About the RoleFrom day one, you'll work alongside experienced consultants and senior executives to help organizations solve complex strategic, operational, financial, and organizational challenges. As an Associate working in one of our advisory practices, you'll contribute to high-impact engagements that help clients improve performance, accelerate growth, optimize operations, and navigate change in an increasingly dynamic business environment.
You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver practical, data-driven solutions that create measurable value for clients. Whether supporting strategy, operational transformation, performance improvement, organizational effectiveness, or technology-enabled change, you'll play an important role in helping organizations achieve their most critical business objectives.
What You'll DoAs an Associate, you'll be an integral member of project teams, partnering with consultants and client leaders to analyze complex business challenges, develop actionable recommendations, and support implementation efforts. You'll gain exposure to a variety of industries, business functions, and executive-level initiatives while building the analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills that define successful consultants.
Your work will combine quantitative and qualitative analysis, strategic thinking, and client collaboration. Responsibilities may include:
- Conducting market, operational, financial, and organizational analyses to support board and executive decision-making.
- Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Developing board- and executive-ready presentations, reports, dashboards, and other client deliverables.
- Supporting strategic planning, operational improvement, organizational transformation, and business process optimization initiatives.
- Building financial models, business cases, and implementation roadmaps that support client recommendations.
- Performing industry, competitive, and market research to inform strategic decisions.
- Facilitating client workshops, interviews, and working sessions to gather insights and align stakeholders.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop innovative, practical solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.
QualificationsWe're looking for analytical problem-solvers with strong communication skills from diverse academic and professional backgrounds who are eager to take on challenges and thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in economics, mathematics, data science, statistics, finance, accounting, healthcare administration, healthcare informatics, engineering, environmental science or a related field. A GPA of 3.5 or higher is highly desirable.
- Experience: 0-2 years of work experience, including internships.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in Excel is required; experience with MS SQL Server, R, Python, Stata, SAS, Tableau, Snowflake, Alteryx, Databricks, or Teradata is highly desirable. The willingness and interest to expand into these capabilities is a must.
- Research: Ability to perform complex research accurately, thoroughly, and efficiently.
- Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to structure ambiguous challenges, analyze data, and develop actionable insights.
- Collaboration & Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly to different audiences.
- Adaptability & Initiative: Thrives in a dynamic work environment, with the ability to take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.
Our Practice AreasAssociates are hired to support project work aligned to one of BRG's practice areas, though there may be flexibility to work across multiple practice areas. Candidates can select a preferred practice area as part of the application process. You can find more information about some of the practice areas below.
1. Healthcare Advisory: As healthcare organizations navigate increasing reimbursement pressure, workforce challenges, regulatory and enforcement complexity, and rapid technological change, we work alongside executive teams and governing bodies to identify opportunities, implement practical solutions, and deliver measurable, lasting results. Our integrated team combines deep industry expertise across strategy, revenue management, operational excellence, clinical transformation, and technology and AI with the comprehensive capabilities of a global advisory firm and the agility, senior attention, and client service of a boutique consultancy. From strategy through implementation, we help clients solve their most complex challenges, accelerate performance improvement, and build organizations positioned for long-term success.
2. Energy & Climate: We are a leading energy consulting team that helps clients across the global energy value chain address complex strategic, commercial, financial, market, regulatory, and dispute-related issues. Our work spans power and utilities, oil and gas, renewables, storage, advanced nuclear, eMobility, hydrogen and low-carbon fuels, carbon management, infrastructure, and the broader energy transition. The team supports energy companies, utilities, independent power producers, investors, developers, technology companies, government agencies, and legal counsel on market strategy, commercial and transaction diligence, project economics, policy and regulatory issues, expert testimony, economic damages analysis, arbitration and litigation, and other high-stakes business challenges.
3. Financial Institutions Advisory: We are a trusted advisor to leading financial services companies. Our professionals bring the right mix of functional expertise and include CPAs, CROs, CRCMs, former regulators, FRMs, data scientists, PhDs, and consultants who drive lasting improvements. We work to help clients meet and execute strategies related to risk and regulation, compliance, financial crime, innovations in technology, accounting, cryptocurrency and blockchain, business process outsourcing, the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering, lookbacks, data quality, and evolving customer experience expectations.
4. Construction: We specialize in providing our clients with budgetary and payment oversight, project management recommendations, project scheduling generation, and constructability and viability analyses for both upcoming and ongoing construction projects. With our team of engineers with years of field construction experience, we assist our clients in securing the best outcomes for their projects, minimizing their exposure to potential future claims or disputes, and ensuring that their jobs are completed on schedule and within budget. It is recommended that candidates display an understanding of the construction industry and have a prior familiarity with project scheduling interfaces, such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.
LocationsAssociates will primarily be hired in locations like Washington DC, Boston, New York, and Chicago. There are also a limited number of opportunities in smaller offices like Tampa and Pittsburgh). Associates are expected to work a minimum of 3 days per week from an office, though we highly encourage new Associates to work from the office as often as possible.
Remote roles for practices that require frequent travel to client sites are also available.
How to ApplyInterested candidates should submit a copy of their resume, cover letter and transcript through the job posting by September 14. When applying, please answer the questionnaire to indicate your location and practice area preferences. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. A member of the recruiting team will be in touch if there is an interest in scheduling interviews.
Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000
Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship now or in the future.
This job will remain open until September 14, 2026, and resumes will be reviewed for consideration during the fall recruiting cycle. Candidates should expect to hear about consideration for interviews before November 2026.
