WHAT YOU'LL DO
This co-op position offers a great opportunity to experience a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) role in an exciting, demanding, and fast-paced environment. Co-ops are highly valued, fully-contributing members of our team and receive significant responsibility and exposure to our customers. Through a combination of valuable hands-on work experience, training, and mentoring, our co-ops experience rapid professional growth. This role will support the function of the greater North America (NAMR) business services team at BCG.
Our co-ops will gain exposure to and help support several high visibility topics across the team. These include reviewing utilization and deployment of consulting resources, tracking our commercial pipeline, forecasting revenue, pricing of our consulting services, understanding our exposure to client risk-sharing arrangements, evaluating performance across client industries, analyzing the composition of our client profile and much more.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
* Being a collaborative team player: Co-ops will work across the full team and assist teammates with completing ad hoc deliverables in a timely manner, lead data tracking and maintenance efforts, and help to plan and coordinate meetings and other large team events.
* Implementing change: Develop and proactively evolve reporting in response to business needs in order to provide senior leadership and other key customers with actionable analysis.
* Staying organized: Our team touches many pieces of the business that will require co-ops to be flexible and efficiently multi-task in a fast-paced environment
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
* Preferably a sophomore above with strong academic performance
* Good problem solving and analytical skills with an attention to detail
* Proficient in Excel; experience with PowerPoint, Slack, Outlook, Business Objects, Tableau, or Alteryx a plus
* Must meet the co-op program eligibility requirements of the current college/university's academic department and student must be approved by the college/university to participate in the co-op program
* Must have legal work authorization in the U.S.
* Must be physically located in the U.S. during Co-op
* Must be able to work Eastern Time Zone business hours Monday-Friday
* BCG is currently allowing remote work situations in the U.S. due to COVID, however should this change, applicants must be able to be physically present in the BCG Boston office (if required by BCG/Hiring Manager) within a reasonable timeframe
YOU'LL WORK WITH
Part of the FP&A function, the Business Analysis Team provides finance and analytical support to help senior leadership make informed strategic decisions on running, growing, and improving our North America business.
Our team is recognized for strong expertise, technical proficiency with the latest digital tools (Tableau, Alteryx, etc.), problem solving, business partnering, teaming, and customer service.
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