Senior Analyst - BCG Vantage, Corporate Finance & Strategy

Boston Consulting Group•Dallas, TX

7d•$124,800 - $129,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Analyst (SA) 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.

Requirements

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.
Familiarity with financial and non-financial benchmarking analyses, including analyses regarding profitability, capital structure, liquidity, and cash flow performance.
Deep end to end expertise in at least 2 finance process towers such as Record to Report, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Financial Planning & Analysis, Cash & Banking / Treasury, Payroll, Fixed Assets, etc.
Excellent communication skills.
High-quality analytical skills.
Ability to deliver client ready analyses and insights.
Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience 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.

Responsibilities

Deliver 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.
Define the role of the finance organization, transform 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.
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.
Collaborate with topic teams to develop and maintain new knowledge materials related to CFOx topic based on emerging trends and gaps identified by consulting teams.
Build tools, analyses and insights to drive new ways of thinking and problem-solving.
Bring in core domain expertise to client engagements as a topic champion along with core consulting teams.
Own and drive successful completion of a module in client projects.
Provide insight generation expertise during team discussions to frame and structure client issues.
Provide problem solving and solutioning to drive improvements across client organization.
Enhance client deliverables by conducting high-quality analyses and applying business judgement.
Suggest alternative or additional analyses to expand original scope and provide new insight.
Demonstrate good slide-writing and story-lining skills to generate client ready materials.
Be concise, synthesized and confident during discussions with project teams, running workshops with client teams and presenting analysis & findings to clients.
Develop effective relationships with senior project leadership to build strong demand as a topic champion for repeat staffing.
Support proposal development by guiding consulting teams on transformation approach, BCG capabilities, past case credentials and experts.
Build and update new topic-related customized knowledge products.
Control the consistency of knowledge management databases.
Review knowledge products and ensures they are current and relevant and updates when appropriate.
Write abstracts and indexes for projects and practice documents.
Assist in Practice Area intellectual capital development projects (studies, articles and other publications).

Benefits

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
Annual discretionary performance bonus
Retirement contribution (starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years)
Bonus of up to 24%