Principal Consultant - Financial Services (m/f/d)

Advise. Invest. Build. Meet ALAIKA —

a new kind of Financial Services firm — globally scaling,

headquartered

in

Munich.

The work

is hard. The bar is high.

Partner

in 3-4

years possible , for the ones who can keep up and actually build a

business themselves

on our platform.

Stop reading if any of these describe you:

Specialisation.

You are a generalist with shallow

expertise

and a thin network

→

AI will eat your lunch.

We

bet

on

depth.

Ownership.

You would rather oversee than

own

→

We fall in love with problems.

Own

them.

Solve

them. Ship

solutions.

Speed.

Slow is your default

→

Speed compounds. Be smart and brave enough to select 80/20 in the right way.

Mindset.

" Not possible "

is part of your vocabulary

→

We hire people who always find a way.

Still there? Then ALAIKA might be for you.

At ALAIKA, our vision is to build the future of Financial Services with

three brands under one roof — Advisory (Strategy Consulting), Capital (Private Equity), Building (Company Builder). Right now, we are

in the midst of

building our trojan horse ALAIKA Advisory.

The ambition: building the leading Financial-Services-specific entrepreneurial holding — Fortune 500 access, PE discipline, Silicon Valley technology-depth and thinking.

Three networks that compound and multiply.

One industry.

Financial Services. Nothing else.

One focus.

The intersection of business and technology — across Strategic Transformations, AI & Data Intelligence, and Cybersecurity.

One goal.

Being the go-to partner for the world's leading Fortune 500 financial services companies — and the ones we might help build into that.

Founded

in October 2022 by

Johanna von Geyr

(build-up and led Financial Services Practice for a NASDAQ-listed strategy consultancy) and

Harald Braunstein

(serial entrepreneur with exits incl. IPO), we bring together deep functional domain expertise and networks in global Financial Services, with a proven track record in building, scaling, and investing in leading software product companies.

Curious what ALAIKA is all about? Explore our

website

and

introduction deck .

Join the movement — apply now.

The role

and what you will work on

Advise.

Take on the most pressing strategic and technology challenges of the world’s leading financial services companies —

across Strategy, Data & AI, and Cyber , with deep financial services-domain

expertise

as your anchor. In the room with decision-makers as the expert your clients trust on the questions that matter most.

Own.

Take full ownership of significant accounts and the relationships and revenue inside them. The work, the team, the clients, the numbers. You do not own pieces; you own outcomes.

Lead.

Run project teams and large key initiatives. Set the standard for consultants, senior consultants, and managers — challenge them, develop them, raise

their game.

Multiply the output of everyone around you

— not just your own.

Sell.

Open new doors inside existing accounts. Originate new mandates. At ALAIKA, business development is not a

partner privilege — it is an expectation.

Connect.

Walk

in with

deep networks. Extend them. Lead C-level discussions in your area of responsibility. Be recognized as a market leader in your domain. Build trust deep enough that clients call you first.

Grow.

Sharpen the rare profile the market is short on — strategic thinker, financial services expert, entrepreneurial dealmaker.

Partner-track

within

reach.

Build.

We are scaling, with real building left to do — IP, processes, go-to-market, strategy.

You are a strategic partner in shaping what ALAIKA becomes .

That

is

not a

slogan

—

it

is

your

Tuesday.

When you are a fit

“Show me an athlete who did well academically. An athlete because they know what it takes to win and they have had to experience loss.”

— Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder of Citadel

You will work alongside intrinsically driven people chasing an uncapped career — people who do "what it takes". You fear

"being one more number stuck in middle management".

Your goal is to make it to the top: at ALAIKA itself, at a leading investment or financial services firm,

or in a company you build yourself — ALAIKA can help with that too.

Book-smart.

Strong academic foundation. Think

in

structures, not gut feel.

Street-smart.

Read the room fast.

Prioritise

ruthlessly. Grasp commercial reality.

People-smart.

Communicate with precision — clear, direct, persuasive.

Build

trust

across

functions

and

seniority.

Athlete performance mindset.

High aspirations. Grit. Learn faster than the environment changes.

Entrepreneurial guts.

Self-confident achiever.

Act

first,

apologise

later — speed is everything.

You move.

What

you

bring

Background.

Outstanding degree in an analytical field from a top-tier university, or

a track record

that speaks for itself.

Experience.

Minimum 5 years in a high-pressure, results-driven environment — top strategy consultancy, fast-growing tech, or demanding corporate financial services role. An established senior network across financial services is expected at this level.

Industry Focus .

You have worked inside or deeply alongside financial services institutions. Sub-sector

ex