Associate (Retail Banking)

About the Role

BCG Expand is a specialist firm providing data-driven business intelligence as a trusted advisor to senior executives across leading financial services firms. Our work spans technology, operations, FinTech, and market data benchmarking, at the intersection of strategy, data, and global finance.

What you will do

From day one, you'll have real ownership over real deliverables—working alongside senior colleagues on projects that land in front of C-suite executives at global banks and asset managers. Your day-to-day will span the full project lifecycle:

• Data & analysis
• Handling and interrogating large datasets to uncover meaningful patterns.
• Building benchmarking models in Excel to compare client performance against industry peers.
• Translating complex data into clear, compelling visuals and written insights.
• Client delivery
• Supporting and eventually leading periodic benchmarking reports for financial services clients.
• Contributing to bespoke client projects across Asset & Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Commercial Banking and Retail Banking.
• Helping prepare and present findings at client roundtables and industry forums.
• Account & project management
• Supporting the management of ongoing client relationships and communications.
• Coordinating workstreams and deliverables across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Collaborating closely with senior team members while building your own trusted client relationships.
• Internal contribution
• Getting involved in knowledge-sharing groups, process improvement initiatives, and team social activities.
• As you progress, contributing to BCG cases alongside our parent company.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We're looking for recent graduates who:

• Hold a quantitative degree from a leading university.
• Achieved top-percentile academic results.

Who are:

• Analytically minded: comfortable handling large volumes of data, spotting patterns, and drawing out meaningful conclusions.
• Highly proficient in Excel: experienced with pivot tables, lookups, and data modelling, with a desire to keep developing skills.
• Clear communicators: able to translate complex analysis into simple, well-structured messages for non-technical audiences.
• Genuinely passionate about financial services: curious about how banks, asset managers, and financial institutions operate, and seeking a career at the intersection of data and finance.
• Organised and dependable: manage time well, pay attention to details, and follow through on commitments.
• Proactive and ownership-driven: take initiative, ask questions, and take pride in the quality of work.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Excel
• Data analysis
• Quantitative degree