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What You'll Do

This position is part of the Global Cost Sharing Team. We enable consistent and transparent allocation of costs across the firm, to facilitate better decision-making and financial clarity. We lead the design, execution, and evolution of BCG's global cost sharing model. Working closely with both global and regional stakeholders, we align on methodologies, deliver insight through planning and actuals, and continuously enhance policies, processes, and systems.

You will manage the oversight and continuous improvement of BCG's global cost sharing mechanisms, including allocations and internal local cost sharing (ILCS). This role sits at the center of a complex, global finance landscape - ensuring transparency, consistency, and alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

. Own end-to-end delivery of global cost sharing processes across both planning and actuals

. Lead rate setting and allocation methodologies, working closely with regional and global stakeholders to ensure fairness and alignment

. Drive actuals reporting and variance analysis, translating outputs into clear business insights

. Partner with finance teams across regions, functions, and systems to align assumptions, resolve issues, and improve outcomes

. Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on cost allocation impacts and financial performance

. Maintain and evolve cost sharing policies, ensuring they remain fit-for-purpose and clearly understood

. Oversee and enhance BCG's cost sharing systems and mechanisms, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and control

. Identify and drive automation, simplification, and process improvements across the cost sharing landscape

. Lead communication of policies, updates, and changes to a global audience

What You'll Bring

Finance and technical expertise

. Strong foundation across accounting, FP&A, and management reporting

. Advanced Excel skills with experience handling large, complex datasets and building scalable models

. Experience with financial systems/tools (e.g., SAP, Hyperion, Tableau, Alteryx) is a plus

Analytical capability and attention to detail

. Strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions and generate insights

. High level of accuracy and discipline-you get the basics right before moving to insight

. Willingness to roll up your sleeves-this role includes hands-on, executional work

Communication and influence

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

. Confidence to engage with and influence senior stakeholders

Drive and mindset

. Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership

. Focused on continuous improvement and finding ways to simplify and add value

Experience and education

. 7+ years of relevant finance experience

. Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar (MBA preferred)

Who You'll Work With

You will be part of the Global Capabilities & Projects (GCP) organization, working within a global network of teams that support BCG's strategic, operational, and financial priorities. GCP brings together a diverse group of experts and operators, collaborating across functions and geographies to enable the firm at scale.

In this role, you will partner closely with colleagues across Global Finance, including Accounting, FP&A, Intercompany and Financial Systems, as well as regional and local finance teams across all markets. You will also work with teams responsible for reporting, investments, and core finance operations to ensure alignment on cost sharing outcomes.

Day-to-day, you will collaborate with stakeholders across regions, building strong relationships to align on methodologies, resolve issues, and deliver consistent, high-quality financial outcomes across the firm.

Key individuals for this role will be:

. Global and Regional Finance teams

. GCP Finance and Accounting team

. Global Planning systems team

. Global Intercompany team

. GS Functional Finance teams

Additional info

YOU'RE GOOD AT

Operating in a complex, fast-paced environment

. Managing multiple priorities and stakeholders, flexing quickly as business needs evolve

. Bringing structure and clarity in a matrixed environment with competing demands

. Planning and delivering against tight timelines with a focus on outcomes

Analytical thinking and problem solving

. Breaking down complex issues into structured, actionable components

. Balancing detailed analysis with big-picture thinking

. Applying sound business judgement to drive practical, firm-wide outcomes

Stakeholder management and communication

. Communicating clearly and confidently across a range of audiences

. Building strong relationships across finance and the broader organization

. Influencing decisions and acting as a trusted partner through a consultative approach

Ownership and collaboration

. Taking accountability for end-to-end delivery

. Working effectively across teams and geographies to align and deliver results

. Contributing to a collaborative, solutions-oriented team environment

Work, management, organization and planning:

Work to tight schedules but flex accordingly as business requirements change your priorities.

Strong technical capabilities to manage large and complex datasets with multiple inputs in a matrix environment, whilst providing high level analytics to tell the overarching story.

Able to manage deliverables across multiple stakeholders with potentially conflicting priorities, prioritize transparently, and communicate openly to ensure constructive and positive outcomes.

Problem solving, analytical skills and decision making:

Demonstrate both strong detailed analytics and big picture capabilities in problem solving approaches.

Ability to frame issues in a structured way at a conceptual level and resolve complex issues/problems in a practical way.

Apply strong business skills and business judgement, appreciating competing priorities to drive the right outcomes for the firm.

Communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Demonstrates strong communication skills to discuss compensation: oral, written and active listening.

Build strong networks within and across finance and the wider BCG community.

Ability to engage and influence, establish, and maintain effective working relationships within all levels with a consultative approach to problem solving, acting as SME in providing deep analysis and offering viable solutions.

Financial expertise:

You bring strong capabilities across accounting, FP&A, and management reporting, with the ability to act as a subject matter expert on cost sharing and its broader business impact.

You proactively build understanding of the business to provide relevant, insight-driven support

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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Manager - Global Cost Sharing