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What You'll Do
As an Analyst – BCG Vantage within BCG's Transactions & Integrations (T&I) 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 Partnerships such as Joint Ventures & Alliances as well as
M&A, business integrations and separations.
Additionally, you will support your topic in developing existing & new intellectual property and knowledge assets. You will work on commercialization efforts for the topic/sector, with business leaders, supporting marketing efforts, conferences and publications. As an Analyst – BCG Vantage you will assist with on-boarding, training and guiding junior colleagues and share best practices within the team.
The Transactions & Integrations business is one of BCG’s largest topics and fastest growing practices. With more than 300 M&A, transactions, JV&A, carve-out 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 value of more than $5 trillion.
Our practice supports businesses with end-to-end transaction processes, 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 and carve outs. We support our clients to create value from transactions, from beginning to the end. T&I 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 complex client problems through relevant analytical approaches and customized solutions in your area of expertise (esp. Joint Ventures & Alliances, M&A, Integrations/PMI, Business Separations/Carve-outs, or similar topics)
Understanding of the buy-side and sell-side M&A and JV processes, including key steps, timelines, documents etc.
Applying Transaction and Corporate Finance expertise when contributing to projects, product/tool development and deployment, taking different client contexts into account
Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working
Communicating with senior stakeholders, being credible and proactive
Framing, structuring, and sharing intellectual property, with the ability to write clearly and concisely
Working creatively and analytically in a time-limited, problem-solving environment and derive insights and answers to client questions
Flexibility and bring a curious and creative mindset, open for new things and able to propose innovative ideas
Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity
Interacting with internal and external stakeholders while working in a global collaborative team environment
What You'll Bring
Bachelor’s or master’s degree relevant to Joint Ventures/ Alliances/ Partnerships, PMI and Carve-outs or broader M&A/Transactions
Minimum 1+ year consulting experience or 2+ years of relevant industry work experience in Joint Ventures & Alliances, Integrations/PMI, Separations/Carve-outs, Transactions/M&A, Corporate Finance, Deal Advisory, and/or similar topics required
Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment
Advanced knowledge and experience of working with Excel (business and financial modeling) and proficiency with financial and company databases are beneficial, experience with project management tools are beneficial
Fluency in English
Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities
Will not require employer sponsorship to work legally in the United States of America
Who You'll Work With
As an Analyst – BCG Vantage you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.
BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.
With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise.
Additional info
BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.
With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise.
BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.
Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assetsTopic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clientsResearch (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project’s needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade dataTotal compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, contributions to BCG’s Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF), and a market leading benefits package described below.
We expect total annualized compensation for Chicago employees to be approximately the following:
Base salary between $79,000 - $84,333; placement within this range will vary based on experience and skill level
Annual discretionary performance bonus between 0-16%
5% Profit Sharing Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution, increasing to 10% after two years of service. Contributions are vested immediately and there is no waiting period
First year annualized target total compensation: $89,586 - $95,634
At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees – and their eligible family members.**That’s zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
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.
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