Senior IT Consultant - Platinion - Private Equity / M&A

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• About BCG Platinion
• BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

What You'll Do
As a Senior IT Consultant within our technology & digital functional practice aligned to our Principal Investors & Private Equity Practice Area (PIPE), you will support top-tier private equity firms to address their most strategic technology questions across the deal lifecycle

You will hone your ability to provide razor-sharp, industry-specific and impactful insights in a high performance and dynamic environment comprised of multidisciplinary stakeholders - a unique mix of C-Level (CTO/CIO/CEO), Investment Professionals and BCG industry stalwarts

You will be supported by extensive BCG commercial & industry expertise & training, enriched with technology-specific modules covering Enterprise Solutions, Architecture, Cloud, Data & Analytics, Cybersecurity, et al to help.

BCG's tech & digital in PIPE practice differentiates from the competition through bringing real-world technology experts to determine deal and commercial implications: our highly skilled team consists of battle-proven technologists such as ex CTO, ex CDO, full stack developers, ex Cyber warfare commanders, Digital Product Owners from the world's leading brands, and innovative AI/ML researchers.

What You'll Bring
We're looking for exceptional talent to join the team. You will typically have:
• 5 to 10 years' experience of digital transformation experience in consulting or industry with projects / experience around in one or more of the following areas:
• Application modernisation incl ERP programmes
• Cloud migration, engineering and/or vendor certifications
• System integration patterns, incl familiarity with ETL or API management tools
• Data architecture & advanced analytics
• DevOps; SRE
• SDLC and agile delivery
• IT cost reduction
• Previous experience working within a Merger & Acquisition (M&A) environment, with a focus upon IT carve out and IT post-merge integration advisory, advising corporate and private equity clients on IT related technology strategy.
• Strong aptitude and interest in:
• Interfacing with bankers, lawyers, target management and PE associates / managers
• Understanding of PE investment criteria and fundamentals of corporate finance
• Due diligence, carve out and/or PMI experience
• Demonstrated ability to influence commercial & technical audiences alike:
• Strong verbal skills and the EQ to know when to push back and when to listen
• Excellent written communication based on prior experience with consulting
• University degree with strong academic performance. If in fields other than mathematical-scientific field, information technology, or business administration, then professional subsequent development should demonstrate skills build in areas related to software and technology.

Additional info

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