Pre-MBA Associate

Pre-MBA Associate / Leadership Development ProgramAbout AxienceAxience is a professional business services firm, established with a credo of delivering “Integrated Bespoke Solutions” for our clients. Our vision is to "Impact our clients, colleagues and community with innovation, insight and empathyWe provide high quality bespoke and boutique-style financial and business research services and have established ourselves as a well-regarded research firm with a strong clientele, board and management teamOur main offices are located in Mumbai (India) with extended sales and execution capabilities in UAE, Canada and we plan to ramp up our teams in these places and fartherWe seek to hire and develop talent which is our industries best in quality, efficiency, ambition and enthusiasmPositionThe Pre-MBA Associate program at Axience is a 3-year, fast-track rotation for high-potential early-career talent. You’ll gain multi-function exposure across the firm and either leave for (a) an international, top-tier MBA with Axience’s endorsement/support, or graduate into (b) the Axience Future Leadership Program.Duration: 36 months (performance gates at months 6/12/18/24/30/36)Rotations/ Roles: Formal or informal rotation in multiple business units as described belowDevelopment & supportOnboarding bootcamps and intense on-the-job trainingRotation / shared role charters with clear learning objectives and an executive sponsorMBA pathway enablement: planning, recommendations, interview prepLeadership pathway enablement: people-lead responsibilities and P&L exposure in the final yearFast tracked learning for top-tier talent and global travel / exposure.Our functions: pre-MBA associate gets exposure to minimum two functionsCentral and Business Development: Axience Central and Business Development team directly reports into Senior Management and work on various activities related to strategy and growth, process improvement, pre-sales, business development and innovationThe team supports leadership in research support for exploring new business growth areas, RFP and proposals and also acts as a core member of pilot teamsFinancial Research: Axience supports investors in private and public markets across their functions and lifecycle from investor relation and capital formation to investment and portfolio management and finance and accounting. Private markets clients include institutional investors, private markets funds, asset and wealth managers as well as alternative credit investors.  We also support investment banks and advisors across M&A, ECM, DCM and Sales/Trading and Research and provide client centricity and competition benchmarking services.Research and Consulting: Axience partners with large and mid-size corporates across industries and geographies. We work directly with CXO offices and Chiefs of Staff, Corporate Development & Strategy, Commercial / Sales / Marketing functions.Our teams work on strategic and tactical business / market / competitive insights and intelligence, sector, economics, innovation and regulatory research, analysis and other support. We offer our services through mix of ongoing analyst support and custom engagements.Business Management:Centralized teams to enable our delivery and strategy function including business and executive assistants, HR, branding and marketing and other central functionsBackground Requirement·      Proven aptitude through standardized tests such as GMAT, GRE and others·      Top tier education and performance·      Highly entrepreneurial, no-nonsense, non-bureaucratic, and inquisitive mindset·      1–3+ years in a rigorous setting (consulting/research/analytics/investing banks) or standout internships.·      Sharp structuring, analysis, and business writing/storytelling.·      High ownership, bias to action, and the ability to inspire others.·      Excellent stakeholder management and follow-through under pressure Job Location·      Mumbai·      Remote for certain international locations with language advantageContactIf you have the qualification, experience, and passion for the role mentioned above then please apply with a detailed custom cover letter on linkedin (LINK) or at axience.central@axience.com. While sending application please clearly mention the subject as: “Name: Location: Job-title” for example: “Donald Modi: Kolkata: Pre-MBA Associate” where Location is your current location.