Associate Client Service Graduate (French Speaker) 2026

Industry Placements; City Of London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Associate Client Service Graduate fluent in French and English in the City of London. This role offers a dynamic, results-oriented environment, focusing on connecting clients with relevant experts and managing communications. With a clear career path for advancement, this position provides competitive first-year compensation and excellent benefits including health coverage and pension contributions.

Benefits

4% matched pension contribution

Comprehensive private health insurance

25 vacation days plus bank holidays

Subsidised lunch and free breakfast

Option to work from home on Fridays

Qualifications

• Strong academic credentials with notable extracurricular achievements.
• Relevant internship experience.
• Fluency in English and French required.

Responsibilities

• Recruit experts and manage client-expert communications.
• Understand project contexts and market environments.
• Take ownership of project aspects ensuring collaboration.

Skills

Client-first mindset

Multitasking

Negotiation

Project management

Fluency in English and French

Education

Undergraduate degree of 2:1 or above

Job description

Associate Client Service Graduate (French Speaker) 2026

Looking to start your career in a fast-paced commercial role? Seeking to have immediate personal impact with a clear career path ahead of you? If so, our Associate Program is the right choice for you.

Springboard your career with us if:

• You thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• You possess a client-first mindset.
• You excel under pressure and enjoy working to tight deadlines.
• You are gritty, resilient and ready to roll up your sleeves and make things happen.

A day in the life of an Associate

As an Associate in the Client Service team, you’ll be the link between our clients and the expert knowledge they seek. Throughout your workday, you’ll work on multiple projects from investors, strategists and dealmakers at top-tier client organizations seeking expert insights to inform their decision-making. This is a communications-intense frontline role requiring you to multitask across parallel workstreams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Recruiting experts: you will spend a significant part of your day speaking on the phone with experts who are uniquely relevant matches for your clients’ projects, often under tight deadlines.
• Understanding theproject and market contextand the legal and regulatory environment in which your clients and experts operate.
• Taking ownershipof every aspect of your projects, from initiating and managing client-expert communications to meticulously scheduling calls to ensure seamless collaboration between them.

Ensuring success for our Associates means:

Giving you anintroduction to the business worldwithout being pigeonholed into any one industry or profession.

Helping youdevelop transferable commercial and client management skillsspanning professional communications, negotiation, persuasion, project and time management.

Aclear career path for advancementto Manager after 24-30 months, and to Vice President after ~5 years.

Successful completion of the Associate Program may qualify you for ourMBA Tuition Program, which provides financial support towards the program cost of some of the top business schools worldwide.

Requirements

You’ll need to bring your A game to work, daily. We are looking for:

• Strong academic credentials (undergraduate degree of 2:1 or above).
• Noteworthy extracurricular achievement throughout school and university.
• Relevant internship experience
• Fluent English and French or C2 level is required; experience living or working in continental Europe is desired

Benefits

• Expect total first-year compensation ranging from £48,500-£57,500 (average to high performance) consisting of (i) annual base salary of £41,500 and (ii) uncapped variable compensation linked to individual performance.
• 4% matched pension contribution on qualified earnings.
• Comprehensive private health insurance coverage and dental insurance.
• 25 vacation days in addition to bank holidays and business closure between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Offices in central London; subsidised lunch plus free breakfast, snacks and fruit throughout the day.
• Option to work from home on Fridays.

About AlphaSights

AlphaSights is the global leader in knowledge on-demand. We connect investors and business leaders with the knowledge they need to succeed. Working from nine cities globally, our 1500+ colleagues provide round-the-clock coverage to the world's top investment funds, consultancies, and Fortune 500s. Founded in 2008, AlphaSights is a fast-growing, founder-led company.

We hire for roles into our state-of-the-art office in the City of London. AlphaSights offers a dynamic, international environment, with a competitive salaries and great benefits!

Work along industry professionals to develop your commercial acumen and kick start for your career.

How to apply

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