Project Leader or Associate Director, CFO Excellence

About the position

Our Center for CFO Excellence (CFOx) is where innovation meets impact, serving as BCG's global hub for expertise in the CFO domain. Our CFOx team partners with CFOs to tackle their most pressing challenges-reimagining finance operating models for peak efficiency, unlocking the power of advanced analytics and AI, and driving transformative value across the organization. With unmatched experience across industries, our team helps finance leaders modernize systems, enhance transparency, and position their finance functions as catalysts for strategic success. Join us to shape the future of finance and make a lasting impact. 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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to take on their most difficult challenges, transform mindsets, reimagine businesses, and build capabilities that enable organizations to achieve sustainable advantage.
• As an Expert Project Leader, integrate into a BCG team and leverage deep expertise on projects that reshape businesses, taking end-to-end responsibility for large and complex modules within a BCG project.
• Lead small but high-impact teams to drive results for clients, working closely with them to understand issues, create strategies for change, and win buy-in for recommendations.
• As an Expert Associate Director, apply deep expertise to generate value for clients while building and contributing to BCG's intellectual capital, acting as a trusted advisor to senior clients.

Requirements

• 8-15 years of work experience, with a deep focus in finance across topics such as financial effectiveness, CFO advisory, FP&A, process and policy, technology, operations, organizational structure and strategy, and/or transformation.
• 4+ years of consulting experience.
• Deep expertise in finance, ideally in a Big 4 advisory/consulting role with a focus in finance transformation, or a former consultant who joined the finance function of a major corporation.
• MBA preferred; Chartered Accountant (CA)/Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credentials are a plus.
• Proven experience working on finance transformation programs including: operating model redesign, process re-engineering, technology enablement, shared services, finance technology, budgeting, management reporting and Business Intelligence, core accounting, tax, treasury, internal audit, AI, and machine learning.
• Advanced skills in planning & forecasting are an asset.
• Experience in finance technology stacks, process optimization, and data architecture to deliver scalable and efficient solutions.
• Superior problem-solving skills and ability to work well under pressure in a demanding environment.
• Ability to think strategically/end-to-end.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; particularly in developing PowerPoint content.

Benefits

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs.
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually.
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.
• Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not.
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.