Senior Advisory Associate

Department: Advisory

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Break down complex client challenges into clear analytical questions and structured workstreams.
• Develop initial hypotheses on market dynamics, project risks, and strategic opportunities.
• Validate problem statements, assumptions, and analytical paths with the Project Lead and Market Lead.
• Conduct early research to ensure hypotheses are grounded and aligned with client objectives.

• Translate project scopes into detailed execution plans with clear timelines and deliverables.
• Delegate tasks effectively, providing analysts with guidance on methodologies, data sources, and quality standards.
• Conduct regular reviews of quantitative work, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and analytical rigor.
• Identify issues early and proactively resolve bottlenecks, risks, or data inconsistencies.

• Maintain clear, proactive communication with the Project Lead about progress, risks, needs, and decisions.
• Engage with clients throughout the project to ensure continuous alignment of expectations.
• Document meetings, decisions, next steps, and open points with discipline.
• Serve as a secondary client point of contact, escalating issues when appropriate.

• Create structured, compelling, and insight-driven client presentations.
• Develop storylines that connect the problem, analysis, and recommendations smoothly.
• Craft clean, simple, and visually effective slides that convey key messages without clutter.
• Ensure all deliverables meet internal quality standards and adhere to brand guidelines.

• Participate actively in internal discussions, contributing perspective and challenging assumptions constructively.
• Lead sections of client meetings, supported by the Project Lead.
• Present results with clarity and confidence, explaining insights, implications, and recommendations.
• Handle client questions with maturity and intellectual honesty.

• Provide actionable guidance to analysts on structure, modelling, research, and problem‑solving.
• Offer constructive feedback and help build core capabilities across the junior team.
• Foster a collaborative, respectful team environment focused on excellence and learning.

• Contribute to the preparation of commercial proposals, including scoping, timelines, methodologies, and value propositions.
• Bring analytical structure to proposal storylines, ensuring they reflect client needs and market context.
• Support Market Lead and Project Lead in responding to new business opportunities and RFPs.
• Help refine proposal templates, case studies, and reusable commercial materials.
• Participate in early-stage client calls to clarify needs and shape proposal direction when required.

• Take responsibility for your workstreams end‑to‑end, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery.
• Manage tasks efficiently across multiple deadlines and workstreams.
• Maintain strong documentation practices, ensuring transparency and reproducibility.
• Operate with a high level of accountability, reliability, and autonomy.

• Support the creation of reusable frameworks, templates, and knowledge materials.
• Share learnings and insights from each project with the broader advisory team.
• Contribute to internal training, methodology evolution, and best practices.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues, embodying a constructive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Focus relentlessly on delivering value to clients and strengthening long-term relationships.
• Demonstrate flexibility, resilience, and ownership in high-pressure moments.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 2–5+ years of experience in consulting, advisory, analytics, finance, strategy, or related fields.
• Proficiency in Python, especially for analytical workflows, data manipulation, or modelling.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and comfort working with quantitative data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Portuguese and English.
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and strong competency in Excel or analytical tools.
• Demonstrated ability to manage workstreams and guide junior team members.
• Maturity, ownership, and a strong service mindset.
• Experience in the energy sector (optional but highly valuable) — power markets, renewables, transmission, storage, or related areas.

Benefits

• The opportunity to substantially influence major decisions in the energy sector
• Direct engagement with clients through Aurora conferences, workshops and webinars
• The opportunity to grow into a publicly visible industry expert
• A fun, informal, collaborative and international work culture 
• A competitive compensation package
• Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills within the responsibilities of your role and within the wider context of the industry