Boston Consulting Group
Consultant – Financial Services
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their enterprises. Our customized approach combines deep insight into the dynamics of companies and markets with close collaboration at all levels of the client organization. This ensures that our clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, build more capable organizations, and secure lasting results. Founded in 1963, BCG is a private company with more than 90 offices in 50 countries. For more information, please visit bcg.com
As a Consultant affiliated to BCG’s Financial Institutions Practice Area (FIPA), you will be working alongside some of the world’s top minds in the industry. You will also significantly contribute to the development of our expertise and support our ambitious growth targets.
The responsibilities will be as such:
- Working jointly with client project teams, bringing expertise to the team and to the client on site
- Working independently at a module level on select topics
- Support case teams, especially those with the need for deep expertise and a hands-on approach
- Contribute to the quality of the work, question results with sanity checks and with the project team
- Educate and inform clients proactively about state of the art technologies, methodologies and tools and how it can bring value to their business and, in particular, operations
- Lead role in presenting key findings to C-level executives
- Preferred advanced degree in Economics, Finance, and/or Business Administration. Other advanced degrees are accepted as well, e.g. Law, Mathematics, Physics
- Strong academics from top-tier institutions (top 15% of class)
- Work experience of 6+ years in banking/financial institutions and/or consulting with a focus on banking/financial institutions
- Able to work creatively and analytically in a time-limited, problem-solving environment
- Good business sense and judgment
- Excellent communication skills
- Willing to travel and to work on client sites