Associate Consultant - Financial Services / Data & AI (m/f/d)

Advise. Invest. Build. Meet ALAIKA —  a new kind of Financial Services firm — globally scaling, headquartered in Munich. The work is hard. The bar is high. Partner in 7-9 years possible , for the ones who can keep up a n d actually build a business themselves on our platform.   Stop reading if any of these describe you:   Drive.  You need someone to fire the starting gun  →  We only hire people who can prove they are intrinsically driven and execute.   Ownership.  You spot the problem and walk it to your boss  →  We fall in love with problems.  Own them. Solve them. Ship solutions.   Speed.  Slow is your default  →  Speed compounds. Be smart and brave enough to select 80/20 in the right way.   Mindset.  "Not possible" is part of your vocabulary  →  We hire people who always find a way.   Still there? Then ALAIKA might be for you.   At ALAIKA, our vision is to build the future of Financial Services with   three brands under one roof — Advisory (Strategy Consulting), Capital (Private Equity), Building (Company Builder). Right now, we are in the midst of building our trojan horse ALAIKA Advisory.   The ambition: building the leading Financial-Services-specific entrepreneurial holding — Fortune 500 access, PE discipline, Silicon Valley technology-depth and thinking.  Three networks that compound and multiply.   One industry.  Financial Services. Nothing else.   One focus.  The intersection of business and technology — across Strategic Transformations, AI & Data Intelligence, and Cybersecurity.   One goal.  Being the go-to partner for the world's leading Fortune 500 financial services companies — and the ones we might help build into that.   Founded in October 2022 by  Johanna von Geyr   (build-up and led Financial Services Practice for a NASDAQ-listed strategy consultancy) and  Harald Braunstein   (serial entrepreneur with exits incl. IPO), we bring together deep functional domain expertise and networks in global Financial Services, with a proven track record in building, scaling, and investing in leading software product companies.    Curious what ALAIKA is all about? Explore our  website   and  introduction deck .    Join the movement — apply now.   The role and what you will work on   Advise.  Take on the most pressing strategic and technology challenges of the world’s leading financial services companies — across  Strategy, Data & AI, and Cyber. In the room with decision-makers from day one.   Own.  Own your deliverables end-to-end. You are not support staff for the partnership.   Lead.  Run workstreams and projects from day one — with real responsibility, not just preparation for it.  Multiply the output of everyone around you  — not just your own.   Sell.  Drive business development from day one — no waiting for seniority, no permission needed. At ALAIKA, building the business is not a privilege reserved for managers and partners.  It is an expectation.   Grow.  Become the rare profile the market is short on — analytical mastermind, financial services expert, entrepreneurial dealmaker.  Partner-track from day one.   Build.  We are scaling, with real building left to do — IP, processes, go-to-market, strategy. You do not just deliver client work;  you co-build the firm .  That is not a slogan — it is your Tuesday.   When you are a fit   “Show me an athlete who did well academically. An athlete because they know what it takes to win and they have had to experience loss.”   — Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder of Citadel   You