Executive Assistant

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

As a self-motivated and highly organised Executive Assistant (EA) you'll work with minimal direction to support some of our most senior consulting staff (Partners, Managing Director & Partners, and Principals).

You will manage and assume responsibility for your stakeholder' agendas, effectively and proactively priotising to ensure that the consultants we support have what they need to seamlessly service the needs of our clients. You'll make decisions and give guidance to others based on your knowledge of the client and your stakeholder preferences. You'll book travel, schedule meetings, keep track of time and expenses, support the consulting team process, and generally keep up with the fast pace of our most senior consulting staff.

You will be surrounded by an Operations Team that consists of a group of solution-focused and team-oriented people. EAs actively participate in office life, are flexible and willing to help fellow team members, and collaborate across functions.

• Provide high-level executive support to allocated Managing Director & Partners (MDP) and Partners in a fast-paced and changing client service environment; you'll display strong attention to detail and accuracy, particularly when under pressure
• Coordinate point-to-point travel; you're proactive, looking ahead at what needs to be done on all dimensions
• Anticipate the needs of your executives, through proactive planning in aid of supporting their commercial agenda.
• You'll manage several busy calendars, focusing on commerciality and time optimisation across multiple time zones
• Action corporate AMEX reconciliations, expenses and invoices
• Make judgment calls – you're highly professional and diplomatic,and display strong commercial acumen.
• You know when to ask for help and your advice is sound and practical
• Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders; you're extremely people focused and can flex and adapt to accommodate individual preferences
• Act as a thought partner and trusted advisor to Partners and others at BCG, guiding them toward making the right decisions about their use of time and looping in all relevant parties as needed
• Act as an integral member of BCG's EA & Operations Cohort, sharing ideas and knowledge to identify and drive process improvements and efficiencies
• Team effectively with the Operations Cohort and broader organization to assist with a variety of local, national and regional events & offsites 

What You'll Bring

• Prior experience as an Executive Assistant supporting busy senior executives; professional services experience is helpful but not essential
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills; you're responsive, intuitive and demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence
• Excellent time and project management skills; you have clear systems and composure to deal with multiple tasks at once
• Strong organisational skills to assist with all the behind-the-scenes magic while providing creative solutions, driving our high-level customer service, and positively impacting client work
• A strong intellectual curiosity; you're a creative thinker, interested in the bigger picture
• Adaptability and flexibility; you thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment bringing open-mindedness and positivity to challenges

Additional info

Diversity of thought, background, and experience is a core part of our BCG values and is key to how we deliver value to clients.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, connected, empowered to be themselves and contribute to their fullest potential.

Applications are encouraged from people of all backgrounds, including Indigenous Australians, individuals with disability, those from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ individuals, women, and gender-diverse individuals.

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BCG's efforts toward diversity, and inclusion are recognised locally and globally: BCG Australia and New Zealand hold a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation and are awarded the Australian Workplace Equality Index Gold award for LGBTQIA+ inclusion.

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