Consultant - Risk & Resilience

McKinsey & Company, Inc.; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company in consulting seeks a Consultant for their Risk & Resilience Practice in Berlin. The role involves analyzing risk exposures, developing actionable strategies, and collaborating with a diverse team to enhance client resilience and growth amidst various challenges. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and an advanced degree, with a focus on quantitative disciplines. Join a supportive environment where your ideas and contributions matter.

Leistungen

Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage.

Resources and mentorship to develop leadership skills.

Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.

Support for travel and collaborative projects globally.

Qualifikationen

• 1-6 years of risk management experience.
• Strong academic achievements in risk & resilience.
• Effective communication skills in English and local languages.

Aufgaben

• Serve as a Consultant in the Risk & Resilience Practice.
• Analyze risks using data-driven scenario planning.
• Translate insights into actionable strategies for clients.

Kenntnisse

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Quantitative skills

Collaboration

Communication

Ausbildung

Advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, PhD)

Jobbeschreibung

Your Growth

Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is challenging work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high-performance, high-reward culture—embracing hard tasks, persevering after setbacks, and demonstrating resilience in finding new ways forward.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we provide resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you develop into a stronger leader faster than you thought possible. Your colleagues at all levels will invest deeply in your growth, just as they focus on delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll gain apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your development in unique ways.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our culture emphasizes structured programs that foster growth, with feedback that is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. Embrace the fast-paced learning environment, take input to heart, and own your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, your ideas and contributions are valued. You will make a tangible impact through innovative ideas and practical solutions. Diverse perspectives are encouraged and critical to achieving optimal outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 nationalities, our diversity fuels creativity and helps us craft the best solutions for clients. You'll learn from colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• World-class benefits: Alongside a competitive salary based on location, experience, and skills, we offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, mental health, and vision coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.

Your Impact

You will serve as a Consultant in our Risk & Resilience Practice within our European hub locations, helping clients embrace uncertainty, embed resilience, and foster growth through strategies aligned with their business goals to better manage risks and ensure institutional resilience.

You will collaborate with a team of consultants to understand and quantify risk exposures and evaluate risk strategies.

You will assist clients in addressing vulnerabilities and disruptions by analyzing risks across all dimensions, using data-driven scenario planning and stress-testing to build enterprise risk management capabilities, anticipate risks, and identify growth opportunities.

You will translate insights into actionable strategies, institutionalize resilience and crisis preparedness, and embed contingencies within long-term strategic planning to unlock sustainable growth.

Joining McKinsey as a Consultant means being challenged and heavily supported in your professional development. You will acquire new skills, build on your existing strengths, and benefit from strengths-based development and coaching. Regular coaching from colleagues, including a senior mentor from the Risk & Resilience Practice, and formal training will support your growth.

You will work across industries, helping clients enhance resilience, create value, and develop risk capabilities amidst challenges like the pandemic, climate disasters, cybersecurity threats, supply chain disruptions, inflation, and regulatory changes.

Our risk services cover areas such as credit risk, crisis response, risk data and digitization, operational risk, compliance, enterprise risk management, risk culture, trading, balance sheet risk, analytics, and regulation.

Organizations face unprecedented risks from new sources. An effective, risk-informed strategy offers a competitive advantage. We combine deep industry insight, strategic skills, structured risk management, proven methodologies, advanced analytics, and practical implementation to drive risk transformation.

Your qualifications and skills

• Strong academic and professional achievements in risk & resilience fields
• Advanced degree preferred (e.g., Masters, MBA, PhD), with focus on business/economics or quantitative disciplines (statistics, mathematics, physics)
• 1-6 years of risk management experience across industries, consultancy, banking, risk regulation, compliance, capital markets, treasury, insurance, ESG, or related fields
• Exceptional analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and foster an inclusive environment
• Capability to independently manage workstreams within broader projects
• Effective communication skills in English and local languages, both verbal and written
• Willingness to travel