Research Analyst

2 months ago


Xuhui Qu, China Boston Consulting Group Full time

Who We Are

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world's best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible-and unlocking your potential to advance the world. Knowledge@BCG consists of the Knowledge Team (KT), Data & Research Services (DRS) and Knowledge & Collaboration Solution (KCS). KT is a group of experts within respective fields or areas providing industry, functional and geographic expertise to consulting teams. KT members are aligned to Practice Areas, sometimes serving as members of case or project teams. KT offers insight into a topic or function derived from BCG's knowledge base and case/project experience. The members of our DRS team work alongside consulting team colleagues to bring advanced research capabilities to support projects and clients. KCS team is a cross-functional team equipping BCGers with internal and external knowledge resources and digital collaboration tools, enabling them to work smarter and with increased productivity

What You'll Do

As a Research Analyst within BCG's Data & Researcher Services team, you would provide secondary research in support of proposals, client cases, and business or IP development initiatives, with specialization in one or more related topics. You will be responsible for delivering on variety of requests through the day. The environment is fast paced and may need you to connect with the customers from the consulting and knowledge teams to refine/understand the scope, devise an appropriate approach; package and deliver to the satisfaction of the customer. There is 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.[put a brief description of the PA / industry specific paragraph here if needed]

 

YOU'RE GOOD AT

 

 
  • Developing topic knowledge and industry expertise

  • You will manage various research requests with a high-level accuracy and organization, primarily on a key industry or topic you have a strong interest in

  • You will be required to understand request objectives focussed on industry/topic name and proactively suggest most appropriate and efficient research approach to senior DRS team members and customers, as appropriate

  • You will evaluate our source quality and data accuracy, and proactively help to identify and raise research-related issues

  • Customer and team orientation

  • You will engage in thought partnership with consulting teams and knowledge teams to understand, scope and deliver accurate, timely and relevant data and information

  • You will be coaching Research Associates and outsourcing partners, as well as delivering data quality analysis with them

  • Utilization and development of tools and technology

  • Along with collecting, summarizing and synthesizing relevant data and information into appropriate, concise, timely and highly effective output, you are proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint

  • With guidance, you will develop tools, resources and trainings within specific topic, you will be contributing to knowledge capture and documentation

  • Using your strong analytical thinking, you will provide advanced synthesis, and develop deep expertise in specialized research tools, databases and sources

  • Working flexibly in in a fast-paced environment

  • In addition to being intellectually curious and being able to work in a fast-paced, deadline focused environment, you can identify practical, timely and innovative

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What You'll Bring

  • 2-4+ years relevant working experience, with some specialization in target topics
  • Bachelor's degree with strong preference to analytic programs (e.g. economics, engineering, sciences)
  • Excellent English; other languages requested in certain locations
  • Can include local office working hours, language and database preferences as well as interest in specific topic if required


Who You'll Work With

Our data analytics and artifical intelligence professionals mix deep domain expertise with advanced analytical methods and techniques to develop innovative solutions that help our clients tackle their most pressing issues. We design algorithms and build complex models out of large amounts of data.

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