Associate Strategy at Aptiv in Boston, MA -

Summary: Aptiv is a leading global industrial technology company focused on innovative solutions for the automotive industry. The Associate Strategy role involves supporting strategic decision-making, conducting market analysis, and delivering insights to executive leadership to help shape the company's strategic agenda. Responsibilities: - Executing consulting-style projects on key topics and decisions, working closely with stakeholders in business units and corporate functions – includes structuring the problem, gathering and analyzing data, generating insight, translating into written output, and delivering executive-level readouts - Developing proprietary fact bases and market models around key product segments and technology trends, e.g. ADAS adoption, electric vehicle penetration, transition to software-defined vehicle architectures, growth in robotics and energy storage systems, etc - Conducting detailed financial and operational analysis of customers (e.g. automotive OEMs, A&D primes, etc.) and traditional and emerging competitors (e.g. other automotive Tier 1s, semiconductor companies, industrial engineered components providers, etc.) - Translating analyses into content for executive leadership and customers meetings (e.g. Aptiv Board of Directors meetings, investor presentations, customer presentations / pitches, etc.) Required Qualifications: - Strong financial and operational analysis capability, including accessing and evaluating financial statements – leveraging fluency with GAAP / IFRS accounting – and employing tools such as Capital IQ / AlphaSense, sell-side equity research, and other credible data sources - Modeling and valuation expertise, with the ability to independently build detailed, auditable, and well-documented market models (e.g. bottom-up market sizing), three-statement financial models, and valuation models using multiple methodologies, including DCF and trading / transaction comps - Demonstrated proficiency with large datasets and advanced analytical and automation tools, including Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI, and Excel/VBA - Strong strategic analysis 'toolkit,' including framing and structuring complex problems, planning work with clear prioritization and proactive 'upward management,' performing thorough, high quality quantitative and qualitative analyses, and translating insights into polished, C-level slide output - Great energy, tenacity, and resourcefulness, with a passion for 'diving deep' to get to the root challenging problems and the creativity to leverage internal and external resources to develop proprietary fact bases vs. relying on third parties - BA/BS in a relevant field and 1-2 years of top-tier consulting experience or comparable, including investment banking, private equity, corporate strategy / development, or similar Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with automotive and/or industrial end markets, which will provide more familiarity with the company's core business and priority diversification focus areas - Experience with Python, including the ability to read, adapt, and troubleshoot scripts and familiarity with pandas, NumPy, or similar analytics libraries - Business-level fluency in Mandarin, Japanese, German, or Korean given the company's global footprint and customer base Required Skills: Financial analysis, Operational analysis, GAAP accounting, IFRS accounting, Capital IQ, AlphaSense, Equity research, Modeling, Valuation, Market modeling, Financial modeling, DCF valuation, Trading comps valuation, Transaction comps valuation, Data analysis, Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI, Excel, VBA, Strategic analysis, Problem structuring, Prioritization, Upward management, Quantitative analysis, Qualitative analysis, Automotive industry knowledge, Industrial end markets knowledge, Python, Pandas, NumPy, Energy, Tenacity, Resourcefulness, Mandarin, Japanese, German, Korean, Slide presentation Benefits: Private health care effective day 1 of employment, Life and accident insurance, Paid Time Off (Holidays, Vacation, Designated time off, Parental leave), Relocation assistance may be available, Learning and development opportunities, Discount programs with various manufacturers and retailers, Recognition for innovation and excellence, Opportunities to give back to the community, Tuition Reimbursement, Fertility benefits