WHAT YOU'LL DO
BCG is partnering with our clients to tackle some of the world's biggest and most pressing challenges. Grounded by our values and guided by our purpose, we are unlocking the potential of those who advance the world. Our Global Legal Team is a key enabler of our firm's success, helping to drive impact and progress across a number of important dimensions.
As a Legal team member, you will be responsible for supporting our client screening process, Client Clear. We aspire to continuously monitor existing clients and review all new clients prior to engagement to complete our due diligence, mitigate any potential risks, and ensure appropriate business decision escalations occur during the client commercial process. This includes screening all new clients and initiating the process to mitigate any potential risks found. You will play an important role in the Legal Team to help reduce risk in our commercial activities, while implementing Agile principles in your day-to-day work.
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Your primary responsibility will be as a member of the firm-wide client screening program. You will identify, remediate, and track any potential risks while developing controls, and managing escalations. You will be expected to maintain systematic and process related improvements with an eye to ensuring that the program is inclusive of all practice areas, regions, and clients of the firm.
On a day-to-day basis, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Review of new Clients through BCG's pipeline to ensure the client screening process has commenced, as required
Review and triage of alerts and reports around regulatory / non-regulatory reviews of our clients based on the specific topic areas including (but not limited to): Bribery and corruption, financial stability, negative media profiles, sanctions, restricted topics / industries, exclusivity arrangements
Facilitate the escalation process for decision making with relevant parties, including Managing Directors and Partners (MDPs), Practice Area Leaders (PALs), Client Portfolio Committees (CPCs), Compliance, as required
Develop and report on compliance metrics for screening activity
Adhere to SLA's; escalating any quality or timeliness issues with management for mitigation
Work with our software vendor and agile Legal squad teams to customize the system to meet our needs.
Partner with the Legal, Client, Risk/Compliance, IT and ClientView teams to continuously improve the ClientClear tool and process.
In addition, you may also be asked to contribute and participate in other global Legal Team initiatives:
Contribute to content development of new concepts, guidelines, tools and programs for other global topics as needed
Cross training on other critical legal processes as required
YOU'RE GOOD AT
Excellent work management, organizational and planning skills, attention to detail, efficient time management
Excellent written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively and concisely with senior leadership
Excellent verbal communication and listening skills; ability to communicate effectively with, and be credible with, BCG Managing Directors and Partners and other senior leadership
Talent for absorbing new skill sets and areas of expertise quickly and comfortably
A positive, dynamic, client-focused approach
Perform successfully and produce results in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, client-oriented environment
Being a pragmatic, high-energy professional, with personal and professional self-confidence
Being proactive, hardworking and a team player who leads by being persuasive and credible and has the interpersonal skills necessary to build relationships throughout a loosely structured organization
Ability to navigate across functions within BCG effectively and build relationships
Proven ability to work closely and effectively with stakeholders in a collaborative manner across functions
Ability to work independently in absence of daily supervision, exercise sound judgement and can take the initiative
Persistent in reaching key objectives but tactful, patient and flexible to make progress
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
Bachelors degree or equivalent relevant experience
Minimum of 1-4 years of experience in a fast-paced, intellectual environment
Proven ability to work effectively on a distributed team delivering on high priority initiatives
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with internal stakeholders and external vendors
Ability to work independently with general direction
Strong skills in Windows office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint); other platforms a plus
French language skills highly preferred
Prior experience or interest in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations
* Knowledge of or interest in transactions/M&A opportunities
YOU'LL WORK WITH
Various members of our BCG Legal team, functional leaders within our Risk, Compliance and IT teams, as well as vendors supporting our technology products