BCG - Boston Consulting Group
Expert Associate Director - Sustainable Finance
Location:
Melbourne, Sydney
Geography:
Asia Pacific
Capabilities:
Sustainability
Industries:
Financial institutions, Private equity and principal investment, Social sector
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.
What You'll Do
BCG is the partner of choice for sustainability transformations (including cutting emissions, moving to renewables, and achieving net-zero). We engage with leading companies to help them achieve their climate and sustainability ambitions and support their transformation. We partner with government multi-laterals for climate transformation projects across sectors to realise industry-wide positive impact.
Social impact is at the core of our firm's identity and climate ambitions. As we engage with clients, our goal is to analyse their core business models, capabilities, and operations, then help create economic and environmental impact that advances their social impact goals and creates value. If a client project has the potential for significant climate and social impact, we co-invest our own resources to help them reach their goals. Internally, BCG has pledged $400M to reach our target of net-zero by 2030. BCG is a certified Carbon®Neutral company and is among the top 2% of companies to receive a 2021 CDP Climate Disclosure A-List rating.
We want people to join us as we continue to build an outstanding global Climate & Sustainability practice, and we are significantly growing our team of dedicated climate and sustainability experts. As a member of our Climate & Sustainability practice, you will work at a truly global scale. Our team has partnered with leading economies, as well as major global and new companies to help them set their future climate-action direction. We operate in an ecosystem of significant influence. We were the exclusive consulting partner for COP26 and partnered with global organisations such as the World Economic Forum. We are a founding member of the First Movers Coalition, where we help drive demand for emerging clean technologies and build the green supply chains of the future.
Currently, our Climate & Sustainability practice includes more than 100 senior leaders in Asia Pacific alone. Their projects address the full gamut of climate and sustainability topics, from decarbonisation and sustainable supply chains to green finance and adaptation & resilience. They are deeply embedded at the top leadership levels of large organisations involved in industrial goods, energy, finance, technology media & telecommunications and the public sector, as well as consumer and health care. As Asia-Pacific grows in global significance, our goal is to grow our Climate & Sustainability practice and significantly ramp-up our climate and sustainability work in the region.
As an Expert Associate Director, you will apply your deep expertise to generate value for our clients while building and contributing to BCG’s intellectual capital. Your role in projects can vary from team management to team advisor. You will use your expertise to add insight and drive clients toward recommendations, and you will be viewed as a trusted advisor by senior clients. You will help scope and structure work, onboard team members, and provide guidance throughout projects. Expert Associate Directors contribute significantly to BCG’s intellectual capital, generate interest and excitement about their expertise area, and coach and mentor others. You will collaborate on challenging projects with team members from many backgrounds, advising clients on Sustainable Finance related topics, particularly:
- The effective integration of ESG considerations into corporate strategy and planning, investment and portfolio strategy, and due diligence.
- ESG and net-zero strategy and implementation in financial institutions including private equity, banks, insurers, funds/asset/investment management.
- Financing of climate and sustainability-related projects, particularly in the energy sector and hard-to-abate industries.
This role will provide you with the opportunity for fast-tracked professional development through access to BCG’s global network of experts and intellectual property, best practice learning and development, and some of the world’s leading organisations as clients.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Playing a leading role in the growth of Sustainable Finance work at BCG through case execution, business development, intellectual property creation and internal capability building
- Identifying, winning and supporting delivery of Sustainable Finance related projects/ programs with private, public and not-for-profit sector clients. The focus will be on Australia and New Zealand, with the potential to support client teams in Asia Pacific and other regions
- Establishing and maintaining senior client relationships
- Being a visible part of BCG’s Climate and Sustainability Seat at the Table agenda through activities such as thought leadership and networking events
- Contributing to BCG's Climate and Sustainability strategy
- Continuously developing BCG's knowledge, capabilities and intellectual property
- Building internal affiliation and capability on Sustainable Finance specifically and Climate and Sustainability generally
- Building connections to regional and global Sustainable Finance experts
Our Expert Consulting Track (ECT)
The Expert Consulting Track (ECT) is vital to BCG’s ability to successfully meet our clients’ demand for deep expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Experts deliver next-level impact for BCG's most complex and cutting-edge client challenges. Experts focus on developing BCG's thought leadership, commercial capabilities, and intellectual property assets; and their work is essential to our delivery model. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to bring the ‘best of BCG’ to our clients, Experts come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise often gained outside of BCG in industry, academia, or specialized consulting.
What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
- At least 10-15 years of relevant consulting and/or industry experience in Sustainable Finance
- A track record of driving and delivering high-value work and impact
- Ability to develop leading edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and long-term business strategies that maximise financial and non-financial value
- Ability to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm
- Strong people skills including building empathy, strong relationships, and trust
- Experience leading and managing teams, providing "thought leadership"
- Proven ability to build and maintain senior executive relationships, influencing senior executives' agendas and supporting critical strategic decisions
- Relevant tertiary qualifications from a top tier institution(s)
LOCATION
You must be based in one of our offices in Australia or New Zealand: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, and Auckland. The specific location is flexible, although the majority of Climate & Sustainability team members are located in Sydney or Melbourne.
Diversity of thought, background, and experience is a core part of our BCG values and is key to delivering value to clients.
We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, connected, and empowered to be themselves and contribute to their fullest potential. Applications are encouraged from people of all backgrounds, including people of Aboriginal, Torres straight island, Māori or Pacific Island origin, individuals with a disability, those from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ individuals, women, and gender diverse individuals.
BCG’s efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion are recognised locally and globally: BCG Australia and New Zealand hold a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation and are awarded the Australian Workplace Equality Index Silver award for LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
We want to make sure everyone experiences a positive, barrier-free recruiting process. Please reach out to Lara Kostakidis-Lianos @ recruitmentinANZ@bcg.com at any stage if you require additional support or adjustments to assist you with your experience, including support in submitting your application, providing identity documents, attending a job interview. This includes any specific support for transgender and gender-diverse individuals.
Date Posted:
01-Mar-2022
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