approach to ESG and sustainability impact

 

As part of our development, we are looking for an Engagement Manager to join our Corporate Strategy team based in Paris.

Mission

As corporate strategy consultants, our engagement tends to focus on a core set of internal strategic initiatives for our clients:

  • Shaping business development strategies (e.g. market entry, product development, business

  • innovation);

  • Assessing and reviewing inorganic growth opportunities (e.g. target screening, due diligence, strategic reviews, M&A support);

  • Product development and benchmarking (benchmark, enhance and/or re-design investment process, adapting products for new markets and channels)

To support our growth, we are looking for a high-caliber candidate who will:

  • Collaborate and lead Indefi as a committed and accountable team player;

  • Leverage past experience and established industry knowledge and become the internal expert on specific subject matters;

  • Champion the implications of strategy implementation across asset management organizations;

  • Act as an internal role model and ensure training of junior colleagues.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

1.     Delivering projects

  • Lead strategic engagements for top-tier asset managers globally by formulating the initial hypotheses, developing recommendations, and presenting our findings leadership teams

  • Ensure outputs meet the highest standards and consistently exceed client expectations

  • Coach and mentor junior team members, both formally (project feedback, semi-annual reviews) and informally (project brainstorming sessions, team-wide trainings, 1-1 mentoring) to develop Indefi’s future leaders

 

2.      Supporting business growth and brand building

All members of the leadership team are expected to play an instrumental role in growing and expanding the business. As an Engagement Manager, the primary focus will be on:

  • Supporting Partners in their business development efforts, both in Europe and globally

  • Contributing to the Firm’s thought leadership and brand-building initiatives (incl. media and conferences)

Profil

We are looking to strengthen our team with highly talented individuals showing a combination of exceptional intellectual ability, analytical skills and business sense. The preferred candidates should be motivated to take responsibility quickly, demonstrate an ownership mentality and an ability to seize opportunities and make a difference.

For our required qualifications:

  • Graduated from a top-tier business or engineering school / university;

  • Relevant prior work experience (2+ years) at either strategy consulting firms, strategy division or M&A department of international groups, investment banks, asset management or private equity firms;

  • Full Fluency in English. A good working knowledge of French or other European languages would be a plus.

Why joining us :

  • Passionate teams, with great cultural and linguistic diversity, who share strong values: team spirit, taste for intellectual challenge and entrepreneurship

  • Personal development policy through an onboarding program, individual mentoring & coaching , tailor-made career path across business lines.

  • Proximity with the leadership teams with easy access to partners, direct exposure to clients

  • Convivial moments all year long : monthly events, summer & winter parties, team buildings, …

  • Offices in the heart of the 8th arrondissement of Paris

  • An attractive package (fixed salary & annual bonus, employee savings scheme, generous health insurance, day care program etc.)