Associate, Vienna

**Do you want to work in an entrepreneurial environment in a global organization? Do you want to help Swedish companies reach their full international potential?**

From our Vienna office you will join Region Europe, a key region within Business Sweden that operates from 43 local offices across Europe, Middle East and Africa. From Vienna, we cover Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Western Balkans, and Israel, though many projects span across the region.

Business Sweden works with leading multinational companies and start-ups across all industries and our clients’ business is often driven by digitalization, innovation and sustainability. Our consultancy services include e.g. market entry & growth strategies including M&A, sales acceleration, tech scouting as well as Business to Government support (B2G).

Our focus is to grow the advisory part of our business and to become even more relevant in most important business ecosystems to help propel the international growth of Swedish companies. To help drive this journey, we are currently looking for a consultant to join our team.

**What we offer**:

- Insights into multiple sectors and business models such as life science, industry 4.0 and mobility
- Projects with start-ups, scale-ups and large multinationals
- Assignments in CEE, Switzerland, Israel & wider EMEA
- Opportunity to occasionally travel across Europe to support our clients hands-on
- A high degree of freedom and responsibility and opportunity to drive own initiatives
- Strong team where we take care of, support and coach each other
- A diverse and international work environment with global career opportunities

**About our team**:
The team in Vienna has a strong track record and consists of 6 people today but we need to grow and look forward to a new colleague. From Vienna we cover several markets - Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia etc.) and Israel but we often work in broader CEE or EMEA scope.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

**What we are looking for**:
You are interested in working in a fast-paced, international environment, a steep learning curve and to work in a driven and energetic team supporting Swedish clients in their international growth journey. You are hardworking, analytical and will be working in project teams collecting and analyzing market insights and presenting to clients or client’s clients. Team spirit, social skills, and the ability to connecting the dots are also important since our work is much driven by interactions with external stakeholders. The job requires that you can handle many balls in the air and multiple deadlines simultaneously

You will support senior colleagues in client dialogues, sales dialogues, identification of new business opportunities and in developing customer proposals.

We have a strong and dedicated team, and we set the bar high for applicants’ aptitude for analyzing market drivers, interacting with corporate leaders, and solving problems in a challenging and exciting international setting.

**Mandatory requirements**:

- You have a higher academic degree, preferably a Master of science in Business or Engineering or equivalent
- You either come straight from university or have 1-2 years of relevant working experience
- A high level of proficiency in written and spoken English and German is a requirement.
- You are a result-oriented, problem-solving, analytical, have a strong business acumen with above all a “can-do” attitude as well as a passion and ability to handle new challenges on behalf of our clients
- You have the desire to stretch your potential and to succeed. You desire to do so by developing a diversified skill set in the areas of management consulting, leadership and sales in a global environment
- You have excellent social and team-working skills and enjoy taking position in client
- and stakeholder meetings and dialogues on how to realize the best path of growth

**Desired experience and skills**:

- Professional experience from the CEE & SEE region
- Knowledge of Swedish, Hungarian, Hebrew or languages of the Balkans is a plus

**Does this describe you?**

**Want to know more about Life at Business Sweden and meet our colleagues?** Read more here.

GREAT PLACE TO WORK

Global exchanges and career opportunities

Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda

Extensive responsibility

Diversified teams with world class colleagues

Training academy for continuous development

Entrepreneurial environment

ABOUT THE COMPANY

At Business Sweden, we do management consulting with a higher purpose: to contribute to the welfare of society by accelerating the growth of Swedish companies abroad and by helping international companies to invest and expand in Sweden. Our clients are all over the world, so it’s by design that Business Sweden has offices and employees all around the world, too.

With a team of almost 500 employees we operate in more than 40 markets, from Helsinki to Hong Kong and f