Who We Are
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To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Analyst (SA) on our Client Focus track within BCG’s Corporate Finance & Strategy practice (CFS) and its Center for CFO Excellence (CFOx) team, you will work in a growing global team, delivering value to clients in all aspects of CFO related products and opportunities, from value creation strategy to performance management, digital finance and lean/agile working culture in finance.
This would entail issues such as defining the role of the finance organization, transforming the finance function to be efficient & effective, control finance costs, ability to steer and make relevant decisions, enablement of value creation and the facilitation of corporate planning decisions, including measures to align corporate, financial and investor strategies.
You are good at
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Candidate should have experience and/or knowledge related to at least one of the following areas: finance organization (including shared services), finance transformation, external and internal reporting, corporate governance, performance management, planning, budgeting and target setting, corporate risk management or similar.
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The Senior Analyst is expected to be familiar with financial and non-financial benchmarking analyses, including analyses regarding profitability, capital structure, liquidity, and cash flow performance. The candidate should have deep end to end expertise in at least two finance process towers such as Record to Report, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Financial Planning & Analysis, Cash & Banking / Treasury, Payroll, Fixed Assets, etc.
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As a Senior Analyst on the Client Focus track, the candidate will be deployed in client engagements with core consulting teams to identify and analyze client challenges, provide customized knowledge of best-in-class practices as domain expert, develop solutions to address critical client issues, and chart a path for the client to constantly enhance performance. The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellent communication, high-quality analytical skills, and ability to deliver client ready analyses and insights.
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The candidate will work also with the topic team to collaborate, develop and maintain new knowledge materials related to CFOx topic based on emerging trends and gaps identified by consulting teams. The candidate will collaborate across the topic to build tools, analyses and insights to drive new ways of thinking and problem-solving.
What You'll Bring
2+ years of consulting experience in relevant sector/topic required; candidates with consulting experience strongly preferred
In lieu of consulting experience, 3+ years minimum industry experience required; 4-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred, in at least one of the following areas: management consulting, financial management, controlling & reporting, treasury, accounting & audit, corporate development, corporate finance or other equivalent areas
Master’s degree in business administration, corporate finance, accounting, mathematics etc. with very good academic achievements and / or CPA with a management consulting background
Confident client presence and relationship-building skills
Effective written & verbal communication
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong work ethic & service-oriented mind-set
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
Strong interpersonal skills and credibility
Collaborative team player and pro-active self-starter
Ability to maintain discretion when needed
Who You'll Work With
Core Consulting Teams
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Staffed as topic champion along with core consulting teams in client engagements by bringing in core domain expertise
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Own and drive successful completion of a module in client projects
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Provide insight generation expertise during team discussions to frame and structure client issues
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Provide problem solving and solutioning to drive improvements across client organization
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Enhance client deliverables by conducting high-quality analyses and applying business judgement
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Suggests alternative or additional analyses to expand original scope and provide new insight
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Demonstrate good slide-writing and story-lining skills to generate client ready materials
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Concise, synthesized and confident during discussions with project teams, running workshops with client teams and presenting analysis & findings to clients
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Develop effective relationships with senior project leadership to build strong demand as a topic champion for repeat staffing
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Support proposal development by guiding consulting teams on transformation approach, BCG capabilities, past case credentials and experts
Topic Teams:
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Build and update new topic-related customized knowledge products
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Control the consistency of knowledge management databases
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Reviews knowledge products and ensures they are current and relevant and updates when appropriate
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Writes abstracts and indexes for projects and practice documents
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Assisting in Practice Area intellectual capital development projects (studies, articles and other publications.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
