Your career in the corporate functions

zeb is a strategy and management consultancy with a clear industry focus and a broad range of services. The corporate functions provide professional services to support the consulting business and thus contribute to the company’s success.

If you are passionate about providing a service, you want to change things and constantly expand your knowledge, then zeb is the right place for you. Find out more about your entry and career opportunities in our career model.

Our specialist departments

Assistant Services

Our Assistant Services fulfill important tasks at the interface between the consultant teams and our clients. The assistants work closely with one or more Partners. They ensure smooth processes and are responsible for scheduling appointments, planning business trips and providing support in day-to-day business. In addition to these tasks, our assistants often also take care of the front desk, welcoming and looking after our clients at the office locations. They have a lot of responsibility and make important decisions autonomously. Organizational talent and service orientation are their hallmarks.

Desk Research

Our Desk Research colleagues collect information about the world of financial services. They conduct market research and analyze all relevant information from databases, trade journals and publications. In addition, they provide support for market analyses and thus supply all of zeb with relevant and up-to-date information.

Finance & Accounting

Our Finance & Accounting team is responsible for all financial matters of the company. The team members can be contacted by internal and external stakeholders and ensure that important information on financial transactions is always available. There are experts in the fields of tax, bookkeeping, accounting and many more.

Graphics & Design

Creativity and artistic talent are the hallmarks of our colleagues from the graphics and design team. They ensure the visual appeal of all internal and external publications, thus creating effective and memorable messages. Specifically, they create and edit studies, advertisements, presentations, give-aways or images for the zeb website and our social media channels. They are involved in many projects, help to present ideas in the most appropriate way, and coordinate and manage external service providers. The team relies on a wide range of expertise: from graphic designers to digital designers, many talents can be found here.

Human Resources & Talent Attraction

The success of our company is based above all on the people who work for us. Therefore, our Human Resources and Recruiting colleagues play an important role. They find potential employees, select them and take care of their recruitment. Development and fostering is also in their hands. Their tasks are highly varied, ranging from employer branding, active sourcing, applicant management and selection to onboarding, support, development, payroll and personnel controlling. We have experts working in all subject areas of our department. They have excellent communication skills and a high degree of reliability and flexibility.

Language Service

True to their name, language is the passion of our colleagues from Language Services. They proofread and translate all external and internal publications such as annual reports, journalistic articles or studies. They not only focus on the readability of the content, but also on the style of the texts, which they optimize, for example, by using alternative expressions. Great linguistic style and excellent command of several languages characterize our Language team.

Marketing & Communications

This is where our communication and marketing experts work on our company’s external image. They supervise complex communication processes and develop (PR) measures to shape our external communication. They are also responsible for coordinating all zeb publications and studies. Internal communication is also planned, managed and organized here.

Office Services

At our numerous locations, the Office Services team ensures optimal conditions for our employees and clients. They are the contacts for all topics concerning our offices. At the front desk, they welcome and look after our guests and lend zeb their friendly voices on the phone. They also take care of the mail, manage office supplies and are available for deliveries and repair requests.

ORG/IT

Our IT colleagues make sure that all the available technology runs smoothly. They look after the hardware and software of all employees and are available to answer questions and solve problems. They ensure the implementation of technical innovations and are responsible for topics such as IT controlling, IT security, IT governance and compliance management.

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Career model

Fellow

As a Fellow, you will already gain practical experience during your studies. Due to our wide range of corporate functions, there are diverse positions we can offer you. You can do an internship in the various departments at zeb or support our teams by working as a student assistant.
Both options provide you and us with a good basis for future cooperation.

Internship

zeb offers Master and Bachelor students a varied and exciting internship. You will become part of your chosen department, your team. You will learn a lot from your colleagues and work on relevant tasks. Doing so will allow you to gain deep insights into the internal processes at zeb and to get to know our corporate culture.
You can find more information about your internship in the corporate functions here.

Student assistant

Combine theory and real-world experience by working as a student assistant. Our corporate functions offer you flexible opportunities to support our teams. You can use the knowledge you have gained during your studies and apply it in practice in your department. This way you will gain relevant practical experience while also building up a valuable network in our company.
You can find more information about working as a student assistant in the corporate functions here.

Apprenticeship

If you hold a good school-leaving certificate (in Germany: Abitur or Fachabitur), the door is open for you to train as an office management assistant at zeb in Münster. You will get to know the tasks and targets of each of the corporate functions, get an overview of internal processes and gain comprehensive insights into the variety of the work.
You can find more information about your apprenticeship at zeb here.

Professional

After completing your apprenticeship, you can start at zeb as a Professional. As part of the team in one of the corporate functions, you will take on and be responsible for specific tasks. You will organize and prioritize tasks and communicate and coordinate with your team and internal clients while ensuring smooth processes.
You can find more information about starting at zeb as a Professional here.

Senior Professional

With a university degree or based on your professional experience in a service area, you can join zeb as a Senior Professional working in the corporate functions. You will then be part of a team responsible for wide-ranging tasks and processes. Providing and further developing the services will be part of your job. Use your creativity, develop solutions for efficient processes and continually expand your specialist knowledge.
You can find more information about starting at zeb as a Senior Professional here.

Expert

If you have already gained some years of work experience in your field after completing your academic education, you can join zeb as a Expert. Your tasks will include professionally carrying out existing processes and developing new services. You can use both your technical knowledge and your communication skills for new topics. In many cases, different teams work together to create integrated processes.

Manager Internal

With many years of professional experience in your field and academic training, you can join zeb as a Manager Internal. You will be responsible for a team in your department and are its line manager and coach. In addition, you will take over project management of innovation projects in your area, coordinate the project participants and find the common denominator when dealing with internal and external interests. You will drive forward issues that have a significant impact for zeb and thus support the company’s long-term success.

Department Head

A prerequisite for joining zeb as a department head is many years of professional experience in a similar function—ideally in a management consultancy. You will determine the strategic direction of your division, organize efficient processes, lead your teams in an appreciative and goal-oriented manner, ensure company-wide impact and strong innovation. As a communicator, you will maintain contact to all stakeholders and be responsible for budgets and projects. In doing so, you will contribute significantly to the success of the company.