Prequate Advisory – Associate – Growth/Efficiency/Transactions Consulting Prequate Advisory

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Bengaluru is seeking an Associate to own a workstream end-to-end on live promoter mandates. You will read the business, trace root causes, prioritize fixes, build solutions, and model outcomes, then stay in the room until numbers move.

You will work across Growth, Efficiency and Transactions levers, combining strategy, finance, and operations to drive tangible impact for clients.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of delivery at MBB, Big 4, EY-P, A&M/Top boutique / IB.
• First-principles reasoning, not template-driven thinking.
• Owned a workstream end-to-end, not just deckouts.
• Ran a P&L, a practice, a 0-to-1 build or a side venture.
• Secondment or operating stint inside a client.
• Founder’s office, chief of staff or deal exposure.

Responsibilities

• Own a workstream end-to-end on live promoter mandates.
• Read the business, identify root causes, and plan solutions.
• Build models, valuations, and fundraising readiness.
• Collaborate across Growth, Efficiency and Transactions levers.
• Stay in the room till numbers move and outcomes are realized.

Skills

First-principles reasoning

Own a workstream end-to-end

P&L experience

Deal exposure

Founder’s office exposure

Strong communication

Education

CA, CFA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA or MBA / MS

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

ASSOCIATE

An operator who reasons from first principles and owns the outcome, not the task.

WHAT YOU WILL DO HERE – THE ROLE

You will sit in a team of two or three and own a workstream end-to-end on live promoter mandates. A typical engagement runs the full arc: read the business, find the real problems, trace the root causes, prioritize what to fix, build solutions, model outcomes, draw the plan, make it executable and then stay in the room till numbers move. You will work across all three of the firm’s levers at once, not as one silo, which is how you compound your capabilities faster here.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON – THE GET MODEL

~35% of time

GROWTH

• Market entry, new formats, go-to-market design
• Growth diagnostics and demand-side analysis
• Operating model and unit-economics for scale
• Business roadmap and scenario planning

~20% of time

EFFICIENCY

• Strategic finance offices and management reporting
• Margin, cost and performance-improvement
• Structuring, restructuring and reorganization
• Frameworks, tools and control systems

~25% of time

TRANSACTIONS

• Financial models, IMs and investor collateral
• Valuation and benchmarking against comparables
• Capital structuring and fundraise readiness
• M&A support, diligence and synergy analysis

WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE – THE EDGE

MUST HAVE

• Min of 2-3 years of delivery at MBB, Big 4, EY-P, A&M/Top boutique / IB
• First-principles reasoning, not template-driven thinking
• Owned a workstream or a number end-to-end, not just deckouts
• Ran a P&L, a practice, a 0-to-1 build or a side venture
• A secondment or operating stint inside a client
• Founder’s office, chief of staff or deal exposure

QUALIFICATION

• CA, CFA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA or MBA / MS, top-tier school
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint and written communication
• Self-starter; commits to Bengaluru, in-office and travel

WHY A SEAT AT THE TABLE IS RARE

• Hire rate of 3 in 2,000 applicants historically.
• Real promoters and four-lever problems most professionals never touch together in a career.
• Unfettered founder & eco-system access.
• Ownership of a number from month three.
• Opportunity to lead and see transformation happen.
• A small senior team where your work is seen.
• A hand in building the firm of the future itself.