Associate, Consulting Clients - 2025 Start

Company Description

Company Overview

Third Bridge is a market-leading investment research firm. We provide integrated solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions. No other company in the world provides the same holistic investment offering: our superpower is the combination of human insights and unique investor-led content with a global expert network. We serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24/7 coverage through our team of 1,300+ employees located across nine offices.

Job Description

Please note, in applying to this role you are not applying to be a Consultant. Third Bridge is a market-leading investment research firm, we orchestrate and create research for our clients. This role is an Associate in Third Bridge and you'll be working with our Consulting Clients.

What is Consulting?

Our consulting clients work on behalf of large companies (e.g. Fortune 500’s) or institutional investors and support them by doing deep dive research to provide guidance on their corporate strategy or investment decisions. The insights they get through our experts and content are the backbone of the recommendations they deliver to their clients.

Associate, Consulting Clients

As an Associate in our Consulting business, you’ll have opportunities to work with the top management consulting firms in the world. They will trust in you for access to the most relevant experts and research content, which you are responsible for identifying and recommending to them throughout their project lifecycles. To do so you'll gather a unique set of stakeholder management skills that will help you deliver excellent results for both clients and experts. The projects can be complex, but the impact is meaningful - every day you will get to hear directly from your clients, experts and colleagues about the difference you have made.

The hats you will wear:

• Conduct a cursory review of industries in order to understand the gaps in our Consulting clients’ knowledge and identify the most relevant content as well as individuals to take part in 1:1 consultations with our clients. (Relevant experts are often C-level executives working at the heart of their industries.)

• Deliver excellent client service by being a fast, responsive, thoughtful and proactive research partner

• Engage with industry experts for our clients by reaching out over the phone and through professional correspondences, to understand whether they are the right fit

  • This would also involve regularly cold-calling potential experts who uniquely match the project requirements

  • A substantial portion of your daily activities would involve engaging in telephone conversations with specialists who possess distinctive relevance to your clients’ projects, frequently amidst stringent time constraints

• Negotiate compensation rates, and persuade experts to connect with our clients on short notice, often scheduling calls as soon as possible, whilst operating within our industry-leading compliance framework

• After 4-5 months you’ll be driving the long-term performance of your own book of business as you develop your own professional skills, deepen your understanding of your clients’ investment strategies, and continuously reinforce how our content can best help their research needs

Qualifications

Areas that play to your strengths:

• Strong Oral & Written Communication Skills: You’re a clear communicator who can create the right narrative to share your ideas with a wide range of people. You must be proficient in crafting persuasive messages and adapting communication styles to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders, including clients, colleagues, and industry experts

  • Cold calling will be an integral part of the job (Past experience in this would be an added advantage)

• Ability to multitask: You are confident in your ability to multitask and you can excel in delivering high-quality work under deadlines while managing multiple active work streams

• Adaptability: There is no typical week as a Third Bridge Associate. If at times your client asks you for help out of hours, or your expert is in a different time zone, you strive to support - your hours vary according to the client project you are involved in, but you prefer that to a routine job

• Relationship Building: You should be able to build, develop and strengthen relationships with existing Third Bridge industry contacts and build new relationships with experts you have identified

• Outstanding extracurricular achievements during school and university years

• Relevant internship experience in sales, account management, client service, or related fields would be advantageous

Additional Information

What our people love about being Associates in Consulting Clients Team:

• Being surrounded by people they not only enjoy working with, but who also challenge and support them
• Owning individual responsibilities to grow our business, while also being in a team-oriented environment and working closely with their peers.
• Consultants truly lean on Third Bridge for their research, whether for strategy consulting or diligence work. Our clients are appreciative of and value our support and partnership.
• Getting to dip their toes into every imaginable industry under the sun, and getting exposed to a variety of individuals with unique perspectives and backgrounds.
• Building strong relationships both internally and externally create significant opportunities for professional development.
• We win together as a team.

Thrive at Third Bridge!

The starting Associate pay places you in the top 30% of graduate salaries across industries, and it is complemented with an uncapped bonus commensurate with target achievement. You can expect clear performance goals and to be recognised for your contributions. After ~2 years of strong results you could transition from being an individual contributor to managing your own team and P&L - a huge career milestone. Depending on your aspirations, you could also progress to a role in Sales, Product, or opportunities across our organisation.
We ensure every team member is able to bring their best self to work as well as in their lives outside - take a look at our benefits:

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary reflective of your skills and experience.
• Time Off: Benefit from 18 days of paid time off (PTO), 8 fixed holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 8 casual leaves. PTO increases with tenure.
• Learning & Development: Receive a personal development reimbursement yearly for customised learning programs. Additionally, a dedicated budget supports studies and job-related qualifications.
• Health & Well-being: Access private medical insurance, maternity benefits, and engage in various events promoting mental health.
• Life Cover: Automatically enrolled in Life Insurance cover from your date of hire, providing coverage 4x the annual CTC.
• Flexibility: Embrace our work-from-anywhere policy, hybrid work options, and enjoy "Winter Fridays."
• Fun at Work: Unwind in our breakout area with games like foosball, Table Tennis, and PlayStation5.
• Recognition & Rewards: Earn points through our colleague-to-colleague recognition program, redeemable for hotels, gift cards, charity donations, and more.
• Snacks & Refreshments: Stay energised with daily snacks, tea, and coffee provided.
• CSR Days: Contribute to social responsibility with 2 CSR days annually – take time off to volunteer.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Third Bridge is proud to foster diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under local laws.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the country they are applying for.

We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are not 100% sure if you are right for the role, please apply anyway and we will be happy to consider your application.