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About Bain & Company Malaysia

A global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change-makers define the future. Across 64 offices in 39 countries, it works alongside its clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. It complements tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. The 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. 

Your role

The summer internship program for bachelor's degree candidates provides broad exposure to the consulting industry and teaches business strategy through full-time immersion on a Bain case team.

As an Associate Consultant Intern (ACI), you'll begin with a week of intensive training led by its experienced consultants—and very similar to the training received by new associate consultants. If you meet its performance expectations, you’ll receive an offer to return full­-time as an associate consultant upon graduating.

Responsibilities

• After training, you'll be assigned to an active case. Here's a sample of what you can expect to experience and accomplish
• Work on a case team with three to five other consultants, taking charge of a distinct aspect of the project
• Interview clients' customers, competitors, suppliers, and employers—work that will become the basis of the case team's strategic recommendations
• Own and identify information sources, gather and interpret data, and execute analysis to translate into meaningful insights
• Present your findings to case team members and client stakeholders.

Training, development & rotations

Bain offers comprehensive, individualized training to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed at Bain and beyond.  You will attend a global training session every 18-24 months, where you'll be trained with your peers by current Bain managers and partners, who know the skills you need to succeed. These sessions are held in various global locations. The trainers aren't outsourced from other companies. Are recognized as the best in the industry at formal and informal training.

Regular ongoing training is important too, which is why it invests in comprehensive ongoing in-office training, digital learning tools, as well as on-the-job learning.

Salary & benefits

Associate consultants start a salary that almost doubles upon their promotion to a consultant role. If you make a partner, the sky is the limit.

A few of the programs it offers to give you added flexibility and options:

• Externships: Four to six-month externships at an organization of your choice related to your professional goals
• Global transfers: Temporary and permanent relocation opportunities to work in other offices around the world
• Parental leave: Generous parental leave coverage in every region for your most important transition
• "Take Two": Extended breaks that allow eligible Baines to take two months off to rejuvenate and/or fulfill personal goals
• Leaves of absence: Longer sabbaticals and leaves of absence for times when life pulls you in different directions
• Flextime: Part-time and job-sharing options for times when family or personal needs take priority.

Career progression

Your opportunities extend far beyond, though. You’ll team with offices across markets on cases that expose you to diverse skillsets and thinking, an important aspect of your career growth and development. And every 18-24 months, you’ll attend a global training session where you’ll learn from its worldwide managers and partners, and share perspectives with colleagues from 64 offices worldwide.

With a strong support system, global experience, and opportunities to work with diverse teams, you’ll develop broad expertise that helps you prepare for what’s next, wherever that takes you.

Bain works with bold clients who want to define the future, not hide from it. At the same time, the scope, scale, and diversity of its cases will help accelerate your career. You’ll develop broad expertise across industries and business challenges, allowing you to explore different areas of interest to pursue as you advance.

Work-life balance

The home staffing model creates personal champions and expansive opportunities.

Let’s start with your home team. You’ll work with office colleagues on multiple cases, allowing you to develop close relationships with peers and case leaders you can turn to throughout your career. You’ll also have a home office program manager and a personal advocate who works to make sure your experience at Bain aligns with your personal and professional goals.

Culture & Vibe

“We never let one another fail.”

It’s a simple motto, but one it lives by every day. You’ll be surrounded by people who challenge, support, and inspire you—personally and professionally.

Bain’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. It hires people with exceptional talents, abilities, and potential, then creates an environment where you can bring your whole self to work.

If you can challenge yourself to be exceptional, and champion that spirit in others, you’ll fit right in.

About you

The summer internship program for bachelor's degree candidates

How to apply

To apply for the job just click the “Apply on employer site” button below. You'll need to submit the following items, plus any additional requirements for the main office you wish to join:

• Resume/CV (Word doc or PDF files only)
• Educational background information
• Relevant test scores