Role purpose
Our South-East Asia Business Intelligence teams works closely as a trusted advisor to leading Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, private market investors, and law firms from across the region. We help our clients understand and manage a variety of business risks, enabling them to succeed in complex environments. Such risks might relate to evaluating potential local partners and investments, mapping out sources of reputational and integrity risk, and conducting investigations to help our clients respond to internal and external threats to their operations.
Consultants produce clear, analytical and exceptionally well-written reports that effectively communicate our findings and help clients to make decisions. They combine information provided by our research team, intelligence obtained from human sources and their own analysis to produce final reports for our clients. The role offers the opportunity for the right candidate, with a strong professional and/or academic background on Southeast Asia, to combine your twin passions of analysis and writing and begin a varied and rewarding career with Control Risks.
Role tasks and responsibilities
• Produce high-quality reports, including incorporating human intelligence into reports and producing well-structured analysis in line with client objectives.
• Convey analytical judgment and complex information in a confident, persuasive and accessible manner that helps clients to resolve uncertainty and make decisions.
• Meet agreed deadlines.
• Work on multiple projects at any one time and manage own workload efficiently
• Contribute to the growth of Control Risks’ network of market intelligence providers and identify new providers and sources of intelligence
• Fulfil administrative requirements such as completing weekly timesheets. Clients and marketing Produce client-ready proposals
• Attend client calls/meetings and conduct in-country research trips when workload allows
• At least five years’ experience in a related industry, such as but not limited to: financial services, journalism, legal, professional services consulting, government/government affairs, policy, academia
• Expert knowledge of political, operational and commercial trends in Vietnam and wider South-East Asia.
• Excellent report writing skills. Ability to summarise, process and communicate information and express ideas clearly and independently
• Ability to think critically and unravel complex information with an investigative mind-set
• Written and spoken fluency in English and Vietnamese
• Extensive network of business and political contacts in Vietnam
• Has a good understanding of commercial transactions and investigations
• Strong working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint Preferred
• Working knowledge of litigation and dispute support practices
• Ability to read and analyse financial data, including balance sheets
• Familiar with research databases typically used in a due diligence project or investigation
• At least a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (international relations, politics, economics, business, finance, journalism/communications, social sciences)
• Takes the initiative to proactively resolve issues within own remit and recognise when requires escalation.
• Uses creativity to think outside the box and encourages others to do the same. - Adapts knowledge and analysis to provide effective solutions to clients; Makes informed decisions when appropriate.
• Embraces a changing environment, adapts well to changing demands and ambiguous situations and adapts own behaviour accordingly.
• Expresses self clearly and displays sensitivity to develop constructive relationships with others. Shows understanding of others in order to influence as appropriate.
