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What You'll Do

As a Research Associate within BCG Vantage's Global Research Organization (GRO) team, you will ensure the delivery of accurate and insights-rich secondary research with a special focus on Climate & Sustainability, while also providing research support on Energy. This role has a strong focus in the Latin America market, where you will contribute to BCG’s client work and knowledge base by supporting proposals, client cases and business or internal development initiatives. 
You will clearly synthesize, package, articulate and deliver your findings in a timely and accurate manner and conduct research on commercial, multi-industry and economic topics. Excellent organizational skills are essential for successfully managing a variety and volume of research requests by accurately summarizing data and facts into appropriate and timely output i.e. email, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.  Along with supporting research products (i.e. news alerts, company profiles etc.), you will also contribute to knowledge capture and documentation.

You're Good At

Ensuring consistent high-quality research outputs

You will support 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 insights/conclusion) and package research outputs that directly address the problem in a clear and structured way.

Engaging with customers

You will thrive learning in a rich, fast paced, deadline driven yet thoughtful environment that is customer focused.Working closely with more senior team members, you will engage with Internal clients daily with the aim to understand, scope and deliver accurate, timely and relevant data.

Thinking analytically

 

You’re an organized thinker who commits to learning research analysis including methods, databases and tools, synthesis & packaging.You have attention to detail by clarifying request objectives under direct supervision and discussing the most appropriate and timely research approach. 

Working well independently and in a collaborative team environment 

Working closely with fellow colleagues, you will approach all interactions with the highest level of quality and customer service. 

Seeking professional development

You will welcome the opportunity to grow and learn in an apprenticeship culture where you can quickly build and expand your research knowledge base to the next level

Communicating with confidence and ease

You will be a gain confidence as a communicator, being able to deliver messages in a concise manner with a positive disposition and you will help build a loyal customer base for GRO

 

What You'll Bring

Ideal candidates are one year away from completing an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering or a related field, with no work experience requiredInterest and/or personal knowledge in topics around renewable energy, energy transition & decarbonization, sustainable finance and data analysis, etc.Excellent English; verbal and written.Ability to work with wide array of platforms including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; to be able to provide insights in most user-friendly format.

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact.  It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.

With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise. BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.

Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)
Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assetsTopic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)
Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clientsResearch (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)
Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project’s needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.

 

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