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The Financial Times is one of the world’s most prestigious business media organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy.
Across the FT Group, our people are united by a mission to deliver world-class information, news and services to our global audiences. We're a digital-first organisation made up of journalists, technologists, product managers, event planners, strategists, commercial and finance experts, marketing and communications specialists - and much more. Our strength is in our employees.
FT Strategies
FT Strategies, the consulting division of the Financial Times, draws on a unique proposition; lived experience of the successful transformation of the FT, operating expertise from experienced practitioners and a proven playbook to help organisations transform to a high performing customer centered model. Our mission is to help organisations build valuable relationships with their consumers and build resilient business models.
Our inclusive environment has exceptional opportunities to contribute to our meaningful work and provide you with the opportunity to learn and thrive as you develop your career.
The role
Our Junior Associate Programme provides successful candidates with an initial training period to develop core consulting skills and an understanding of the wider business, with the ambition to ‘graduate’ to the Associate Consultant grade after 6 months.
We provide
- A wide variety of project work, tackling meaningful and complex business challenges on behalf of clients from some of the biggest names in the subscription economy.
- A full-time role, within a fast-paced but empathetic, hybrid working environment with a market-leading salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities for rapid learning and progression, enabled by the mentorship of colleagues as part of our development programme.
Your career at FT Strategies
We are a rapidly-growing consultancy working within the Financial Times. You will join a funded startup within an established institution. At the heart of our work and relationships is a culture we continuously nurture to ensure that everyone feels empowered to make valuable contributions.
Your skills and qualifications
At FT Strategies, we recognise that everyone provides a unique perspective, and we want to ensure that you have the best opportunity to demonstrate your potential. We do not require specific academic qualifications - instead we are searching for candidates who display initiative, intuition and potential. We have designed our application process to assess everyone’s potential in the context of their educational and personal circumstances to ensure that you have the chance to showcase your skills to succeed at FT Strategies.
- Ability to use hypothesis-driven problem solving to develop an approach to solve strategic problems for subscription-based companies.
- Ability to synthesise information from interviews, data, reports and other sources, in order to provide a succinct evaluation of a situation.
- Quantitative skills, such as the ability to build Excel models, research output, draw insights from data and visualise data.
- Helping to navigate and maintain client relationships, whilst delivering excellence.
Programme webinar
Please join us at 10am on Wednesday 22nd March to learn more about FT Strategies and our upcoming Junior Associate Programme, with 15 minutes reserved for Q&A at the end of the session. Follow this link to register.
If you have any specific queries, please get in touch via email at: consultingtalent@ft.com.
