Aerospace and Defense Strategy and Management Consulting Associate/Senior Associate/Project Manager

Renaissance Strategic Advisors Overview

Renaissance Strategic Advisors is a leading and fast-growing advisory firm focused on aerospace, defense, and government services markets. We provide strategy consulting and M&A advisory to corporate clients and financial investors from offices in Arlington, VA; London, UK; Paris, France, and Melbourne, Australia. We are expanding our team driven by the growth of our client relationships, our international growth, and the success of our offerings.

As a 75-person industry specialist team we successfully compete with some of the largest firms in the advisory market. Our organizational purpose across our offerings is to bring confidence and clarity to our clients’ most consequential initiatives. Our distinct value proposition is to deliver deep sector expertise, rigorous analysis and client consequence through a collaborative engagement process that instils trust for decision making and action.  We have a distinct, growth-oriented culture that emphasizes apprenticeship and collaboration, team and family, and performance recognition.  We come from diverse and multidisciplinary backgrounds and share a passion for the aerospace and defense sector.

Who are we looking for?

Successful applicants must demonstrate:

• A passion for the aerospace, defense, space, government services, or related technology sectors
• Prior advisory or corporate experience, especially in strategy and corporate development
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with complex quantitative analysis
• Ability to generate hypotheses, design and conduct research, and synthesize and present conclusions

Primary day-to-day responsibilities – Associates/Senior Associates

• Formulate and deliver strategy consulting and M&A diligence projects with oversight and deep involvement from senior Renaissance leadership
• Project planning, coordination, engagement execution, and delivery
• Training and mentorship of junior staff
• Create and implement primary source interview plans, including identifying candidates, creating questionnaires, and coordinating outreach/gathering results
• Design methodology and quality control outputs for excel models and databases
• Track relevant competitive and industry trends & dynamics
• Deliver/communicate reports and findings to management, executive leadership, and/or clients

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Finance, Business, Political Science, or Public Policy
• Master’s degree (MBA, MA, MS etc.) preferred
• 5 – 10 years of professional experience, with at least three years in A&D sector
• Demonstrated skills in creating presentation deliverables, designing and implementing Excel-based financial and/or market models and interacting with clients / customers
• S. citizenship or permanent residency
• Application requirements include a CV/resume and cover letter