Executive Assistant

About the Role

You are essential to our office, essential to our success. In this role, you’re the backbone of the function. You ensure that the Managing Director & Partners (MDPs) you support have what they need to seamlessly serve our clients and meet their internal commitments and goals. You anticipate the needs of your customers, look ahead, and prevent problems from arising. This position involves keeping up with the fast pace of our Consulting team by managing case team logistics, managing complex schedules (including internal and external meetings), end-to-end ownership of travel planning, and keeping track of time and expenses.

This role starts with a 60-day in-office onboarding period designed to build strong foundations and accelerate learning. After the first 60 days, we operate in a hybrid model. At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person work is essential to our culture, mentorship, and professional development. That's why we operate in a hybrid model, with the expectation that team members are in the office 3 to 5 days per week. This role is designed for those who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment and is not intended for fully remote or virtual work.

While in the office, you will be surrounded by a community of intelligent, highly motivated, and service-minded people. EAs help shape our culture by actively participating in office life and collaborate across functions to help fellow Business Services Team (BST) members. Our philosophy is to grow by growing others, and you will serve as role models to more junior members of the Admin team. We work hard together, and we go out of our way to support each other – we want everyone to be successful, individually and as a team. We foster a supportive environment that propels your growth in the areas that inspire you. We provide real-time feedback, nurture curiosity, empower decision-making, and allow room to learn from mistakes.

The Executive Assistant role offers numerous growth opportunities across a variety of areas including event planning, affiliation engagement, case team logistics management, client relationship building, and maximize how the MDP and Partner allocates their time and energy. Your career at BCG will be at the intersection of your skills and desires and the needs of our business; it will only be limited by your investment.

Responsibilities

• Owns and drives calendar/complex meeting scheduling.
• Coordinating end-to-end travel needs, including booking all travel and hotels, directions, commuting time and ground transportation.
• Processing timesheets and expenses on a timely basis.
• Supporting administrative aspects of MDP internal commitments: practice area activities, BCG leadership committees, recruiting, etc.
• Building effective working relationships with key stakeholders:
  • MDPs – Understands priorities and exercises sound judgment to make appropriate trade-offs.
  • Clients and their Assistants – facilitate the scheduling process and relevant communications with friendly professionalism and high attention to detail; build client relationships.
  • EA and AA peers – lead case team logistics and work together to support other Partners, Principals and BST leaders on the case team; provide back-up support to other assistant team members.
  • BST peers and internal resources – obtain and share information with wider team as needed; help case team navigate internal resources.
• Proactively leaning in to support high leverage activities for MDPs (this will vary by need):
  • Assisting with account planning and client relationship management.
  • Conducting research and gathering information.
  • Assisting with the creation and preparation of client team materials – slides, proposals, onboarding decks, including proofreading and copying/binding.
  • Additional items that you (or the MDPs) feel may be useful – be creative and think outside the box.
• Acting as a thought partner and trusted advisor to MDPs, their teams and others at BCG.
• Keeping them informed of critical information they may not be aware of.
• Guiding them toward making right decisions about use of time.
• Taking initiative to bring things "from the back burner to the front burner" for MDPs.
• Performing other duties as assigned or required, including some personal support; responsibilities will vary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership and/or customer service experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a fast-paced environment (extremely fast paced!), supporting senior executives, strongly preferred.

Required Behaviors & Mindset

• High customer service orientation – highly responsive, strong interpersonal and communication skills, wants to deliver great results at all times; obsessed with acts of service.
• Strong intellectual curiosity – a hunger and desire to always be learning, experiencing, and growing.
• Insightful – drives the business forward by connecting the dots.
• Organized – excellent at time and project management, has clear systems and composure to deal with multiple tasks at once and ensures everything gets done in a timely manner.
• Sweats the small stuff – strong attention to detail and accuracy, particularly when under pressure.
• Relationship-oriented – ability to develop effective working relationships with the Consulting Team, clients, and the wider Business Services Team (BST) to help build trust, open doors, and create opportunity.
• Team player – proactively seeks opportunities to help others; will go above and beyond in order to get the job done.
• Dedicated to our values – open and inclusive to all members of the team and support them as equals.
• Committed to improving the status quo – we respect and hire people who are willing to ask questions or make suggestions, even if it is turned down.
• Good judgment – highly professional and diplomatic (dealing with consultants who can be very demanding at times can be a challenge, but a challenge you're up for), knows when to ask for help or advice, is perceptive and practical.
• Trustworthy – a vault (you will be privy to confidential information).
• Flexibility – doesn't get frustrated by priorities changing; open to feedback, adjusts to different working styles; embraces new ways of working in a hybrid environment.
• Self-motivated – a "can-do" demeanor with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to take on an increasing level of responsibilities.
• Passion – hone your “superpower” and bring your true authentic self to work.

Who You'll Work With

You'll be working within a motivated, close-knit team of ~50 (and growing!). You will report to the Administrative Services Manager. The team is very collaborative and enjoys continuous learning and mentoring each other. Your manager will be a great resource for support and coaching and will provide developmental guidance and support as you grow your career at BCG.

Compensation & Benefits

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package. The base salary range for this role is $71,000 - $79,667. This is an estimated range and specific base salaries within the range depend on factors such as office location, 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 discretionary bonus of up to 12% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.

At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees – and their eligible family members. That's zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks.

• 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.

Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

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