Senior Analyst - Executive Search & Leadership Advisory

Egon Zehnder is the world’s leading leadership advisory firm. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Switzerland, we help organizations address their most critical leadership challenges through honest insight and deep partnership. We believe that through leadership, we can transform people, organizations, and the world.

With 600+ consultants across 70+ offices in 36 countries, we bring former industry and functional leaders together to deliver seamless, global expertise. We work with public and private companies, family businesses, and non-profit and government organizations, offering integrated services across executive search, CEO succession, leadership development, board advisory, and DE&I.

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The Opportunity:

To partner with our Mexico team (offices in Mexico City & Monterrey) we are seeking a qualified, high-energy, and proactive professional to join our research team in Santa Fe, Mexico City.

The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for providing targeted insight in the talent market, guidance and project management support as a crucial member of the client engagement team. In conjunction with internal stakeholders, Senior Business Analysts operate as part of a team that delivers powerful, effective solutions to our clients. They are expected to be accountable for execution of the Executive Search and/or the Leadership Advisory projects they lead within a fast-paced, clients-first environment.

This person serves as the lead expert for multiple client projects, owning and proactively driving the timeline, finding solutions and ensuring high quality deliverables. They are expected to develop depth of knowledge in an area of interest (generally an Industry or a Function), providing strategic guidance and quality insights on important trends and topics to support client needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Assignment Research & Project Management

• Manage client projects (such as assignments, pitch preparation, etc.) in partnership with consultants and EAs
• Recommend approach and priority target company universe through market research
• Recognize patterns to offer proactive solutions that mitigate risk
• Identify, calibrate and prioritize potential candidates through internal firm network, external resources and market outreach
• Engage with the external market, as appropriate, to develop market and candidate insights
• Manage the assignment team throughout the processes to drive strategy, solutions and supporting client materials
• Create high-quality client documentation (e.g., role specifications, progress reports, company mappings, etc.)
• Proactively engage and leverage technology as an enabler
• Serve as thought partner on all aspects.

Business Development Support

• Partner with consultants to develop pitch presentations and business development materials
• Act as partner with internal teams to suggest and build targeted events
• Monitor and track relevant market developments in a segment, including company updates and people moves

Knowledge Management

• Contribute to the Firm’s knowledge management activities by looking for opportunities to share expertise and best practices
• Develop a network of people within an industry or functional area to understand trends and bring insights
• Apply knowledge gained from past projects to better understand broader client needs and apply to future work

Requirements:

Egon Zehnder is looking for a professional with exceptional communication, analytical, influencing, critical thinking and problem-solving skills - with the ability to understand the business environment, emerging trends and key developments among major players across industries and functions in the market.

They must be able to work successfully in a client-oriented professional services organization and have strong (internal and external) stakeholder management abilities. The new SBA will interact regularly and closely with consultants, expert colleagues and EAs, across geographic boundaries in the Firm.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree.
• 2 – 4 years of work experience (post-undergrad).
• Previous project management experience or experience working on simultaneous projects in different teams.
• Initiative to lead assignments with minimal guidance or supervision.
• Self-starter mentality; good business judgment and solutions-orientation.
• Advanced bilingual level of English and Spanish.
• Excellent command of Office Package.
• Strong detail-orientation in a fast-paced, client-driven environment.
• Interest in a wide variety of topics across industry, economy, and society.

Egon Zehnder is committed to creating and fostering a culturally diverse, equitable and inclusive organization. To learn more about Egon Zehnder’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion, please visit: Egon Zehnder is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Due to high volume, we will only be contacting applicants who meet all of the minimum requirements listed in the job description. The Recruiting team at Egon Zehnder will retain your application materials and may contact you regarding future opportunities.