Analyst – Corporate Finance CoE

About us

Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 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 is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bains case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, specific domains 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 will work with

Corporate Finance teams are part of ‘Corporate Finance and Strategy CoE (CF& CF&S work as innovation partners for Bain’s Global strategy practice to enable cutting edge Intellectual property ( Point of view PoV development commercialization and flawless client delivery Our strength lies in our people who are experts across different aspects of the strategy topic vis a vis business and corporate strategy, CEO and leadership ways of working and corporate finance, backed by solid capabilities around research, analytics and stakeholder management Corporate Finance team works with Bain teams across the globe with solutions to corporate finance and capital markets related aspects with a wide array of highly customizable offerings and tailored analyses to address key CXO concerns and equip the C Suite with the right tools to shape their agenda on long term shareholder value creation The team conducts financial diagnostics for client companies, codifies Bain’s intellectual property and contributes to new intellectual property We work with case teams across geographies and industries however, they focus almost exclusively on Corporate Finance related projects.

About you

• 2024 graduates with a specialization in Finance from top-tier colleges.

• Strong academic record with 0-1 year of relevant experience.
• Background in investment banking, equity research, or consulting with corporate finance exposure.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to multitask and work effectively under pressure.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; exposure to Python/GenAI is a plus.

What you’ll do 

• Strong understanding of financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, underlying valuation principals, ability to connect financial performance to valuations
• Ability to think through the impact of any change in one financial metric across financial statements, and impact to valuation
• Ability to make sense of financial data, such as reasons for high or low growth, margins, returns, multiples, leverage and accompanying competitive dynamics 
• Cross-link different business models and multiple industries key dynamics, using key drivers/KPIs behind operational and financial performance

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  Take responsibility for assigned work streams and generate hypotheses. Effectively understand the work plan and execute it
• Identify and apply the relevant analytical tools for own work stream. Ensure error free analysis in own work stream ensuring key questions are answered in a timely manner
• Understand client needs and situations and adapt to case expectations. Show ability to resolve discrete issues and/or drive consensus
• Communicate data, knowledge and insight to the entire team. Generate and screen realistic solutions based on sound reality checks and recommend actionable solutions
• Effectively structure communication of insights from own work stream. Deliver clear and professional presentations to the team/team leaders/managers
• Consistently seek and provide meaningful and actionable feedback in all interactions; recognize different skills and development needs in oneself and work towards it
• Proficient in research and analysis, but able to provide solid business judgment to derive answers in situations where data is not easily available or explicitly published
• Has hands on experience in conducting company research, industry research, and investment related research
• May manage simple cases consistently and independently

What makes us a great place to work

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the worlds 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 Glassdoors 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.