Associate Consultant - Reputational Due Diligence

Description

We are looking for a dynamic individual to be part of a team conducting business intelligence in the Middle East and North Africa. The successful candidate will be a critical thinker with good communication skills, with an interest in business transactions and operations.

Role Tasks & Responsibilities:

English- and Arabic-language research in support of a range of business intelligence and compliance projects including due diligence, background checks and problem-solving litigation support.

• Undertaking case management of projects as required.
• Ensuring the delivery of projects on budget, scope and deadline.
• Preparing quality reports to clients.
• Supporting the team on business development initiatives such as attending conferences, client meetings and briefings.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience:

• Previous professional experience, ideally within the Business Intelligence industry on the Middle East, with at least 18 months working as a researcher in a client-facing role.
• Experience of conducting Arabic- and English-language research, managing projects, and presenting findings to clients.
• An understanding of the region’s political and commercial environment, and demonstrated
• Demonstrated commitment to business intelligence and compliance, with strong knowledge of research techniques, databases, networks, online registers and archives, and research in the general internet.

Qualifications and specialist skills:- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in relevant discipline.

• Total professional fluency (reading and writing) in Arabic essential.
• Excellent verbal and written English.
• Excellent word processing and general computing skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Ability to work in a team and independently

Competencies:- Excellent investigative and analytical skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Methodical approach, strong project management skills.
• Eagerness to seize opportunities and resolve problems.
• Actively seeks input from appropriate stakeholders.
• Seeks to deliver work of the highest quality.
• Operates ethically and with integrity

Behaviours:All employees are expected to display behaviours reflective of our company values: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• Private medical insurance
• Annual Housing Allowance
• Compulsory monthly employer contributions to the DIFC Employment Workplace Saving Scheme
• 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.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus schemes that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance
• Control Risks support hybrid working arrangement, whenever possible, that emphasizes the value of in-person time together – in the office and with our clients – while continuing to support flexible and remote working.