Executive Assistant

Boston Consulting Group•New York, NY

1d•$83,000 - $93,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. 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. You are essential to our office, and to our success! While we are proud of our heritage, we are even more excited about our future, and if you are the person we are looking for, we'd be excited to share it with you. In this role, you’re the backbone of the function, ensuring that the Managing Director & Partners (MDPs) you support have what they need to seamlessly serve the needs of our clients, and meet their internal commitments and goals. You anticipate the needs of your customers, look ahead, and prevent problems from arising. This position involves end to end ownership of scheduling (and rescheduling) meetings, booking (and unbooking) travel, managing case team logistics, tracking time and expenses, and keeping up with the fast pace of our Consulting Team. We operate in a hybrid model, meaning you’ll be in the office more than half of the time and have the flexibility to work remotely (if you choose) for the other part of the week. While in the office, you will be surrounded by a community of intelligent, highly motivated, and service-minded people. EAs help shape our culture by actively participating in office life and collaborate across functions to help fellow Business Services Team (BST) members. Our philosophy is to grow by growing others, and you will serve as a role model to more junior collaborators of the administrative team. We work hard together, and we go out of our way to support each other – we want everyone to be successful, individually and as a team. We foster a supportive environment that propels your growth in the areas that inspire you. We provide real-time feedback, nurture curiosity, empower decision-making, and allow room to learn from mistakes. The Executive Assistant role offers numerous growth opportunities across a variety of areas including event planning, affiliation engagement, case team logistics management, client relationship building, and maximizing how the MDP allocates their time and energy. Your career at BCG will be at the intersection of your skills and desires and the needs of our business; it will only be limited by your investment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, strongly preferred
Demonstrated leadership and/or customer service experience
Minimum of 3 years of experience in a fast-paced environment (extremely fast paced!), supporting senior executives, strongly preferred
High customer service orientation – highly responsive, strong interpersonal and communication skills, wants to deliver great results at all times; obsessed with acts of service
Strong intellectual curiosity – a hunger and desire to always be learning, experiencing and growing
Insightful – drives the business forward by connecting the dots
Organized – excellent at time and project management, has clear systems and composure to deal with multiple tasks at once and ensures everything gets done in a timely manner
Sweats the small stuff – strong attention to detail and accuracy, particularly when under pressure
Relationship-oriented – ability to develop effective working relationships with the Consulting Team, clients, and the wider Business Services Team (BST) to help build trust, open doors, and create opportunity
Team player – proactively seeks opportunities to help others; will go above and beyond in order to get the job done
Lives and breathes our values – open and inclusive to all members of the team and support them as equals
Committed to improving the status quo – we respect and hire people who are willing to ask questions or make suggestions, even if it is turned down
Good judgment – highly professional and diplomatic (dealing with consultants who can be very demanding at times can be a challenge, but a challenge you're up for), knows when to ask for help or advice, is perceptive and practical
Trustworthy – a vault (you will be privy to confidential information)
Flexibility – doesn't get frustrated by priorities changing; open to feedback, adjusts to different working styles; embraces new ways of working in a hybrid environment
Self-motivated – a "can-do" attitude with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to take on an increasing level of responsibilities
Passion – hone your “superpower” and bring your true authentic self to work

Responsibilities

Being a proactive thought partner and managing your MDP’s time in a fast-paced, high volume, and ever-changing client service environment
Owns and drives calendar/complex meeting scheduling
Coordinating end-to-end travel needs, including booking all travel and hotels, directions, commuting time and ground transportation
Processing timesheets and expenses on a timely basis
Supporting administrative aspects of MDP internal commitments: practice area activities, BCG leadership committees, recruiting, etc.
Building effective working relationships with key stakeholders (this will be crucial to your success!)
MDPs – Understands priorities and exercises sound judgment to make appropriate trade-off
Clients and their Assistants – facilitate the scheduling process and relevant communications with friendly professionalism and high attention to detail; build client relationships
EA and AA peers – lead case team logistics and work together to support other Partners, Principals and BST leaders on the case team; provide back-up support to other assistant team members
BST peers and internal resources – obtain and share information with wider team as needed; help case team navigate internal resources
Proactively leaning in to support high leverage activities for MDPs (this will vary by need)
Assisting with account planning and client relationship management
Conducting research and gathering information
Assisting with the creation and preparation of client team materials – slides, proposals, onboarding decks, including proofreading and copying/binding
Additional items that you (or the MDPs) feel may be helpful – be creative and think outside the box
Acting as a thought partner and trusted advisor to MDPs, their teams and others at BCG
Keeping them informed of critical information they may not be aware of
Guiding them toward making right decisions about use of time
Taking initiative to bring "from the back burner to the front burner" for MDPs
Performing other duties as assigned or required, including some personal support; responsibilities will vary

Benefits

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role is $83,000 -$93,000.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a discretionary bonus of up to 12% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
Paid sick time on an as needed basis
Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.