Corporate Finance Summer Associate

Job Description

About the Job: Corporate Finance Summer Associate

Consulting Differently: BRG offers a unique approach to consulting, combining world-leading academic credentials with practical business expertise, purpose-built for agility and connectivity.

This Summer Associate internship is an approximately 8-week program, commencing in Summer 2026. Candidates should have an expected graduation date between December 2026 – August 2027. This position is based in BRG’s Chicago office.

Overview of the Corporate Finance Practice

The BRG Corporate Finance practice specializes in delivering strategic, operational, and financial advice to a diverse client base, including private equity firms, management teams, boards of directors, investors, hedge funds, and other lenders. The focus is on companies that are either underperforming or undergoing significant transitions.

Comprised of experienced, hands-on professionals, the market-leading BRG Corporate Finance practice is results-oriented and data-driven. The team collaborates as partners with management teams and sponsors to identify strategic options that maximize value for all stakeholders. Furthermore, the practice possesses deep operational expertise, enabling them to provide interim C-Suite level management and targeted surge resources to alleviate pressure on existing management teams.

The practice boasts extensive experience across a broad spectrum of industries and markets, including but not limited to retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, energy, and technology. Across these sectors, BRG’s experienced professionals understand the challenges clients face, positioning the firm to effectively solve complex issues.

Role: Corporate Finance Summer Associate

The Corporate Finance Summer Associate role is a temporary, entry-level position within our consulting/analyst staff. This eight-week program will immerse you in a team environment, working on a diverse range of assignments related to:

• Turnaround & Restructuring: Assisting companies facing financial distress or undergoing significant operational changes.
• Performance Improvement: Helping clients enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve profitability.
• Finance Excellence: Supporting initiatives to optimize financial processes, reporting, and strategic financial planning.

Responsibilities

As a Summer Associate, you will support the day-to-day activities of BRG Corporate Finance – Turnaround & Restructuring client service teams on engagements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Executing multiple tasks across a consulting engagement, including financial modeling and client presentations.
• Utilizing business, finance, accounting, and analytical skills to perform critical tasks, such as:
  • Developing 13-week cash flow models.
  • Constructing 3-statement models (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement).
  • Creating pro-forma scenario models to assess future outcomes.
• Demonstrating the ability to work effectively in a team environment, collaborating with BRG experts, professionals from other firms, and client contacts to achieve engagement objectives.
• Assisting in the preparation of reports, analyses, presentations, and other client deliverables.
• Participating in the development of a fast-growing, entrepreneurial consulting practice, including assisting in marketing efforts, client pitches, and product and practice development.
• Demonstrating the highest degree of professionalism, ethics, quality, and integrity in all tasks.

Qualifications

To be considered for the Corporate Finance Summer Associate position, candidates should possess the following qualifications:

• Progression towards a Bachelor’s degree or a degree equivalent in Business, Accounting/Finance, Management, Engineering, Economics, Math, or a related field.
• Strong problem-solving and project management skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team dynamic.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• A demonstrated ability to interact professionally with junior and senior team members, senior management, and other stakeholders or professionals.
• Mature presence, empathy, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to learn quickly.
• Minimum Cumulative GPA of 3.5.

Hourly range: $35-40/hr

Candidate must be able to submit verification of their legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Awards & Recognition

BRG is proud to have received significant recognition for its programs and workplace culture:

• 2024 Campus Forward Award Winner: Named by Ripplematch for Large Early Career Programs, recognizing excellence in early career hiring, innovative recruitment strategies, significant investments in diversity and inclusion, and impactful internships and entry-level programs.
• Human Rights Campaigns Equality 100 Award: Acknowledged for our LGBTQ+ corporate policies, practices, and beliefs.

About BRG

BRG distinguishes itself by combining world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise, purpose-built for agility and connectivity. This unique approach sets us apart and positions our clients for success.

Our top-tier professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. This diverse group brings a wealth of proven real-world experience to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services, addressing the most complex challenges for organizations globally.

BRG’s unique structure fosters interdisciplinary relationships, providing an edge that leads to more informed insights and original, incisive thinking from diverse perspectives. When paired with our global reach and resources, this makes us uniquely capable of addressing our clients’ challenges. We achieve results by effectively applying our thinking to your world.

At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible; we are built to help you make it happen.

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.