Research Associate - Financial Institutions

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Your role

Ensuring consistent high-quality research outputs

• You will ensure complete and error-free delivery of research requests
• Gain expertise in leveraging a wide range of research resources, information portals, and approaches in delivering research outputs
• Demonstrate your ability to synthesize (draw insight/conclusion) and package research output that directly addresses the problem in a clear and structured way
• Opportunistically contribute to BCG publications and KN materials; in partnership with RAs/SRAs

Developing and demonstrating ‘client-responsiveness

• Develop capabilities to understand and anticipate case team research needs (understanding case-team asks, client contexts, etc. to tailor research accordingly). Continuously engage with RAs and SRAs to discuss the same
• Demonstrate speed-to-output and client-orientation in delivery (improving on effectiveness in research completion)
• Strong ownership and ability to manage (ability to identify priority) multiple requests at the same time
• Focus on customer satisfaction as the primary goal

Training & development

• You will be coaching Research Associates and outsourcing partners, as well as delivering data quality analysis with them.
• With guidance, you will develop tools, resources, and training within Public Sector topics, you will be contributing to knowledge capture and documentation.

Benefits

(Source: Ambition Box). BCG offers a comprehensive benefits program, including:

• Medical,
• Dental, and vision coverage,
• Telemedicine services,
• Life, accident, and disability insurance,
• Parental leave and family planning benefits,
• Caregiving resources,

To learn more about the benefits provided by BCG, click here.

Career progression 

BCG's knowledge and research specialists collaborate with global colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of their clients. There is an opportunity for you to grow and learn in an apprenticeship culture where you can quickly build and expand your research knowledge base to the next level.

Work-life balance

Being a global firm, you may work with people from different cultures and time zones, or you may need more latitude to be your curious and creative best. The reason why BCG offers three other flexible work options, along with ongoing support to set you up for success;

• Flex Time
• Flex Leave
• Flex Paths

Culture & vibe

Diversity and inclusion are crucial for the progress and success of a global business—and the two go hand in hand as a significant part of BCG’s culture. A workforce with diverse backgrounds and perspectives opens the door to innovative solutions. Still, employees also need to feel welcome and supported to share their unique experiences, voice disagreement, and offer new ideas.

About you

You Bring (Experience & Qualifications):

• 0-1 year of relevant working experience in the ‘Financial Services’ sector OR in topics including Retail banking, corporate banking, Digital and payments (Transactional Banking), Asset and wealth Management, and Digital FI (FinTech).
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proficiency in English; verbal and written.
• Ability to work with a wide array of platforms including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; to be able to provide insights in the most user-friendly format.
• The candidate should be willing to travel as per the business needs.

How to apply

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The basic recruitment process at BCG includes:

• Online test
• Group Discussion Round.
• Skills-based interview.
• Problem-solving 
• HR Round