Who We Are
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.
What You'll Do
The Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Practice Area is one of BCG's industry practice areas, globally serving cutting-edge clients in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications space. We are seeking a strong intern candidate to support the Global TMT team in two capacities: supporting the TMT Finance function, a group that helps track & shape our firm's direction and performance, and TMT People function, a group that helps engage and manage the firm's talented workforce, fostering a dynamic environment that drives innovation and growth.
Finance Function
- Assist with financial reporting and analysis, including data gathering, trend analysis, and performance metrics.
- Help prepare presentations and reports for senior management.
- Support budgeting and forecasting processes by compiling and analyzing financial data.
- Handle ad hoc analysis requests
People Function
- Help manage People related databases and track key metrics related to workforce configuration, performance and retention.
- Collaborate on projects aimed at improving workplace culture and enhancing employee satisfaction.
- Assist in organizing internal events & preparing communications
YOU'RE GOOD AT
- Analytics
- Interest in and aptitude for analysis; demonstrating expert mastery of the full suite of PA related, technical and quantitative skills/tools
- Structuring and interpreting data using Excel, drawing conclusions for leadership based on your own analysis and capturing your recommendations on easy-to-understand output materials (e.g. presentations)
- Project Management / Operations
- Driving complex, ambiguous projects or processes that routinely require independent judgment, creativity, trade-offs or prioritization
- Seeking out new ways to add operational value
- An excellent communicator
- You're able to combine complex ideas and communicate them in clearly understandable ways - both written and verbal - to stakeholders - peers and seniors - across the PA
What You'll Bring
You are a smart, analytical and highly driven candidate who is very hungry to grow and learn. You are willing to tackle a range of analytical and operational elements - whether deriving performance or people insights or supporting a global meeting - across our dynamic and diverse PA. You are excited by early exposure to the most senior stakeholders and our cutting-edge content, as well as the platform this role offers both for immediate growth and longer-term impact in the immediate team and adjacent TMT roles.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- Strong analytical skills (e.g. for business and people analysis tasks) and a structured way of thinking and communicating
- Advanced knowledge MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Exceptional organizational, planning and project management skills; strong at conceptualization, follow-through, with a very high degree of ownership and accountability
- Very strong written and verbal communication skills
- A positive, high-energy, can-do attitude and friendly communication style
- Demonstrated independence and autonomy in internal/external interactions
- Ability to coordinate day-to-day work; apply working knowledge of primary function
- Professional, service-oriented, proactive and flexible attitude
- Ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a matrix organization
Who You'll Work With
You will drive this agenda working as part of the TMT PA Management Team and directly supporting the Practice Area's Leadership, including our Global PAL and Global PA Executive Director. These activities will be done in close collaboration with the Global Director and other PA team members.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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