Manager - BCG Vantage, Financial Institutions - Wealth Management

Locations : New York | Chicago

Who We Are

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What You'll Do

As a Manager within BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path within BCG's Financial Institutions Practice Area, you will collaborate and partner in a growing global team, providing US wealth management industry expertise and insights to Asset & Wealth Management clients. You will work together with case and proposal teams to develop and provide expert advisory backed up by comprehensive analyses. You’ll serve as a thought partner and content expert to case teams and topic/sector leaders, helping structure and solve complex business issues. While contributing to client cases, occasional travel to serve clients onsite during staffing assignments is expected. 

Additionally, as a Manager within BCG Vantage you will drive development of intellectual property and knowledge assets to support the wealth management business, serving as an active contributor to commercialization efforts for the Asset & Wealth Management sector within the Financial Institutions Practice Area, whilst working with business leaders to drive proposals & go-to-market efforts. As a Manager within BCG Vantage, you may line manage junior colleagues, taking responsibility for their goal setting, ongoing feedback and career development support. 

BCG’s Financial Institutions Practice Area helps clients navigate a rapidly evolving business landscape. We support clients in adapting to market evolutions, dynamic client expectations, digital disruption, and regulatory shifts. Within the Asset & Wealth Management sector specifically, we help firms develop differentiated value propositions, accelerate growth, optimize cost structures and enhance client engagement, connecting strategy and technology to transform how organisations work and build lasting competitive advantage in an increasingly complex market. 

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Recognized as a wealth management subject matter expert and thought partner, excelling at solving complex business problems through relevant analytical approaches and customized solutions in the US wealth management industry. 
• Inserting yourself into the business and establishing credibility by taking positions/drawing conclusions on a range of challenges 
• Communicating with senior stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to engage your audience effectively with evidence-based insights that turn complex content into clear, compelling narratives
• Managing a portfolio of projects, with strong awareness of business priorities and commercial impact 
• Driving development and maintenance of knowledge assets e.g. tools, topic materials, based on different client contexts 
• Training, coaching, and mentoring junior team members 
• Working in an ever changing and complex environment, and comfortable with ambiguity and navigating a fast-paced environment 

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years as management consultant with a focus on the U.S. wealth management industry required; candidates who served as in-house strategy consultant embedded within a wealth management firm preferred 
• In lieu of consulting experience, 4+ years of experience at wealth management firm required; candidates with direct exposure to corporate/business strategy functions strongly preferred with 6-10+ years of industry experience viewed as a differentiator 
• Familiarity with the asset/investment management industry beneficial
• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred) 
• Strong business acumen, superior analytical & problem-solving skills, and conceptual framing capabilities 
• Exceptional PowerPoint & Excel skills; fluency in English
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholders while working in a global collaborative team environment 

Who You'll Work With

As a Manager – BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path, 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 of 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 assets

Topic 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 clients

Research (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. 

*** For US locations only *** 

In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach. 

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below. 

• The base salary range for this role in New York is $ 136,600 - $ 142,500
  
  

This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.

In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.

All of our plans provide best in class coverage:

• All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
• Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
• Paid sick time on an as needed basis

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.


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