Implementation Association Intern

About McKinsey & Company 

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and largest of the "Big Three" management consultancies (MBB), the world's three largest strategy consulting firms by revenue. The firm mainly focuses on the finances and operations of its clients.

Your Role

• You will work in small teams with colleagues and clients to build the strategies, capabilities, systems, and processes needed to deliver bottom-line results and ensure those results will be sustained.
• You'll have the opportunity to manage projects and progress with minimal supervision, including tracking metrics, handling complex analyses, and preparing communications to report back to clients and internal leadership.
• You'll develop practical recommendations and contribute to team discussions on the implications of analysis; identifying implementation challenges.
• You'll work alongside the client’s staff on each project, assisting with implementation tasks. This could include facilitating working sessions with front-line and supervisors, connecting with and motivating the client team or developing skills of McKinsey or client team members when appropriate, principally through coaching.
• You'll also solicit feedback from team members to develop your own skills.

Training, development & rotations

Their powerful brand will give you great bargaining power for your next career. Offers a good deal of benefits package deal, provides a big opportunity to develop your skill and professionalism. They also provide fantastic mentorship, therefore, giving their employee a high chance to grow with the best quality learning materials. 

Compensation & benefits

The estimated salary range for this role is between $82,000 - $131,000. You'll also receive the following benefits:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Accidental and dismemberment insurance
• Mental health care
• Health saving account
• Retiree health and medical
• Occupational accident insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Family and parenting program (6 months maternity leave, fertility assistance, adoption assistance, and more) 
• Vacation and time off
• Free lunch/snacks
• Tuition assistance
• Job training

Career Progression

Graduates and intern candidates may expect to work with the company as a business analyst (for a wide area of business) or client service team. But the company offers an opportunity beyond consulting, such as tech roles, Client Capability Network Roles, or in their broad internal roles. For the first two years, new recruits will be expected to work with clients and cases from various industries and functions before they go further for specific focused roles, which the company will guide them to find a suitable field they may want to pursue.

Work-life balance

The Work-Life Balance at Uber is rated a B+ by 432 employees putting it in the Top 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. 80% of Uber employees are satisfied with their work-life balance while 51% feel they are burnt out. A well-proportioned work-life balance is necessary to keep employees happy and productive. 

Company Culture

McKinsey is known to have a flat hierarchy in its structure, with each member assigned as a mentor. Good news for graduates, McKinsey is known to prefer hiring recent graduates to experienced employees since 1953. The company is also popular with its tight competitiveness among its employee, whereby graduates and interns are guaranteed will have the most challenging workload and environment to learn and prove themselves stand out from each other. McKinsey expected its employees to improve their accomplishments, even implementing a serious principal ‘up or out policy to ensure the quality of its workforce stays at its highest standard. Consultants who are not upscaling their performance and not getting promoted will be asked to leave. 

About You

• Bachelor's degree; master's degree is a plus; Interns are typically enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of their internship
• Strong record of academic achievement and clear demonstration of leadership in a work, academic, and/or extracurricular setting
• Proven experience in applying well-developed problem-solving skills (quantitative, conceptual, analytical)
• Strong interest in and passion for coaching or mentoring others
• Comfort with extensive travel (4 – 5 days per week)
• 3+ years of work experience, preferred in an operation/line role, change management role, or continuous improvement role
• Ability to identify opportunities for growth and subsequently take a leadership role in exploring new ideas 
• Comfortable with significant client interaction and interest in building relationships
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and the local office language(s)

How to Apply

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Sources

• youtube.com
• comparably.com
• glassdoor.com
• us.prosple.com
• mckinsey.com