Researcher, Strategic Research and Business Intelligence

Overview

Researcher, Strategic Research and Business Intelligence will report to the Director, Strategic Research and Business Intelligence (SRBI) and is responsible for providing research support for counter-party and competitive intelligence projects for both business leadership and Global Legal.

Based within Global Legal, this position requires specialist experience and knowledge from within the business intelligence sector.

• Compose and set up complex alerts on multiple matters, in multiple languages and on multiple platforms on specified topics and directed towards identified research objectives.
• Use open-source and commercial services to retrieve both primary and secondary material on specified topics.
• Process research materials manually, and using AI where appropriate, to identify key information in support of identified research objectives. Develop familiarity with topics of ongoing interest and, with it, the ability to identify salient information/developments.
• Work with providers to ensure maximum value is extracted from commercial information services.
• Develop familiarity with availability and accessibility of public records in all major regions.
• Attend meetings with senior internal clients to understand research priorities and to speak to findings.

• Solid experience in a business intelligence suppliers.
• Ability to absorb large amounts of unfamiliar material quickly, to identify relevant findings and to ensure salient facts are captured.
• Experience with BI search tools (media, records) and open-source techniques.
• Some experience of public record landscape.
• Comfortable dealing with source material in multiple languages.
• Interest in, and aptitude for understanding business structures
• Experience of investment analysis- nice to have
• Highly motivated and curious
• Ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously and function in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Proven ability to work with highly confidential information