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

ALAIKA Advisory; München; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EGYMWellpass

Bike leasing

Kitchen stocked with healthy food

Job summary

ALAika Advisory Germany GmbH in Munich is seeking professionals who can advise on strategic and technological challenges for top financial services companies. You will own client relationships end-to-end, lead workstreams, and drive business development while contributing to the firm’s growth and IP-building.

The role targets individuals with strong academic records, 1-2+ years in high-pressure settings, and hands-on Data and AI experience, with a clear trajectory toward a partner track.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background from a top-tier university.
• 1-2+ years in a high-pressure, results-driven environment.
• Hands-on Data and AI experience required.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the most pressing strategic and technology challenges of leading financial services companies across Strategy, Data & AI, and Cyber.
• Own deliverables and client relationships end-to-end; you are not support staff.
• Lead workstreams and projects independently and multiply the output of those around you.

Job description

Advise. Invest. Build. Meet ALAIKA - a new kind of Financial Services firm- globally scaling,headquarteredin Munich.The workis hard. The bar is high. Partnerin 6-7years possible , for the ones who can keep up andactually buildabusiness themselveson 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.Ownthem.Solvethem. Shipsolutions.

• 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 withthree brands under one roof - Advisory (Strategy Consulting), Capital (Private Equity), Building (Company Builder). Right now, we arein the midst ofbuilding 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 ourwebsiteandintroduction deck.

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 deliverablesand your client relationships end-to-end.Youarenot supportstaffforthepartnership.

• Lead. Run workstreams and projects independently. Multiply the output of everyone around you - not just your own.

• Sell. Drive business development that other strategic consultancies reserve for managers and partners. At ALAIKA, building the business is not a privilegereserved 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-trackfromdayone.

• 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.Thatisnot aslogan-itisyourTuesday.

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 will work alongside intrinsically driven people chasing an uncapped career - people who do \"what it takes\". You fear \"being one more number stuck in middle management\".

Your goal is to make it to the top: at ALAIKA itself, at a leading investment or financial services firm,or in a company you build yourself - ALAIKA can help with that too.

• Book-smart. Strong academic foundation. Thinkinstructures, not gut feel.

• Street-smart. Read the room fast.Prioritiseruthlessly. Grasp commercial reality.

• People-smart. Communicate with precision - clear, direct, persuasive.Buildtrustacrossfunctionsandseniority.

• Athlete performance mindset. High aspirations. Grit. Learn faster than the environment changes.

• Entrepreneurial guts. Self-confident achiever.Actfirst,apologiselater- speed is everything. Take full ownership of work normally reserved for far more senior profiles.

Whatyoubring

• Background. Top 10-20% of your class at a top-tier university. Analytical field - CS, Math, Physics, Finance, or equivalentrigour.

• Experience. 1-2+ years in a high-pressure, results-driven environment - top strategy consultancy, PE/VC-backed company, fast-growing tech, or demanding corporate financial services role. Hands-on Data and / or AI experiencerequired. Financial services experience preferred.

• Leadership. You have led - a team, a club, a project, a cause. We hire people who make things happen.

• Analytical edge. Data-driven by default. Leverage data to drive decisions, not just decorate slides.

• Languages. Fluent in English and German.Additionallanguages are a plus.

WhyjoinALAIKA

• Partner track from day one. Six years from early careers to partner possible.

• Compensation. Above market with very entrepreneurial-driven bonus structures.

• Stellar Network. Shoulder-to-shoulder with financial services executives running today’s giants and the founders buildingtomorrow’s.

• Offices. Munich and Barcelona. More coming.

Plus: the essentials done right - EGYMWellpass, bike leasing, a kitchen stocked with healthy food and team events worth showing up for: Oktoberfest, team dinners, and more.

Advise the leaders. Build what comes next.
Invest in the future of Financial Services.

Equal Opportunities for all

ALAIKA is an equal-opportunity employer. We hire on merit and welcome applications from people of all genders, backgrounds, ages, and identities. Our team spirit celebrates diversity. We want you to be your true \"you\" and offer everyone an open culture and safe space