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What You'll Do

As a Senior Analyst within BCG's Social Impact Practice Area (SI PA), you will work in a growing global and entrepreneurial team, with a focus in the Asia region. You will support the growth and delivery of Development Impact sector with BCG case and proposal teams on a range of donors, development finance institutions (DFIs) and foundations operating in the Asia region.

The Development Impact (DI) sector and work we do in Asia focuses on a range of topics primarily Economic Development, Blended & Catalytic Financing, Climate Adaptation and Resilience, Digital and Financial Inclusion, Education and Skilling, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Global Health and Infrastructure. In SI PA, we aim to contribute progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially in emerging markets such as Africa, India and SEA and to delivering Impact at scale. We are committed to making BCG the most positively impactful company in the world.

The role will involve a diverse range of responsibilities and tasks, including:

Delivering and executing on donor-funded International Development projects in the Asia region, with higher focus on the Southeast Asia marketDeveloping, sharing and maintaining functional expertise and insights on emerging topics for case teams, leveraging global experts and repositories; including ideating, developing and managing new and existing core knowledge assets and intellectual propertyUndertaking research and analysis on key topics and providing expert advisory to the case teams in the Asia regionBusiness and proposal coordination, development and support, with guidance by case leadership; including maintaining bid assets, developing capability statements, developing consortium and bid positions, contributing to key technical and non-technical sections on bids and managing the pipeline for work in the region
Being a thought partner and content expert to case teams and topic/sector leaders, helping structure and solve complex issues in the Development Impact sector.

 

BCG has a heritage and a commitment to Social Impact working at the intersection of private, public and social sectors. You can find more about BCG's own sustainability ambition in BCG's latest sustainability report Expanding our Reach, Enhancing our Impact 2022 and on our Social Impact microsite.

What You'll Bring

2+ years of consulting experience in relevant international and economic development, philanthropic, humanitarian sectors or related field required In lieu of consulting experience, 3-5 years in Social Impact industry experience preferredOutstanding interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact with internal and external stakeholders while working in a global collaborative team environmentSpecific knowledge and advanced capability in core Development Impact related topics (e.g. economic development, addressing inclusion, working with aid agencies/donors/philantrophies, impact measurement)Bachelor's Degree required; Advanced degree and certifications preferredFluency in English

Who You'll Work With

As a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage, you will work face to face with clients and with BCG Project Leaders, Associates and Consultants. In the period between cases, you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.

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.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

Operating comfortably in a client-facing role, managing demanding internal and external clients in a time-limited and problem-solving environment
Building strong relationships and demonstrating ability to bring value to teams at all stages of business development and case work; and at times leading business development and proposal work
Managing and communicating with senior internal and external stakeholders and demonstrating the ability to present and engage your audience effectively
Solving client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches in specific areas of expertise; incl. developing structured, clear and engaging stories and materials for clients
Being a self-starter with strong, flexible work ethic with the ability to work autonomously and independently in a global and multicultural team
Working and teaming collaboratively in a group dynamic (often virtual) with proficiency in agile ways of working
Operating effectively in a matrix organization and having the ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity
Quickly adapting to new and innovative ideas, picking up complex concepts and understanding international development trends and issues across a range of topics and sectors
Developing and writing complex approaches and methodologies for International Development bids in a clear and effective manner
Codifying, structuring, contributing and maintaining knowledge and bid assets, tools and intellectual property for the Development Impact topic based on different client context
Solid business acumen and commercial mindset

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