Strategy Consulting Analyst

Strategy Consulting Analyst

 

JOB DESCRIPTION
Keystone Strategy is a rapidly growing and highly differentiated strategy consulting firm which was formed in collaboration with four professors from the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School. Our focus on leading companies in technology-based industries provides our team with a continuous stream of engaging challenges and learning opportunities.

We are looking for smart and aggressive Analysts to join our team in Boston and San Francisco. The right candidates will have world-class problem-solving and analysis skills, as well as a strong interest in and understanding of technology industries. Analysts immediately participate on Keystone engagement teams in attacking the most advanced and difficult problems our clients face. Typical assignments include conducting qualitative and quantitative research, structuring the results of the analyses, interviewing client personnel, and contributing to client recommendations.

We are a young firm with minimal hierarchy and an entrepreneurial spirit that enables new analysts to quickly contribute to  client engagements. Analysts work with the Keystone team in an open, collaborative relationship that maximizes learning. The people we hire experience an exceptional opportunities for career development in a fun and highly rewarding environment.   

 APPLICATION PROCESS

** Send your resume and a cover letter to boston_jobs@key-inc.com

** State ?Boston Analyst? or ?San Francisco Analyst? in the subject line

** No phone calls, please

 

QUALIFICATIONS

1.  0-4 years work experience out of college. Preferably some work experience as a financial analyst or consultant at a top tier investment bank or strategy consulting organization.

2.  Undergraduate education: technical undergraduate degree at a top 20 university with an impressive academic record.

3.  Strong interest in and understanding of technology and the IT industry in areas such as hardware systems, semiconductors, operating systems, applications for enterprises, systems integration and solutions, etc?Specific enterprise applications deployment experience a plus.

4.  Problem Solving and Analysis skills - total comfort with complex problem solving, ability to create hypothesis for problem solutions and structure analysis to support those hypothesis, ability to rapidly gather, structure, and present data analysis, mastery of Excel.

5.  World class organizational skills, project management skills, and self-motivated follow through. Ability to manage up, making delegation and completion extremely efficient.

6.  Outstanding relationship-building skills, ability to interface with clients at an executive level if necessary, ability to interview client subject matter experts to obtain insight while maintaining sensitivity to relationships.

7.  Great verbal and written communication skills, mastery of PowerPoint, Word and Excel.