Associate Analyst - Global Risk Analysis, MENA

Control Risks; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consultant is looking for an Associate Analyst in Dubai to support clients with political and security insights in the MENA region. The role involves research, analysis, and collaborative consulting projects while contributing to business development and networking to enhance service offerings. This position offers the opportunity to work in a diverse team and engage with international clients.

Benefits

Competitively positioned compensation and benefits

Discretionary global bonus schemes

Hybrid working arrangement

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of professional experience in research and analysis.
• Understanding of MENA political, security, and business environments.
• Professional proficiency in English and written Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Conduct political risk analysis and maintain expertise on the regional environment.
• Produce reports and engage in consulting projects.
• Support business development initiatives and participate in client meetings.

Skills

Research

Analysis

Networking

Business Development

Education

Academic or professional training in political/security risk analysis

Job description

Control Risks is recruiting for an Associate Analyst based in Dubai to join our diverse, multi-lingual team. The successful candidate should demonstrate a strong background in and enthusiasm for the intersection of politics, security and business in the Middle East and North Africa. We are especially interested to receive applications from candidates with a demonstrated track record of working on the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant.

You will provide a broad range of support on the MENA region to our enviable roster of international clients, ranging from regular short-form analysis and updates on the latest political and security developments to in-depth consulting engagements supporting market entry, risk assessment and stakeholder engagement. Your analysis will also support several other teams at Control Risks. You should be able to distil complex issues into practical, business-focused, client-specific insights, and be motivated to help organizations make decisions in challenging environments. Keeping cool under a varied workload will be essential.

Job responsibilities will include writing for our political risk subscription services; delivering in-depth bespoke consulting reports and briefings to clients; participating in conferences and other events; and close collaboration with colleagues in the company’s other service lines and our network of offices around the globe.

Role Task & Responsibilities:

Research and analysis

- Build and maintain expertise on the regional political, security and business environment through open source and social media, attendance at seminars and industry events, development of your own source network, and research trips.

- Work with other analysts to lead the development of Control Risks’ analysis of key political, operational and security issues in the region.

- Contribute regular updates to our online subscription service Seerist and to our other varied country-specific subscription products.

- Suggest new research sources and approaches.

Consulting reports and projects

- Contributing to consulting projects on the Middle East and North Africa. This will involve producing bespoke written reports and conducting briefings and workshops that assess the political, security, regulatory and operational risks to clients’ interests.

- Undertaking deployments to conduct research and analysis for bespoke client projects, often in conjunction with other members of the GRA department.

- Contributing to the development of compelling client deliverables by making use of innovative presentation formats, graphics and methodologies.

Marketing and business development

- Carry out research to support business development initiatives.

- Helping to win client work by contributing to project proposals, in consultation with the GRA MENA department, Control Risks’ other service lines and the company’s business development and marketing teams.

- Participating in client meetings, and identifying business opportunities in the region and further afield.

- Contribute to promotional publications, social media content, and other initiatives as required.

Networking and sources

- Develop and maintain government, academic, journalistic and business contacts in the region to support your analysis.

- Identifying organizations or companies that can expand the depth and range of services that Control Risks provides to its client.

- Liaising regularly with our network of regional and global offices.

- Sharing and obtaining information from Control Risks security consultants deployed on assignments in the region.

Essential

- 2-3 years of professional experience in conducting research and presenting findings in writing and verbally.

- An understanding of the political, security and business environments of the Middle East and North Africa.

- Ability to write concisely and authoritatively to deadlines while interacting with colleagues and clients in challenging situations.

- Familiarity with business-focused research and analysis.

- Academic or professional training in political/security risk analysis.

- Professional proficiency in English, written Arabic and a spoken dialect of Arabic

Preferred

- 2-3 years of professional experience in a top-tier political/security risk analysis firm, or in a political/security risk analysis-focused position in-house.

- Experience living and working in the Middle East.

- Additional language skills (especially Persian, Kurdish).

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 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.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.