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Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
What You'll Do
BCG is seeking a risk professional to join the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team as a Global (Enterprise) Risk Management Senior Analyst. In this role, you will support BCG’s ERM program with a primary focus on governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement. You will help strengthen governance, coordinate ERM workstreams, develop executive ready materials and reporting, and enable consistent risk reporting and communications that promote a risk-aware culture across BCG.
Key Responsibilities
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Support ERM Governance – help maintain and evolve the ERM governance model including how we identify and report on enterprise risks to senior leadership, the ERM operating rhythm aligned with firm strategy and frameworks, while managing key stakeholder relationships across the business.
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ERM “Chief of Staff” – Manage the ERM calendar, priorities, vendors, and cross-workstream coordination to drive outcomes. Maintain charters, policies, and standards. Serve as ERM representative in the Global Risk Stakeholder Engagement Working Group, managing the risk functional calendar and coordinating key communications across functions.
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Executive and Committee Reporting – Develop decision-ready materials for ARC, Board, and senior leadership. Tailor our risk insights to specific senior stakeholders to ensure our risk reporting supports decision making and risk mitigation across BCG.
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Reporting Management and Quality Control – Standardize templates, consolidate inputs from multiple stakeholders, and ensure outputs are accurate, consistent and deadline-ready.
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Enable Risk Governance Forums – Support ERM governance forums and committees (e.g., Risk Pulse) by preparing agendas/ materials, capturing minutes, and actions and drive follow-ups.
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Strengthen Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Partner with stakeholders across the Global Risk team and BCG’s practice areas, regions, and functions to strengthen risk awareness and adoption of ERM processes. Initiate knowledge sessions (e.g. for OneRisk) and coordinate key communications with internal and external speakers.
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Advance Reporting & Analytics – Enhance dashboards, KRIs, and reporting automation in partnership with the ERM Risk Intelligence Pillar and BCG’s data and analytics teams
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Continuously Improve Processes – Identify and implement opportunities to improve reporting clarity and quality, process efficiency, enhance scalability, and impact of ERM function.
What You’re Good At
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Structuring complex information and creating crisp, executive-ready narratives
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Managing multi-stakeholder projects with strong organization, attention to detail and reliable execution
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Building trust and influencing outcomes through collaboration and clear communication across senior and global teams
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Translating strategy and risk appetite into practical governance and reporting
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Translating vision into action with a bias toward execution and outcomes
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Navigating ambiguity and adapting in a dynamic environment, working effectively amongst competing priorities
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Cultivating trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders, cross-functional partners, and team members
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Comfort with abstract concepts and ability to understand various non-financial risks and their impacts
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Managing deadlines, anticipating issues, and driving follow-through
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Communicating with clarity, diplomacy, and sound judgment
What You'll Bring
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4-7 years of experience in risk management, governance, strategy/operations, consulting, audit, or PMO ideally in a global matrix environment (professional services preferred)
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Experience supporting board/committee reporting and senior stakeholder engagement
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Familiarity with ERM frameworks (e.g., COSO ERM, ISO 31000), KRIs, and governance processes
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Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills; experience with data visualization (Power BI/Tableau) and collaboration tools (Miro, Trello, Slack)
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to craft decision-ready materials
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Comfort with KPI design, reporting, and process improvement
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Bachelor’s degree required (in business, risk, economics, or related field); advanced degree or certifications (e.g., RIMS-CRMP, ARM, PMP) are a plus
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Ability to work across time zones; occasional travel may be required
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
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Fluent English and high professional integrity
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.
