Associate Consultant - Financial Services / Data & AI

Advise. Invest. Build.

Meet ALAIKA — a new kind of Financial Services firm — globally scaling, headquartered in Munich. The work is hard. The bar is high.

Partner in 7-9 years possible , for the ones who can keep up a n d actually build a business themselves on our platform. Stop reading if any of these describe you: Drive. You need someone to fire the starting gun → We only hire people who can prove they are intrinsically driven and execute.

Ownership. You spot the problem and walk it to your boss → We fall in love with problems. Own them.

Solve them. Ship solutions. Speed.

Slow is your default → Speed compounds. Be smart and brave enough to select 80/20 in the right way. Mindset.

"Not possible" is part of your vocabulary → We hire people who always find a way. Still there? Then ALAIKA might be for you.

At ALAIKA, our vision is to build the future of Financial Services with three brands under one roof — Advisory (Strategy Consulting), Capital (Private Equity), Building (Company Builder). Right now, we are in the midst of building our trojan horse ALAIKA Advisory. The ambition: building the leading Financial-Services-specific entrepreneurial holding — Fortune 500 access, PE discipline, Silicon Valley technology-depth and thinking.

Three networks that compound and multiply. One industry. Financial Services.

Nothing else. One focus. The intersection of business and technology — across Strategic Transformations, AI & Data Intelligence, and Cybersecurity.

One goal. Being the go-to partner for the world's leading Fortune 500 financial services companies — and the ones we might help build into that. Founded in October 2022 by Johanna von Geyr (build-up and led Financial Services Practice for a NASDAQ-listed strategy consultancy) and Harald Braunstein (serial entrepreneur with exits incl.

IPO), we bring together deep functional domain expertise and networks in global Financial Services, with a proven track record in building, scaling, and investing in leading software product companies. Curious what ALAIKA is all about? Explore our website and introduction deck .

Join the movement — apply now. The role and what you will work on Advise. Take on the most pressing strategic and technology challenges of the world’s leading financial services companies — across Strategy, Data & AI, and Cyber.

In the room with decision-makers from day one. Own. Own your deliverables end-to-end.

You are not support staff for the partnership. Lead. Run workstreams and projects from day one — with real responsibility, not just preparation for it.

Multiply the output of everyone around you — not just your own. Sell. Drive business development from day one — no waiting for seniority, no permission needed.

At ALAIKA, building the business is not a privilege reserved for managers and partners. It is an expectation. Grow.

Become the rare profile the market is short on — analytical mastermind, financial services expert, entrepreneurial dealmaker. Partner-track from day one. Build.

We are scaling, with real building left to do — IP, processes, go-to-market, strategy. You do not just deliver client work; you co-build the firm . That is not a slogan — it is your Tuesday.

When you are a fit “Show me an athlete who did well academically. An athlete because they know what it takes to win and they have had to experience loss.” — Kenneth C.

Griffin, Founder of Citadel You will work alongside intrinsically driven people chasing an uncapped career — people who do "what it takes". You fear "being one more number stuck in middle management". Your goal is to make it to the top: at ALAIKA itself, at a leading investment or financial services firm, or in a company you build yourself — ALAIKA can help with that too.

Book-smart. Strong academic foundation. Think in structures, not gut feel.

Street-smart. Read the room fast. Prioritise ruthlessly.

Grasp commercial reality. People-smart. Communicate with precision — clear, direct, persuasive.

Build trust across functions and seniorit