Graduate Associate, Private Equity Clients/ Consulting Clients (2025)

About Third Bridge

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 eight offices.

We are looking for new joiners into our Consulting and Private Equity teams.

Private Equity

In a nutshell, our private equity clients invest in companies with the intention of increasing the value of their stake down the line. The insights they get through our experts and content become the basis of their decision to invest in opportunities, or to pass on them.

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

As an Associate, you’ll have opportunities to work with the sharpest minds in private equity funds and consulting firms. They will rely on you for access to the most relevant experts and content, which you are responsible for identifying and recommending to them. To do so you\’ll gather a unique set of commercial skills that will help you deliver extraordinary results for both clients and experts, and grow professionally. 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.

Would you like to learn more about our early careers Associate position? Take our free virtual job simulation and learn what it is like to work in this role.

The hats you will wear:

• Problem solver: A client can challenge you with any company name and questions: you’ll break down an industry within minutes, suggest who they should speak with and what they should read.
• Great communicator: We operate as one team, both within your individual team and within the Third Bridge business at large. One day, you will be leading the charge, and another you’ll be supporting your peers.
• Business developer: Understand the drivers of profitable revenue and find your path to grow it. Work with your team to execute strategies for the accounts you are responsible for.

Qualifications

Areas that play to your strengths:

• Business fluent in German (written and oral – Level C1 and above).
• You must be able to deliver high-quality work on a deadline. You will be working on lots of workstreams simultaneously, but that doesn’t scare you – in fact, it excites you, and you’re confident in your ability to multitask and remain organised. Our clients are under a lot of pressure to make decisions fast, but you stay calm and get things done.
• The Founder’s Mentality completely resonates with you, as this approach is part of our DNA. You’re an independent thinker who feels energised by the freedom Associates have to come up with the best solutions for their clients, because you’re endlessly curious and often question the way things are done.
• You’re a clear communicator who can create the right narrative to share your ideas with a wide range of people, such as introducing our products and services to new clients and experts.
• Your attitude is to roll up your sleeves and you enjoy being in the thick of the action.

Useful Information

What our people love about being Associates:

• Being surrounded by people they not only enjoy working with, but who also challenge and support them.
• Partnering first hand with the leading investors and consultants in the world and being privy to their thought process with all the learning this leads to.
• Building their career in business on a foundation of problem-solving, communication and commercial skills.
• Living by \“great minds think differently” in a diverse and inclusive team.

Thrive at Third Bridge!

Expect your total first-year compensation to be in excess of €60,000 including bonus. Beyond pay, you can expect clear performance goals and to be recognised for your contributions. After ~2 years of good 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 :

• Salary: Competitive base salary of €52,000 with access to our bonus scheme after just 1 month .
• In Year 1, an average performer can expect to earn at least €60,000 OTE but our top performers make more!
• Vacation: 30 days plus local Public Holidays.
• Learning: personal development allowance of €850 per year.
• Adaptability: 2 annual volunteer days , and \’Summer Fridays\‘ .
• Company Equipment: Apple Macbook plus €20 employee reimbursement for mobile phone usage.
• Rewards: get points through our colleague-to-colleague recognition programme to spend on hotels, gift cards, donations to charity and more.
• Social: weekly optional social gatherings, daily breakfast and snacks, social events.
• ESG: CSR, Environment and Diversity & Inclusion (including Women at Third Bridge, Pride and Blkbridge).
• Frontline Innovation: your chance to share your ideas for improvement through Hackathons and other events.

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