Restructuring – Associate & Engagement Manager; m​/w​/d – Germany

Restructuring – Associate & Engagement Manager (m/w/d) – Germany

Oliver Wyman offers a complete management solution and "one-stop-shop" approach to turning around companies. We act as an impartial and trusted advisor to companies and their financiers as they take on the challenges of strategic, operational, and financial restructuring.

As a global team, we place a high priority on developing sustainable restructuring concepts that address the market environment and competitive success factors in addition to short-term liquidity and sustained financial viability. Oliver Wyman acts as an objective expert and a neutral third party who provides quantitatively supported advice to address the interests of management, shareholders, lenders, and other stakeholders.

We believe that every company's situation is unique and that taking decisive action can preserve and maximize value. We offer hands-on support and work with constituents directly in times of crisis. Additionally, we help our customers build stronger, more innovative businesses, that are better positioned for sustainable growth.

Our team is seeking extraordinary individuals with deep expertise to support our continued expansion in this sector, which is experiencing significant growth.

Experienced professionals bring us the know-how to make lasting change for our clients and our company. We position ourselves as a pure player in strategy consulting. We provide deep industry- and discipline-specific knowledge and expertise, which amplifies our impact and helps us shape the future for our clients. Oliver Wyman is a diverse, entrepreneurial, non-competitive partnership of individuals who like to pursue new opportunities or build a unique franchise doing what they do best in a collegial, fun environment.

Associates will break down complex problems into discrete tasks, identifying the key aspects of a problem and directing the focus of junior consultants to those elements. You will effectively plan and execute analysis as well as identify the core issues in complex analyses in order to be able to craft suitable recommendations. You will work side by side with clients and your project team members to move projects forward and manage small teams to get the work done.

Clients and colleagues look to Associates for unique insight into the subject area which they have chosen.

Engagement Managers are the on-scene leaders who run our projects day to day. You will lead the team through an efficient and effective problem-solving process from initial thought process through convergence on a solution. You will ensure that recommendations are correct, practical, sensible, relevant and cohesive. It's a role that demands thought leadership at the strategic level – and command of all the technical and operational details of execution.

You will need great communication skills and the ability to forge strong relationships.

Just as every client project is different, so we recognize and value the diversity of backgrounds and skillsets for successful candidates. We are seeking high-caliber individuals who want to join our winning team. Preference will be given to candidates with:

• Minimum of 3-8 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or similar organization)
• In-depth knowledge of the sector, either gained through experience in the industry or in other consultancy houses
• A strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings
• Fluency in English and German is required
• An undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Willingness to travel
• Know how to take the initiative, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and put the ones you've already got to good use
• Not just intelligence, but creativity too: you'll be ready to come up with novel ideas to solve our clients' biggest problems
• Have an aptitude for analytical work, like sniffing out clues in massive data sets or hunting down the key issues in a hugely complex challenge
• A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with…