Associate Consultant, Business Intelligence, London

We now require an Associate Consultant to join our Business Intelligence team in London. As the Associate Consultant you will be dynamic and experienced and part of a team conducting business intelligence across Europe, with particular focus on the UK. You will be a critical thinker with good communication skills and an interest in business transactions and operations. In this role you will investigate, evaluate and interpret both open source and human intelligence information, producing well written reports to serve a range of intelligence requirements for our clients. Role tasks and responsibilities

• Investigative case management and research
• Execute and conduct investigations for a range of business intelligence projects including due diligence, strategic intelligence, ESG DD, market entry studies, asset identification, litigation support, and problem solving
• Liaise with clients to understand their requirements and ensure that our proposals deliver solutions tailored to those needs
• Work with colleagues to manage the entire project cycle, from initial client request to proposal drafting, acceptance, source management and research, project management, report delivery, and invoicing
• Liaise with our human source network and expand it by cultivating contacts
• Work with colleagues to manage projects project resources and personnel, including researchers and subcontractors
• Ensure the delivery of projects on budget, scope and deadline
• Brief and present findings, in writing, verbally and through charts and diagrams, to internal and external clients
Business, practice and solution development
• Take an active part in developing Control Risks' client base, seeking to both maintain existing relationships and develop new ones with decision makers.
• Facilitate, where appropriate, the introduction and provision of additional Control Risks' services
• Support account managers on business development initiatives such as attending conferences, client meetings and briefings
• Actively participate in profile-raising and brand awareness activities, including marketing and networking initiatives and events
• Seek opportunities to improve our current methodologies, including through the application of new technology, innovation, approaches, resources and sources
  
  Education to Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Professional fluency in English; an additional European language is preferred
• Previous professional experience, ideally within the Business Intelligence industry
• Experience of managing due diligence projects and presenting findings to clients
• An understanding of the region's commercial environment, and demonstrated understanding of business trends and challenges
• Demonstrated commitment to due diligence and compliance, with strong knowledge of research techniques, databases, networks, online registers and archives, and research in the general internet
• Ability to work in a team and independently
  
  Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.