Manager-BCG Vantage, Risk

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What You'll Do
As a Manager – BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path within BCG's Risk & Compliance Practice Area, you will deliver against the client and commercial priorities for the Markets & Commodities businesses and across Financial Risk more broadly, under the leadership of the Financial Risk Director. In your role, you will drive the agenda for digital solutions and assets (e.g., Intellectual Property, products and tools – many GenAI-enabled), with the support from the broader global topic team, and lead execution of innovation and asset development projects.
As a Manager – BCG Vantage, you will leverage your individual expertise to deliver differentiated insights and create meaningful value for BCG clients and case teams. You will contribute to client engagements and proposals by providing relevant analysis, perspectives, and expertise, helping case teams develop impactful, tailored solutions. As part of client engagements, occasional travel may be required to work onsite, deepen your understanding of client needs, and support the design and delivery of solutions.
You will also support the commercialization and growth of the relevant topic/sector in partnership with business leaders. This will include contributing expertise and insights to proposals, client workshops, and marketing materials, as well as supporting business development and go-to-market initiatives for the Markets & Commodities business in the Energy, Agricultural and Metals & Mining sectors through targeted research, analysis, and market-facing activities. You will also own analysis and asset-development workstreams in close partnership with the global topic team and case teams. Your role will be an individual contributor role without direct reports.
The Risk & Compliance Practice Area helps clients to manage key risks strategically, to advance organizational resilience and establish a profound risk culture, by defining and transforming Risk & Compliance operating models. We cover a diverse set of topics across financial and non-financial risks and assist in enabling clients' strategy through technical enablement with the help of our deep expertise in risk modelling, analytics and digitization.
Our commodity risk management and trading risk client work has expanded from utilities and oil and gas producers to metals and mining operations, agribusiness, and other industrials. We also assist merchant traders and banks as well as commodities exchanges, brokers, data providers, and government agencies. Our global team of experienced trading risk consultants helps commodities traders in each of those industries capitalize on market conditions to create value through updated strategies, operating models, portfolios, IT systems, and more. Our approach includes: Developing marketing, sourcing, and trading strategies and business models to manage risks in commodity trading, implementing commodity risk management operating models including governance, organization, business and risk processes, and IT systems, promoting cross-industry expertise, tools, and perspectives to provide enhanced insights and capabilities, transferring knowledge and ownership to clients’ commodity trading and risk management organizations and assessing trading performance through proprietary benchmarking tools.
YOU'RE GOOD ATAsset development: ability to develop assets for commodity risk management end-to-end and ensure on-time delivery with highest standards of quality.
Analysis, Programming & Modeling: Proficiency in data modeling, statistical analysis, working knowledge of Excel (advanced), SQL and Python/R/Matlab for modeling and running simulations.
Data Tools & Platforms: Competency in using Bloomberg, Refinitiv, or similar platforms for data gathering and market monitoring, specifically for commodities.
Market Research: Ability to monitor and interpret trends in global markets and to produce regular market outlook reports, price forecasts and strategic insights.
Trading & Risk Management: working knowledge of hedging instruments (futures, options, swaps)