About Advention
Advention is an independent strategic advisory group founded in 2001 by a group of experienced partners with top-tier consulting backgrounds. Advention offers its clients a broad range of strategic consulting services, along four main product lines: Corporate Strategy & Business Unit Strategy, Growth Strategy, Operational Performance Improvement and M&A Transaction Support.
Advention's client base mostly includes large multinationals (150+ since origin, including several Fortune 500 companies) and private equity investors It specialises in four main sectors: Consumer, Healthcare, Industrials and Business Services.
Advention operates globally through a network of fully-integrated offices in Europe (London, Paris and Lyon), North America (New York and Vancouver), Middle East (Dubai), and China (Shanghai). Global expansion has been Advention's main driver of growth in the past five years. We are currently looking to reinforce our London office with a new consultants. We are mainly seeking to onboard candidates with 1-3 years of experience in management consulting.
Job requirements
For this reason, ideal candidates are well-rounded and sharp individuals that are fast learners with a strong business acumen. The post requirements are summarised below:
* High level academic background (business and/or engineering masters degrees from top ranked universities, min score achieved 2:1)
* 1-3 years of professional experience in consulting, investment banking or private equity
* Fluency in English
* Fluency in other European languages is a plus
* Strong research, analytical and synthesis skills; dynamic and rigorous; autonomous and curious; genuine openness to learn; hard working and team player
* Good base in finance and economic modelling
* Right to work in the UK
Interview process
The interview process consists of 4 rounds as described below:
* Round 1 (30 min): informal chat / fit interview
* Round 2 (2 hours): 2 business case studies
* Round 3 (2 hours): 2 business case studies
* Round 4 (1 hour): final interview with a Senior Partner