Analyst - Corporate Intelligence 1 1

Job details

Location: London

Capability: Consulting

Experience Level: Junior Professional

Type: Full Time

Service Line: Entrprse Risk Svs

Contract type: Permanent

Job description

Job Title/Req Number: Analyst - Corporate Intelligence (Arabic speaker), (106747)

Base Location: London plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

The KPMG Corporate Intelligence function is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from London we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as connected technology, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Why Join KPMG as an Analyst - Corporate Intelligence (Arabic speaker)

The Corporate Intelligence team is looking for an Arabic speaking intelligence analyst. You will help us grow our business and help clients identify and address key reputational and regulatory risks.

You should expect to be involved in a wide range of challenging engagements, ranging from investigations and litigation support, integrity due diligence, third party risk management and ESG due diligence.

Your role will include iterative research, retrieval and analysis of public record information and drafting of succinct, actionable intelligence reports.

Our work helps clients identify and manage reputational and regulatory risk and prevent or reduce commercial loss, investigating and mitigating risks including fraud and misconduct, bribery and corruption, financial crime and other areas of ethical business conduct and integrity.

As an analyst, you will conduct independent investigative research into individuals and companies to identify reputational and integrity risks, and draft clear and concise reports. You can expect to be involved in projects for a variety of clients and across varied sectors and geographies, including:

• Transactional due diligence, both bespoke integrity due diligence on partners and acquisition targets and large-scale third-party risk management programmes;
• Investigative services, including asset tracing/identification and litigation support; and,
• Strategic intelligence, such as country risk assessments and market-entry support.

Above all, KPMG is looking for someone who is passionate about supporting clients to manage their reputational, regulatory and third party risks.

What will you be doing?

• Conducting desktop-based research in Arabic and other relevant languages. Using a variety of specialist database resources, covering a wide range of corporate, media, credit and regulatory data across MENA region and other jurisdictions.
• Conducting intuitive and creative research using a variety of other online and offline public record sources, especially corporate registries and databases in a variety of countries and languages.
• Sourcing public record information from manual and offline sources, including using external third parties where necessary.
• Combining the above skills to draft and deliver time-critical, succinct and actionable intelligence reports to clients, both internal and external.
• Assisting in the preparation of proposals to clients and supporting the marketing efforts of the Corporate Intelligence team.
• Assisting in the tasking of external third party sources.
• Enhancing the team’s understanding of geopolitical and business risks/ opportunities in the wider MENA region; and,
• Supporting the development of research, thought leadership, and other marketing efforts for the corporate intelligence team.

What will you need to do it?

• Very strong academic qualifications, ideally in politics, international relations, languages, or other disciplines in social science.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral.
• Fluency in Arabic with the ability to conduct research, interview sources, and translate accurately.
• Demonstrable understanding of business risks/opportunities in the MENA region.
• Some relevant work experience, which might be market research, political risk analysis, online research, or any strong investigative background.
• Prior experience with research, analysis and drafting of reports and other deliverables to a high quality.
• Excellent analytical skills and problem solving, self-motivation and an enquiring mind.
• Strong team working skills and the ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure; and
• Ability to work under pressure and meet exacting deadlines.
• Ability to cope with multiple competing client demands and to manage peaks and troughs of demand to ensure a consistent high quality service.
• Ability to operate in a discreet and confidential manner; and.
• Drive and commitment to deliver a high-quality service.

Amazing Extras:

• Additional foreign languages are a plus (preferred languages are Mandarin, German, Dutch, Arabic, Italian)

To discuss this or wider Consulting roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

• London Canary Wharf

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

Find out more:

Within Consulting we have a range of divisions and specialisms. Click the links to find out more below:

• Consulting at KPMG: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/consulting/
• ITs Her Future Women in Tech programme: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/people-culture/it-s-her-future/
• KPMG Workability and Disability confidence: www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/experienced-professional/applying-to-kpmg/need-support-let-us-know/

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Why Consulting at KPMG?

Technology is a critical focus for us. It underpins everything we do. We're investing in technology like never before – not least because the pace of technological change is disrupting organisations in new and challenging ways. Through advanced data analytics and emerging tech-enabled solutions like AI and machine learning, we're helping clients across diverse sectors to navigate that change. We enable them to avoid any unnecessary risks and to uncover new, transformative opportunities that could give them a competitive edge. A career here means stretching your skills and honing your expertise by solving complex problems as part of a collaborative, results-driven and supportive team. Whether we're helping our clients to reduce their costs, make better decisions, improve efficiencies or deploy the latest technologies, we bring together broad specialisms and talents to deliver robust, connected solutions.

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