Associate (Retail Banking)

BCG Expand — Associates | New YorkBCG Expand is a specialist firm providing unique data-driven business intelligence as a trusted advisor to senior executives across the world's leading financial services firms. Our work spans technology, operations, FinTech, and market data benchmarking, at the intersection of strategy, data, and global finance.Why join us?We're a friendly, diverse, high-performing team with a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture that we're genuinely proud of. Here's what we offer:💷 Competitive salary, benchmarked to attract top talent🏢 A vibrant New York office🕐 Flexible hybrid working🎯 Genuine progression path towards Analyst🌍 Part of a global practice, with the backing of BCG✨ A collaborative, supportive team culture with regular social eventsWhat you will doThis is not a back-office graduate scheme. 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 over time🌱 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 — giving you exposure to high-level stakeholders across one of the world's leading strategy firms✅ WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWe're looking for recent graduates who:Hold a quantitative degree from a leading universityAchieved top-percentile academic resultsWho are... Analytically minded — you're comfortable handling large volumes of data, spotting patterns and drawing out meaningful conclusions. Numbers don't intimidate you; they excite you.Highly proficient in Excel — you've gone beyond basic formulas. You know your way around pivot tables, lookups and data modelling, and you're eager to keep developing.Clear communicators — you can translate complex analysis into simple, well-structured messages that a non-technical audience can act on.Genuinely passionate about financial services — you're curious about how banks, asset managers and financial institutions operate, and you want to build a career at the intersection of data and finance. This isn't a stopgap; it's a direction.Organised and dependable — you manage your time well, sweat the details and follow through on commitments without needing to be chased.Proactive and ownership-driven — you don't wait to be told what to do next. You take initiative, ask good questions and take pride in the quality of your work.📋 HOW TO APPLYHit apply and submit your CV. Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to complete a short psychometric assessment as the next step.Due to the volume of applications we receive, we'll be in touch within three weeks if you've been shortlisted. If you haven't heard from us within that time, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.We wish all applicants the very best of luck.