Junior Intern - Capabilities & Insights

Who You'll Work With

You'll work within our Middle East Client Capabilities Hub based out of Cairo.
You'll be part of our global knowledge network, which includes more than ‎4000
knowledge professionals who work alongside our consultants and clients to
generate distinctive insights and proprietary knowledge. You will work with
this group to help develop, codify, sanitize, and manage our global knowledge
portal, which includes more than ‎50,000 documents that form the backbone of
our firm's knowledge management.

What You'll Do

You will thought-partner with McKinsey consultants, knowledge professionals
and clients to articulate, scope, prioritize research needs by setting them in
context of business problems using a broad spectrum of appropriate sources.
In this role, you'll perform a variety of analyses such as bench-marking,
trends identification, industry and competitive profiling, market sizing,
growth projections, opportunity scanning, to add value to problem solving
discussions. You'll have the opportunity to share your insights provide
synthesis and practical implications within tight deadlines, via end products
in the form of single exhibits, written summaries, basic fact packs, and
spreadsheets. You'll also serve as a sparring partner, leveraging internal and
external networks, to engage in team problem solving, share evolving business
trends and best practices, and contribute to knowledge creation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; Master's degree is a plus


• ‎1+ years of experience in research and analysis for business decision making is preferred


• Knowledge of finance/economics/ business/mathematics/statistics or engineering is preferred


• Demonstrated passion for both research and analytical approaches to business problem solving


• Intellectual curiosity, along with excellent problem-solving and quantitative skills, including the ability to dis aggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions


• Distinctive communication skills and ability to communicate analytical and technical content in an easy to understand way


• Strong people skills, team-orientation, and a professional attitude