Financial Services Alternatives Consulting - Trainee (m/f/d)

Pwc Luxembourg is hiring a  Financial Services Consulting – Management Consulting Trainee (m/f/d). What if it was you? 

Your mission:  A career in our Financial Services Management Consulting practice will empower you to work with the world’s leading banks and asset managers to solve their most important problems or help them capture great new opportunities. You will work with industry experts and business leaders on a broad range of topics from strategy to operations and help our clients to create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risks and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategies to create a competitive advantage. 
 
Our team specialises in the banking- and asset- & wealth management industries with a specific focus on clients’ strategy, operations, processes, and systems. We provide “360-degree-solutions”, well-tailored to the individual client’s needs, supporting them throughout their entire projects, from kick-off over design- and build phases to the implementation – incl. project- and change management. 

Be a part of our team where you will:  

• help our clients to understand their competitive environment and refining their strategic positioning (strategy definition); 

• support market studies and benchmarking exercises; 

• supportin our clients in the development of innovative new products or services; 

• identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in our clients' organisations and processes and developing solutions for optimisation; 

• analyses the As-is and identify gaps (to achieve a desired solution); 

• design target operating model and participate in the implementation; 

• support our clients to become more sustainable – both from an ESG- and a business perspective; 

• contribute to proposals (project acquisition) and business development activities (service presentations, research, internal discussion papers).

Let’s talk about you. If you have/are … 

• a degree from university, college, a university of applied sciences or a business school; 

• looking for a 6-month internship;

• relevant experience in consulting or in the financial sector via previous work engagements or internships is clearly a benefit but not essential; 

• a good understanding of the financial services industry, financial markets, and the underlying business concepts in banking as well as asset- and wealth management – or are confident that you can develop this knowledge very quickly; 

• very strong analytical skills, problem-solving capability, and critical scrutiny; 

• very well organised and highly structured and able to manage priorities and deadlines; you can anticipate challenges and potential issues and communicate those in a solution-oriented manner; 

• a very fast learner with the ability to understand even complex matters in a short time; you approach any new topic with curiosity and motivation; 

• a creative mindset in our daily business but especially when facing issues; 

• a strong team player and always seek to integrate a diverse range of perspectives, people and ideas into your work; 

• advanced knowledge and skills in common MS-Office tools; any additional capabilities (VBA, PowerBI, Alteryx, etc.) will be beneficial; 

• very strong communication skills – being fluent at least in English (written and spoken); any additional language is an asset. 

…You are the candidate we are looking for! 

Your application should consist of

• Curriculum Vitae;

• Letter of motivation or – alternatively – a short video (can be taken with your smartphone) in which you detail your interest in this position;

• Appendix (academic transcript, reference letters, certificates, etc.).

A final word about us:  

At PwC, we believe diversity is the representation of all the characteristics that make us both alike and unique. Our backgrounds, cultures, nationalities, lifestyles, identities, opinions and beliefs, approaches to solving problems, ways of working, and views of personal and professional success, all add value to the services we deliver to our clients. Our objective is to nurture an inclusive environment where a diversity mindset is ingrained, and inclusion is the norm. We constantly focus on respecting and valuing individual differences.