Engagement Manager - Corporate Strategy H/F

Who we are:

INDEFI is a fast-growing strategy consulting firm that serves financial investors (private equity specialists, generalist asset managers, wealth managers, etc.). Established in 2007, we are a team of 80+ consultants headquartered in Paris, Lyon and Madrid!

We are operating through three business units:

• Sustainability: We help our clients define and deliver their 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
• Private Equity: We help private equity firms make better investment decisions at every stage of the deal life cycle and build greater returns. We also advise on investment firm strategy and development, creating value through improved performance.
• Corporate strategy: conducting strategic development projects for global asset managers including business strategy, market entry, distribution strategy, new product development, non-organic growth and investment process enhancement

Join our strategy consultancy boutique of experts in Sustainable Finance, thrive in a humble yet ambitious, rational yet passionate international environment, provide excellent service to our clients on their path towards "sustainable finance, for real".

To support the hypergrowth of our Sustainable Finance activity, we are looking for people to join at junior consultant level.

Avantages

- Tickets restaurants
- Remboursement des transports à 50%

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)

Your Profile

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.)

Why join 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 with a flexible home office policy
• An attractive package (fixed salary & annual bonus, employee savings scheme, generous health insurance, day care program etc.)