Project Leader/Principal (Financial Institutions)

Location:

Minneapolis

Geography:

North America

Capabilities:

Strategy

Industries:

Financial institutions

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 work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

Practice Area Profile

BCG’s Financial Institutions Practice Area (FIPA) aims to be the consultant of choice for leaders in the financial industry. We seek to achieve that goal by helping clients find their way amid the ever-evolving, ever-shifting competitive landscape. By focusing on the fundamental economics of their businesses and the underlying needs of their customers, we help banks, brokerages, asset managers and other financial- services organizations rethink their strategic assumptions, identify winning business propositions, and seize new opportunities in the expanding digital environment.

What You'll Do

As a Project Leader/Principal, you will be responsible for managing project teams comprised of consultants and associate consultants who design and develop innovative long-term business strategies for client corporations that maximize the return on the investment of shareholders. Project teams at BCG are responsible for advising clients on key strategic business issues, producing leading-edge business models, and addressing specific problems and opportunities.  You will also play a key role in high-level client relationships and act as a content lead for proposals and other business development work.
  •  Develop, manage and maintain client relationships
  • Act as a key topic content lead for proposals or other business development work
  • Direct and supervise research activities to obtain relevant data and define client needs or problems
  • Oversee the formulation of hypotheses for research and investigation and the advanced financial analysis of client, competitor and industry data
  • Execute strategic due diligence, product development studies and the development of change management plans
  • Oversee the analysis of data and the application business principles and industrial organization to the development of feasible recommendations for the profitable growth of client companies
  • Prepare and present oral and written reports of case team findings to client management

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

  • 3+ years post MBA consulting experience, preferably within financial institutions
  • 3-5 years of experience within capital markets, private equity or financial institutions
  • Expertise in key financial institutions industry topics
  • Knowledge of complex principles of financial analysis, business methodology and managerial thought
  • Advanced business degree from a top-tier institution preferred

Date Posted:

12-Sep-2018

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