Foresight Strategy is currently hiring at both the Associate and Senior Associate level!
About Us:
Foresight Strategy is a management consulting firm based in Minneapolis, MN but with a global reach. We are focused on finding answers to today’s biggest business questions. We work with some of the most well-known brands in the world including Coca-Cola, eBay, Johnson & Johnson, and many more!
Our team helps guide business strategy by understanding consumer behavior, developing brand growth strategies, and designing tools and frameworks to answer business questions such as evaluation of sponsorships, lifetime value, product innovation, etc.
We thrive in a flexible, creative, and collaborative environment and have the unique opportunity to experience the lifestyle of a “startup,” and the business impact of a major corporation. We are continually expanding our team and portfolio of clients!
At Foresight Strategy, we are:
· Naturally inquisitive and excited by using data to answer questions no one else can
· Driven to tackle problems head-on, regularly creating your own roadmap
· Hungry to learn new skills and technologies to keep pace with the ever-growing business world
· Excited to work collaboratively, both in-person and virtually, with team members and clients around the world
What You Will Be Doing:
We are recruiting an Associate/Senior Associate Consultant to join our team in our Minneapolis, MN location. In this role, you will be guiding business leaders around the globe toward better marketing decisions through data-driven strategy, sifting through a wide variety of data sources to uncover hidden insights, and craft compelling stories and design complex models and custom applications to facilitate discussions at the highest levels of global businesses. Your work will allow you to grow your analytical and business capabilities with on-the-job training in knowledge areas most relevant to today’s market.
Responsibilities:
· Participating in internal brainstorm and working sessions to develop and design custom approaches to client questions
· Managing and transforming large datasets including public data, third party market research, and internal client data
· Applying statistical tests, analytic methods, and strategic frameworks to the data to uncover new insights
· Creating compelling visualizations that illustrate your findings
· Communicating the overall story in well-crafted PowerPoint presentations
· Presenting components of insights to clients as needed
· Additional duties as dictated by team need (we are a small company!)
Ideally a Candidate Possesses:
· Undergraduate Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Business/Data Analytics, or other related discipline. Master’s Degree preferred
· 2+years of non-academic experience applied to business problems (preferably in a consulting, marketing, or brand management context using excel and statistics)
· Demonstrated experience with manipulating data in Excel using advanced formulas/functions (e.g. Pivot Tables, Charts, VLOOKUP, OFFSET, INDEX, MATCH, SUMIF, etc.)
· Familiarity with statistical techniques (correlation, regression, etc.) in Excel or another package.
We acknowledge that the ability to thrive in a job can come from a multitude of backgrounds and experiences that don’t coincide with traditional degrees or titles. We encourage if you have the ability to demonstrate your skills to us to please apply.
What We Offer:
· Competitive Salary - Can negotiate! Associates 72k+ | Senior Associates 86k+
· Generous PTO and Paid Holidays
· Annual Bonus and Profit Sharing
· Health Insurance
· Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability
· 401K
· Maternity/Parental Leave and other medical leave
· SUMMER HOURS! – Shorter Fridays During the Summer
· Weekly Social Events – Includes Catered Lunches
· We Provide Home Office Equipment (Computer/Keyboard/Monitor/Etc.)
We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity for the benefit of our employees and our clients.
Please note, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa (H1B, OPT, etc) at this time.