Job Description
Position Title: Primary function and responsibilities: KSA COOP Program
The primary job for the COOP is to work in the consulting function which includes project team support and business/knowledge development. Please note that our COOP program is in management consulting only, regardless of your major.
Primary function and responsibility details:
Project team support:
- Work with project teams to understand, refine, and prioritize their research needs. Through discussions with requestors, identify the key issues and determine the most appropriate, cost-effective, and timely research solutions.
- Whilst identifying issues, they should also form hypotheses with appropriate direction and guidance.
- Proactively ask questions to clarify scope and approach.
- Conduct high-quality analysis by validating assumptions, developing a rigorous fact base, and identifying data anomalies.
- Gather the necessary raw information using a broad spectrum of sources and organize, analyze, and synthesize the findings into targeted, firm-formatted end products with some interpretation of the “so what” of the research.
- These end products may be in the form of spreadsheets, written summaries, or single exhibits, utilizing financial calculations when appropriate.
- Participate in team brainstorming and creative thinking sessions to help generate innovative ideas/solutions.
- Follow project plan to complete deliverables on time.
- Develop effective client relationships.
- Work well with the client team and learn to obtain information and/or deliverables needed from clients.
Business/knowledge development:
- COOP is expected to begin to build and develop knowledge in one or more “spikes” (e.g., industry, function, or geography) and tap into the firmwide network, where available
- A solid understanding of a specific content area and its salient issues form the basis for learning the Business Analyst rank. To help build your expertise, you will develop basic fact packs and summaries and be assigned portions of larger documents in your area of focus.
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Communications. Good written and oral communication skills, including appropriate style, confidence, and structure; effective listening skills
- Service orientation. Excellent customer focus, including proactive responses to project-team needs with thoughtfulness, commitment, and diligence.
- Team skills. Collaboration, cooperation, and respect
- Motivation. The drive to learn continuously and the application of those learnings for the benefit of the firm and our clients
- Creativity. Pursuit of out-of-the-box solutions whenever possible
- Time management skills. Reliability, dependability, and an ability to manage workload effectively
- Ethics. Compliance with company policies at all times
- Constantly motivated and reliable
- Responds positively to coaching and guidance
- Seek feedback on their own performance, strengths, and development needs.
- Understand who the stakeholders are and their roles within their scope of work.
- Additional languages (Arabic)
Technical Skills
- IT Proficiency. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Source knowledge. Solid source knowledge in area of expertise, if relevant; increasing source quality recognition and use of possible proxies
- Industry/functional knowledge. An understanding of the landscape of area of expertise (market shares, major players, etc.)
- Request scoping/problem solving. Good investigative problem-solving skills – ability to help refine and focus project team requests and objectives
- Numerical//financial skills. Good understanding of standard financial calculations, ratios and concepts, and general business concepts and terminology
- Research output. Excellent skills in synthesizing data into firm-accepted formats to produce structured exhibits and spreadsheets and the extraction of the “so-what’s” from research.
- Knowledge output. Proactiveness in sharing knowledge with co-workers and project teams
Qualifications
Education
- Currently enrolled in the final year of an undergraduate degree at one of the top-tier Saudi Universities with demonstrated analytical expertise; demonstrated strong academic performance and achievements.
Application Dates
Candidates for this role will be entrepreneurial self-starters who enjoy the challenges and rewards of research work in a dynamic and changing environment. Previous internship experience is preferable but not mandatory. Should have a strong passion towards consulting.
We have structured our program into two cycles, with COOP start dates in January and July each year.
The application window for the two cycles are as follows:
2025 January Application Start Date: 2024 September – October
2024 July Application Start Date: 2024 February – March (This application is for the date only)
Suppose you have applied during any of these cycles. You can expect to hear back from us within a reasonable timeframe. Our team will diligently review your application and reach out to you accordingly.
However, if you have applied outside of these designated cycles, we would like to inform you that our response time may be longer due to the prioritization of applicants within the active cycles. While we strive to maintain efficient communication, we kindly ask for your patience during these periods. Rest assured, we will make every effort to respond to your application as soon as possible.
