Fall 2027 Advisory Associate

We Do Consulting Differently. The Associate position is a full-time entry-level consulting staff role for candidates with an expected graduation date between December 2026 and July 2027.

About The Role

From day one, you'll work alongside experienced consultants and senior executives to help organizations solve complex strategic, operational, financial, and organizational challenges. As an Associate working in one of our advisory practices, you'll contribute to high-impact engagements that help clients improve performance, accelerate growth, optimize operations, and navigate change in an increasingly dynamic business environment. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver practical, data-driven solutions that create measurable value for clients. Whether supporting strategy, operational transformation, performance improvement, organizational effectiveness, or technology-enabled change, you'll play an important role in helping organizations achieve their most critical business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Conducting market, operational, financial, and organizational analyses to support board and executive decision-making.
• Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Developing board- and executive-ready presentations, reports, dashboards, and other client deliverables.
• Supporting strategic planning, operational improvement, organizational transformation, and business process optimization initiatives.
• Building financial models, business cases, and implementation roadmaps that support client recommendations.
• Performing industry, competitive, and market research to inform strategic decisions.
• Facilitating client workshops, interviews, and working sessions to gather insights and align stakeholders.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop innovative, practical solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

We’re looking for analytical problem-solvers with strong communication skills from diverse academic and professional backgrounds who are eager to take on challenges and thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

• Education: Bachelor's or Master’s degree in economics, mathematics, data science, statistics, finance, accounting, healthcare administration, healthcare informatics, engineering, environmental science or a related field. A GPA of 3.5 or higher is highly desirable.
• Experience: 0-2 years of work experience, including internships.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Excel is required; experience with MS SQL Server, R, Python, Stata, SAS, Tableau, Snowflake, Alteryx, Databricks, or Teradata is highly desirable. The willingness and interest to expand into these capabilities is a must.
• Research: Ability to perform complex research accurately, thoroughly, and efficiently.
• Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to structure ambiguous challenges, analyze data, and develop actionable insights.
• Collaboration & Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly to different audiences.
• Adaptability & Initiative: Thrives in a dynamic work environment, with the ability to take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.

Practice Areas

Associates are hired to support project work aligned to one of BRG’s practice areas, though there may be flexibility to work across multiple practice areas. Candidates can select a preferred practice area as part of the application process.

• Healthcare Advisory: As healthcare organizations navigate increasing reimbursement pressure, workforce challenges, regulatory and enforcement complexity, and rapid technological change, we work alongside executive teams and governing bodies to identify opportunities, implement practical solutions, and deliver measurable, lasting results. Our integrated team combines deep industry expertise across strategy, revenue management, operational excellence, clinical transformation, and technology and AI with the comprehensive capabilities of a global advisory firm and the agility, senior attention, and client service of a boutique consultancy. From strategy through implementation, we help clients solve their most complex challenges, accelerate performance improvement, and build organizations positioned for long-term success.
• Energy & Climate: We are a leading energy consulting team that helps clients across the global energy value chain address complex strategic, commercial, financial, market, regulatory, and dispute-related issues. Our work spans power and utilities, oil and gas, renewables, storage, advanced nuclear, eMobility, hydrogen and low-carbon fuels, carbon management, infrastructure, and the broader energy transition. The team supports energy companies, utilities, independent power producers, investors, developers, technology companies, government agencies, and legal counsel on market strategy, commercial and transaction diligence, project economics, policy and regulatory issues, expert testimony, economic damages analysis, arbitration and litigation, and other high-stakes business challenges.
• Financial Institutions Advisory: We are a trusted advisor to leading financial services companies. Our professionals bring the right mix of functional expertise and include CPAs, CROs, CRCMs, former regulators, FRMs, data scientists, PhDs, and consultants who drive lasting improvements. We work to help clients meet and execute strategies related to risk and regulation, compliance, financial crime, innovations in technology, accounting, cryptocurrency and blockchain, business process outsourcing, the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering, lookbacks, data quality, and evolving customer experience expectations.
• Construction: We specialize in providing our clients with budgetary and payment oversight, project management recommendations, project scheduling generation, and constructability and viability analyses for both upcoming and ongoing construction projects. With our team of engineers with years of field construction experience, we assist our clients in securing the best outcomes for their projects, minimizing their exposure to potential future claims or disputes, and ensuring that their jobs are completed on schedule and within budget. It is recommended that candidates display an understanding of the construction industry and have a prior familiarity with project scheduling interfaces, such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.

Locations

Associates will primarily be hired in locations like Washington DC, Boston, New York, and Chicago. There are also a limited number of opportunities in smaller offices like Tampa and Pittsburgh. Associates are expected to work a minimum of 3 days per week from an office, though we highly encourage new Associates to work from the office as often as possible. Remote roles for practices that require frequent travel to client sites are also available.

Pay

Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000

Candidate must be able to submit verification of legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship now or in the future.