Summer Consultant - NY Area

The role

A summer consultant participates in an intensive 8-10 week internship. They work on project teams to help a major global enterprise address strategic issues using research and quantitative analysis.

What you will do

• Obtaining relevant data and other information needed to address client issues from a variety of sources
• Analyzing and visualizing data that creates meaningful insights and conclusions for clients
• Developing action plans for clients by synthesizing analyses and applying strategic thinking to them
• Presenting and explaining research, analyses, findings and recommendations to teammates and clients
• Managing a project workstream which might include supervising and coaching junior consultants
• Applies rigorous yet creative research and quantitative analysis to develop winning business strategies

Required qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an MBA program at a top tier business school
• Meaningful significant (3+ years) relevant prior business experience
• Strong data manipulation & analysis skills with tools such as Excel, R, Tableau, Python, SQL, Access, etc.
• Excellent research capabilities
• High levels of intelligence, creativity, intellectual curiosity, energy & enthusiasm
• Effective problem-solving skills and abundant common sense while being detail oriented & very organized
• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal
• A high degree of maturity and responsibility with the ability to work both independently and in teams
• Interpersonal skills to work cross-culturally with diverse groups of clients and co-workers
• Strong leadership ability and the ability to inspire confidence in others

Nice to have

• Quantitative analytical undergraduate education (Engineering, Math, Economics or a Science)
• multiple languages a plus

Before you apply

• Strong candidates will receive a request for phone or video conversation
• The next step is typically 2 rounds of case study focused interviews

About the company

Mars & Co is a generalist business improvement consulting firm with a 40+ year history delivering strategic and operational improvements to Fortune 100 clients.