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Careers at Colborn Consulting

Work Happens Together.

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Working at Colborn Consulting

You will meet clients in your first fortnight. Your analysis reaches owners and boards with your reasoning intact. You stay with an engagement until the decision is made.

The Paris office is where the week is spent because most of what you learn comes from the conversation after a client meeting.

We hire slowly and keep people a long time.

Who Tends to Do Well Here

  • 01

    You are curious about how businesses earn money.

  • 02

    You will say what you think and bring evidence when you do.

  • 03

    You can work in more than one language.

  • 04

    You are comfortable with an unresolved question.

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Benefits

  • Competitive salary reviewed annually, with a performance-linked bonus.
  • Private health cover for you and your dependants.
  • Full transport pass and a contribution towards home working equipment.
  • International travel across engagements in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.
  • Support for professional qualifications and executive education where they suit your path.
  • A development review every six months with a partner accountable for your progression, rather than an annual form.

Current Openings

Paris | Full-Time | Entry Level

Analyst, International Advisory

Analysts at Colborn Consulting work across the firm's engagements, supporting market entry studies, commercial due diligence, operational reviews and transaction preparation. You will join a small engagement team and contribute to the substance of the work from the first week.

Paris | Full-Time | Mid Level

Senior Consultant, Cross-Border Strategy and Transactions

Senior Consultants run engagement workstreams and take responsibility for the analysis that reaches the client. You will work alongside a partner on market entry mandates, merger and partnership assignments, and operational improvement programmes for privately owned companies. This is a client-facing position with day-to-day contact at management level.

Paris | Full-Time | Entry Level

Analyst, International Advisory

The Role

Analysts at Colborn Consulting work across the firm's engagements, supporting market entry studies, commercial due diligence, operational reviews and transaction preparation. You will join a small engagement team and contribute to the substance of the work from the first week.

What You Will Do

  • Conduct market sizing, competitor analysis and customer research for companies assessing international opportunities.
  • Interview customers, distributors and industry participants, often in a second or third language.
  • Analyse company financials and operating data to identify where margin sits and where it leaks.
  • Prepare the documents that carry a recommendation to an owner or board.
  • Support partner-led client meetings, including preparation and follow-up.
  • Contribute to research on sectors and geographies where the firm is active.

Who We Are Looking For

  • A degree from a leading university or business school, in any discipline.
  • Up to two years of experience in consulting, corporate finance, industry or a startup environment. Graduates with strong internship records are welcome to apply.
  • Fluent English. A third language is an advantage, particularly French, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.
  • Comfort with financial statements and spreadsheet analysis.
  • Written work that reaches a conclusion and defends it.

Paris | Full-Time | Mid Level

Senior Consultant, Cross-Border Strategy and Transactions

The Role

Senior Consultants run engagement workstreams and take responsibility for the analysis that reaches the client. You will work alongside a partner on market entry mandates, merger and partnership assignments, and operational improvement programmes for privately owned companies. This is a client-facing position with day-to-day contact at management level.

What You Will Do

  • Own workstreams within an engagement, from framing the question through to the recommendation.
  • Lead primary research programmes, including partner searches and customer interview campaigns in international markets.
  • Perform commercial due diligence and prepare transaction materials for owners considering a sale, merger or raise.
  • Work on site with client teams during operational and financial reorganization.
  • Manage analysts on your workstream and contribute to their development.
  • Support the firm's origination through your own network and through the relationships Colborn Consulting maintains among Paris institutions.

Who We Are Looking For

  • Four to seven years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate development, transaction services or an operating role with commercial responsibility.
  • A record of running analysis independently and presenting it to senior audiences.
  • Fluent English, with professional command of a second language preferred.
  • Sector familiarity in one or more of technology, industrial, logistics or professional services.
  • Willingness to travel internationally, typically one week in three.
  • Interest in partnership, which the firm treats as a path with a defined timeline.

How to Apply

Send a CV and a short note explaining which role interests you and why, to info@colbornconsulting.com.

Applications are reviewed by a partner. The process runs in three stages: an initial conversation, a case discussion drawn from a live engagement type, and a final meeting with two partners. Most candidates receive a decision within three weeks of first contact.

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