Senior Analyst, Knowledge Practice/Analytics, Multiple openings

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Contact: AnalyticsGroupRecruiting@bcg.com

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ABOUT BCG ADVANCED AND CUSTOMER ANALYTICS TEAM:
BCG's Advanced and Customer Analytics team delivers powerful analytics-based insights, methods, and visualizations designed to help our clients tackle their most pressing business problems. We partner with BCG case teams and practices across the full analytics value-chain: framing new business challenges, building fact-bases, designing innovative analytics workflows, training colleagues on new methods, and interpreting findings. The Advanced and Customer Analytics team is a global resource, working with clients in every BCG region and in every industry area.

Customer and Advanced Analytics team is a core member of a rapidly growing constellation of analytics-focused teams at BCG - collectively, this Analytics Group shares a cross-industry, global, collaborative problem solving approach and a commitment to driving value for BCG clients through the lens of world-class data science.

POSITION SUMMARY
We are seeking a strong candidate with experience to fill an exciting Senior Analyst position within BCG's Advanced and Customer Analytics team. The role provides an opportunity to leverage advanced analytics methodologies to deliver value to BCG's clients in collaboration with case teams and Practice Areas (PAs).

The Senior Analyst will collaborate directly with local and international case teams, focusing on the analytics components of client deliverables including large data analysis, predictive analytics, data mining and other advanced analysis processes. The Senior

Analyst will also supervise the analytics platforms and data sets, lead development of analytics tools and processes, and develop and lead trainings.

Because the field of Analytics is rapidly evolving, the Senior Analyst is responsible for staying current on leading-edge tools and approaches, proactively working with the team lead for Advanced and Customer Analytics to build an offering that delivers competitive advantage to BCG.

KNOWLEDGE TEAM (KT) ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
(all should apply; there may be additional activities)

Provides support for client work

• Provides analytical services ranging from specialty tasks (e.g. ETL, data management, script design) to full analytics modules (e.g. customer segmentation or sales territory optimization)
• Sometimes as full case team member (typically at partial capacity); joins client meetings as credible expert; takes positions and draws conclusions on a range of external and internal issues
• Draws conclusions and synthesizes results across multiple work streams, and communicates these effectively
• Functions as sparring partner for Principals and Project Leaders (e.g. what are the right analyses, where to take the work)
• Takes initiative to ensure proposal or client teams put their best foot forward; connects people and suggest most appropriate products, tools, and analytics
• Assists others in navigating the knowledge network by connecting them with materials and people
• Provides guidance to other KT and Consulting staff on complex research requests and topic-related issues; puts requests into context, provides richness of expertise

• Helps manage agenda for topics at PA events
• Presents at team meetings and other internal events
• Identifies and fills gaps in commercially-relevant topic knowledge
• Establishes and promotes an internal topic network
• Tracks and shares trends (client needs/practices, competitor activities, academics and practitioner best practice) as needed to maintain and refresh commercially relevant topic expertise
• Helps build capacity by coaching and training more junior KT staff and junior consulting staff on practices, analytic techniques and topic knowledge
• Participates in the recruiting/hiring process for KT PA members as needed

Supports the local office (e.g., provides training in analytics content and proprietary tools)

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• 4+ years of relevant work experience producing advanced business analyses in industry, academia, or government using industry-standard business analytics tools and data
• Undergraduate degree in a field linked to statistics, applied mathematics, computer science and engineering, or related field (or equivalent expertise based on a significant record of directly-relevant analytics experience within a business environment)
• Demonstrated analytical expertise, including the ability to synthesize complex data, effectively manage complex analyses, technical understanding of system capabilities and constraints
• Demonstrated expertise to orchestrate analytical insights and facilitate business change

• Autonomous, self starter with a passion for analytics and statistical problem solving
• Practical, tenacious approach to problem solving
• Strong foundation in core analytics methods, tools, and data sets (e.g. SAS, SPSS, R, Oracle BI, ...)
• Programming or scripting experience (e.g. Python, C#, VBA, ...)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (fluency in English is required)
• Leadership and management experience (a must)

• Must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, serviceoriented environment
• Experience working successfully within a complex matrix structured organization is essential
• It is necessary to have the ability to understand and manage complex reporting relationships and incorporate multiple labor laws and cultures

Interviews will take place after resumes have been screened for minimum requirements.

If selected, a transfer date will be negotiated with your line manager.

Please note that this position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and that the job scope and responsibilities are subject to change.

BCG is an Equal Opportunity Employer