Business Analyst - Strategy & Corporate Finance

Who you will work with

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is demanding work. You thrive in a high performance, high reward culture—persevering through challenges and finding new ways forward. In return for your drive and curiosity, you’ll receive resources, mentorship, and opportunities to grow into a stronger leader quickly. Your colleagues will invest in your development as much as in delivering exceptional results for clients, providing apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that accelerates your growth.

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, supported by structured programs, helps you grow with clear, actionable feedback and a fast-paced learning environment that centers on your development.
• A voice that matters: From day one, your ideas and contributions are valued. You’ll make a tangible impact with innovative ideas and practical solutions while upholding ethics and integrity, embracing diverse perspectives to achieve the best outcomes.
• Global community: Colleagues across 65+ countries and 100+ nationalities foster creativity and diverse perspectives to solve client challenges. You’ll learn from exceptional colleagues with varied backgrounds.
• World-class benefits: In addition to a competitive salary (based on location, experience, and skills), you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family’s well-being.

What you will do

You will work in teams of typically 3–5 consultants, playing an active role in all aspects of client engagement. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations to leadership. The Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice at McKinsey helps organizations make smart financial decisions around investing and growth across industries and sectors.

As a Business Analyst within the Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice, you will apply valuation principles and strategic thinking to client situations. This includes developing frameworks to analyze business problems using qualitative and quantitative approaches, working on financial benchmarking and business modeling to provide data-driven rationale for strategic choices across organic and inorganic opportunities.

Your work will also involve extensive due diligence, which may include collecting historical deal-related information, developing and executing a comprehensive work plan, reviewing contracts and policies, analyzing data, identifying risks, conducting competitor analysis, performing financial analysis and valuation, and gathering a comprehensive data set.

During your first years with the firm, you will consult on multiple client engagements and work with several colleagues and clients across various industries. The firm invests in your professional development, emphasizing strengths-based development and coaching. You will receive mentoring from colleagues, including a senior colleague who will help you grow and achieve your career goals, and a professional development manager who oversees staffing based on your priorities and client needs.

You will join our Strategy & Corporate Finance practice in our New York office to work in teams and directly with clients to solve some of their most challenging problems. You will collaborate with a range of experts in the firm, from data scientists and researchers to software and application designers. Our practice covers engagements across industries, advising on corporate strategy and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, business due diligence, value-based management, and IPO strategy. We provide expert advice on financial and strategic issues, helping clients make informed decisions in high-stakes situations. Our broader practice shapes the strategy agendas of CEOs and CFOs, helping businesses navigate the market landscape and achieve their goals.

Your Background

• Undergraduate degree with 1+ years of work experience after graduation, or a master’s degree.
• 1+ years of strategy, corporate finance, valuation, M&A, or due diligence experience in a consulting firm, investment bank, or major corporation; corporate development or strategic finance experience is preferred.
• Outstanding academic record with demonstrated leadership in academics, professional settings, or extracurricular activities.
• Interest in the investing industry with a basic understanding of industry dynamics based on work experience, internships, or studies.
• Proficiency in financial analysis, including financial statement analysis, financial modeling, and risk assessment.
• Aptitude for analytics and Excel fluency with strong quantitative problem-solving skills; exposure to market modeling is a plus.
• Intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, and a problem-solving mindset.
• Adaptability and willingness to collaborate in a flexible environment.
• Sensitivity to social responsibility and a drive to have a real impact on clients and communities.
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization.
• Thoughtful, empathetic, and clear communicator.
• Ability to articulate complex ideas in English, both verbally and in writing.