Associate Consultant (Banking & Financial Services)

Location: Paris, France. Hybrid work with at least three days per week in the local office or onsite with clients.

Company

Oliver Wyman is a management consulting firm specializing in strategy, operations, risk management, and organizational transformation as part of hirify.global.

What you will do

• Break down complex finance and risk problems into discrete tasks and direct junior consultants.
• Plan and execute quantitative analyses, identify core issues, and develop suitable recommendations.
• Work with clients, European partners, subject-matter experts, and project teams to advance engagements.
• Manage small teams and deliver projects across finance and risk strategy, credit transformation, capital and liquidity, stress testing, pricing, and strategic planning.
• Contribute to engagements involving data strategy, platform modernization, cloud, AI/ML, and risk modelling.
• Support work across banking topics including market entry, M&A, portfolio optimization, customer proposition design, and operating model transformation.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of relevant experience, ideally in a leading consulting firm focused on financial services, or in a bank’s General Inspection department or a FinTech.
• Experience in at least one relevant topic: strategy and corporate finance; transformation programs; finance, risk and regulation; digital, data and technology; operations and cost transformation; or customer and proposition design.
• Undergraduate or advanced degree in STEM, finance, or economics from a top university.
• Fluent business English and French.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, adapting communication to different perspectives and seniority levels.
• Strong quantitative problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational levels and create an inclusive team environment.
• Ability to work under pressure, willingness to travel to clients worldwide, and experience delivering results in cross-functional, high-growth, fast-paced environments.

Nice to have

• Banking industry expertise, especially experience in credit risk and finance areas.
• Data and analytics skills.
• CFA or another relevant industry certification.
• MBA from a top-tier university.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining remote flexibility with office and client-site collaboration.
• At least three days per week in the local office or working onsite with clients.
• Inclusive and flexible work environment.
• Culture focused on integrity, collaboration, curiosity, professional development, and ownership of impact.