Boston Consulting Group

Senior Knowledge Analyst - Transaction & Integration Excellence

Posted on: 13 Apr 2021

Chicago, IL

Job Description

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Senior Knowledge Analyst (SKA) within BCG's Transaction & Integration Excellence (TIE) practice, you will work in a growing global team, delivering value to clients via individual expertise and/or institutionalized knowledge assets (products, tools, data, workshops, frameworks, surveys, domain-specific data and related expertise, etc.) on Integrations/PMI and Separations/Carve-out topics. You will contribute on cases and proposals by contributing relevant analysis and insights and help case teams create strong impact for the client. While contributing to client cases, workshops and proposals, occasional travel to serve clients onsite during staffing assignments is expected to understand client requirements, and design / develop solutions.

You will support commercialization efforts for the topic/sector working, in conjunction with business leaders, through contributing analysis and insights to proposals, client workshops and marketing materials. Additionally, as a Senior Knowledge Analyst, you will contribute to developing intellectual property & assets for the business and assist in onboarding and training junior colleagues based on your topic/sector expertise.

The Transaction & Integration Excellence (TIE) business is one of BCGs largest topics and fastest growing practices. With more than 300 M&A, transactions, and post-merger integration professionals worldwide, we help both corporate and private equity clients execute deals efficiently and, more important, maximize value creation. Over the past ten years, we have supported more than 7,000 transactions with a market value of more than $5 trillion.
Our practice supports businesses with end-to-end transaction excellence, including strategic decision making in mergers and acquisitions, preparing and executing divestitures and joint ventures, supporting IPOs and spinoffs, and creating winning strategies for post-merger integration. We support our clients to create value from transactions, from beginning to the end. TIE interfaces closely with industry and other functional practices and has an important mandate with respect to content development, go-to-market, team building, and marketing.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

* Solving client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches in your area of expertise (which is Integrations/PMI, Business Separations/Carve-outs, M&A or similar topics)
* Communicating with case teams and clients team members, in a credible and confident way
* Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working
* Flexibility and bringing a curious and creative mindset, open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas
* Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

* 1-2+ years of consulting experience in relevant topics (Integrations/PMI, Business Separations/Carve-outs, Transactions/M&A, or similar topics) required; candidates with consulting experience strongly preferred
* In lieu of consulting experience, 2+ years minimum industry experience required; 3-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
* Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
* Fluency in English; Other languages are beneficiary
* Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities
* Strong written and verbal communication skills

YOU'LL WORK WITH

Our knowledge and research specialists collaborate with global colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of knowledge and research positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative research careers.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Knowledge Team (KT) is a group of functional and/or industry experts leveraging deep domain knowledge to enable insight for case teams and clients. KT members are affiliated to BCG Practice Areas, plugged into the strategic agenda and building and deploying leading edge IP data tools/assets to deliver insight.

BCG's Knowledge Team members have the opportunity to be staffed on cases and help co-create insights with case teams and clients through expert perspectives on industry trends, delivery of proprietary data or tools in a particular function and complex research and analysis of market information. KT members also support the PAs business development and proposals and help to organize and codify the knowledge that enables BCG to deliver superior business value for its clients.

Boston Consulting Group

Boston, MA

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. 

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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.

 

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