Working Student – Principal Investors & Private Equity

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

We are seeking a working student in Munich, knowledgeable and passionate about the private equity and principal investor landscape. In this role, you will be expected to understand the deal environment and how investors evaluate opportunities. You should be comfortable working with databases and enthusiastic about learning and applying digital tools and capabilities to enhance analytical depth and strategic thinking.

You will support the PIPE (Principal Investors & Private Equity) practice area and gain exposure to our casework and client experiences.  is an analytical thinker, a fast learner, and brings a service-oriented mindset. We are looking for somone who is able to think creatively about how to address cross-industry business questions through data and be eager to take on new tasks while continually expanding their professional toolkit.

Some of your tasks include:

• Updating our internal private equity databases
• Supporting our BCG Vantage analyst team with research tasks and analyses
• Online research
• Supporting internal projects

You can work up to 20 hours/week during your semesters and up to 40 hours/week during your vacation time. The role offers enough flexibility to combine personal, academic, and professional life. This is a temporary role from min. 12 to max. 24 moths. You need to be an enrolled university student in Munich.

What You'll Bring

• Ongoing Bachelor’s or Master’s studies with high academic achievements (socio-economic sciences, business administration or similar)
• Interest in private equity and infrastructure investor topics
• Some previous experience in the financial area (ideally in private equity) as a working student or an intern
• Creative, yet structured problem solver and autonomous self-starter
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and to manage multiple tasks in parallel
• Strong organization and project management skills
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint capabilities
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both German and English
• Strong interpersonal credibility, reliability, and service mentality

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. With cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower BCG clients to thrive. Built on the strong foundation of the Knowledge Team (KT) and Data Research Services (DRS), BCG Vantage is fully aligned with the Practice Areas (PAs) and has over 1,300 BCG Vantage experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus 4 focused geographic markets (India, Greater China, Southeast Asia, & Latin America), delivering extraordinary depth and breadth of insight & expertise. We partner with our generalist Consulting Team, ECT, Senior Advisors, BCG X, Platinion, and other specialist colleagues to deliver best-in-class professional services to BCG clients.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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