Senior Knowledge Analyst Permanent

WHAT YOU’LL DO

We are seeking a strong candidate with experience and passion to fill a Senior Knowledge Analyst (SKA) role within the Global Advantage (GA) Practice, focused on the topic of Geopolitics & Trade Impact (GTI).

As SKA within BCG’s Global Advantage Practice, you will work in a growing global team (KT members based in Boston, Singapore and Johannesburg and senior experts based in Montreal, London and Mumbai), providing geopolitics and trade expertise and insights to clients and case teams. You will work together with case and proposal teams to provide knowledge assets, analysis and expert advisory. You will collaborate closely with BCG case teams and senior consulting staff, acting as a thought partner in providing advice and client-credible insight, for proposals, client workshops and commercial campaigns in the domain.

Additionally, as SKA, you will drive development of intellectual property, go to market materials, and publications related to geopolitics and trade topics. You will manage and develop a Knowledge Team to deliver against business priorities and be accountable for the team’s KPIs on billability, work quality, and topic/sector content development.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• Professional experience working on matters related to international trade (e.g., tariffs and Customs matters)
• Chinese language skills; in particular, reading proficiency
• Experience working with trade and economics quantitative data
• A strong presence and a high level of maturity, able to work with senior partners and clients
• A creative and innovative thought partner, with strong problem-solving / analytical / conceptual skills
• Ability to synthesise content across multiple sources and extract insights/ highlight opportunities, package into pitch-ready materials
• An entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude, working independently and in remote settings, willing to go the extra mile to bring value to our clients
• A service-oriented and proactive attitude – with a bias towards action and value creation at the client
• Skills in building trust and rapport with Knowledge Analysts, Lead Knowledge Analysts, and Knowledge Experts
• Ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a globally distributed, matrix organization
• Interest and ability to build and maintain a strong global & virtual network

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• Bachelor’s degree with demonstrated high achievement. Degree in business, economics, public policy, international law, or international relations preferable
• 1-3 years relevant functional experience, ideally in one of the following: international trade legal services; shipping & logistics; a company with substantial focus on export markets or sourcing from foreign markets; public sector / government institution that deals with international trade matters OR 2+ years consulting experience
• Knowledge of all MS Office products required; experience with advanced analytic tools such as Alteryx & Tableau a plus

YOU’LL WORK WITH

As SKA 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 knowledge positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative knowledge careers.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Knowledge Team (KT) is a group of functional and/or industry experts leveraging deep domain knowledge to enable insight for case teams and clients. KT members are affiliated to BCG Practice Areas, plugged into the strategic agenda and building and deploying leading edge IP data tools/assets to deliver insight

BCG’s Knowledge Team members have the opportunity to be staffed on cases and help co-create insights with case teams and clients through expert perspectives on industry trends, delivery of proprietary data or tools in a particular function and complex research and analysis of market information. KT members also support the PA’s business development and proposals and help to organize and codify the knowledge that enables BCG to deliver superior business value for its clients.

The Global Advantage is one of BCG’s core functional practice areas with a unique commercial offering and a long tradition of cutting-edge thought leadership. Being at the crossroads of emerging and mature markets, we work with our clients to unlock unparalleled business opportunities offered by globalization while mastering the challenges of disruption. We help clients not only build sizable international footprints but also maximize their potential in the face of global disruptive forces such as rapidly changing markets, geopolitical environment, rising local competitors as well as shifting customer behavior and preferences. In our daily work, we enable our clients to transform their organization in order to win globally.

GTI enables clients to create advantage out of the uncertainty from a ‘new normal’ where Industry 4.0, labor cost convergence, digitization, and rising economic nationalism are reshaping the foundations of trade. Immediate impacts also loom large: from Brexit, to the US-China trade conflict, to the new USMCA and global supply chain disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

GTI can support firms to build resilience and create advantage as global trade becomes top-of-mind in the C-suite, as well as governments in using trade policy as a vehicle to spur economic development and recovery.