Director, Data Analytics Consulting, EMEA

Control-Risks; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Global bonus scheme

Discretionary compensation

Job summary

Control Risks is seeking a data analytics Director to grow the Data Analytics practice for the EMEA region, providing global analytics support to clients across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

The role focuses on leading projects, developing service offerings, and establishing best practices in data analysis for regulatory and investigations, with a strong emphasis on client outcomes and cross‑functional leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data analytics projects in regulated environments.
• Ability to develop offering for data analytics and technology services.
• Strong communication with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement qualitative and quantitative data analysis methodologies.
• Create dashboards for reporting and ongoing analysis of client risk areas.
• Develop work plans to identify, collect, and analyze data from enterprise systems.
• Identify data relationships and organize into centralized data models.
• Implement statistical methodologies to build complex data models for anomalies.

Skills

Data analytics

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Post-graduate degree a plus

Tools

SQL Server

Tableau

Power BI

Python

SAS

Job description

We are looking to bring on board a subject matter expert on data analytics and structured data systems to help grow the Data Analytics practice for the EMEA region. The Director will also collaborate and offer global data analytics support to service client needs and business opportunities in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

This role has three main focus areas:

1. Lead and manage projects concurrently

2. Assist in the development of business offerings for data analytics and technology services globally

3. Generate thought leadership and instill best practices in data analysis for regulatory, compliance and business issues

The Director should have experience helping clients address adverse business situations including regulatory enforcement, white collar investigations, FCPA and anti-corruption cases, commercial litigation and criminal/civil inquiries. Relevant experience working in regulated industries such as pharmaceutical and financial services is preferred.

The Director will work with the Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence team, who may function as the subject matter experts but be in need of analytics assistance.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Data analytics consulting

• Design and implement qualitative and quantitative data analysis methodologies to discover meaningful trends, red flag behaviour and optimize operational efficiencies
• Create dynamic data visualization and monitoring dashboards for reporting and ongoing analysis of client risk areas
• Develop work plans to identify, collect, aggregate and analyse relevant data from enterprise data systems to support clients and counsel
• Identify and establish data relationships among disparate sources and organize into a centralized data model to facilitate analysis
• Implement statistical and mathematical methodologies to construct complex data models to interrogate data for anomalies and patterns
• Leverage a risk-based approach to narrow the scope of focus on engagements with high-data volumes and complex filtering criteria
• Advise on high-profile, challenging and multi-jurisdictional matters involving Data Analytics consulting

Business development

• Lead and create presentations of data analytics capabilities for prospective corporate clients and law firms
• Assist regional marketing, business development and sales prospecting with business developers in Markets & Partnerships
• Prepare outgoing project proposals including budget, staffing and time estimates

Leadership

• Ability to flourish in a diverse and dynamic team of highly talented professionals in a fast paced, cross functional environment, delivering services to high profile organizations with critical deadlines
• Mentor junior team members to help them advance professionally and foster a productive and enjoyable work environment
• Support the team in communicating effectively and timely with the stakeholders, through standardized communications tools

Project management

• Deliver on-time errorless work to meet project deadlines and evolving client needs throughout the entire life cycle of the project
• Work to exceed clients' expectations while identifying and mitigating business risks associated with projects
• Oversee consistent gathering of client and project requirements and ensuring that requirements are properly documented and managed

• Significant professional and technology experience, preferably in a forensic accounting, legal technologies, strategy, compliance and investigations setting
• Knowledge and experience working in regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, financial services and insurance
• Knowledge of anti-fraud, investigations, anti-bribery and corruption and regulatory requirements analysis skillsets
• Proven knowledge and experience using advanced analytic tools for data visualization, predictive modeling, data management, ETL, data aggregation and dynamic reporting
• Hands-on technical experience mining and analyzing structured data with a strong working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, including advanced experience with SQL query building
• Proven experience managing client expectations and providing relevant solutions through the project life cycle
• Experience in creating project estimates, project plans, proposals and retention agreements
• Bachelor's degree; post-graduate degree or equivalent qualifications a plus
• Advanced experience working with Microsoft SQL Server, SAP, Oracle and/or other database applications
• Familiarity with software and tools such as SQL, Tableau, Python, SAS, ACL, VBA, Power BI and/or Java preferred
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills to effectively communicate with diverse audiences of varying degrees of expertise
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent client-facing skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines while effectively juggling competing demands, prioritizing appropriately and overseeing multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong logical reasoning skills
• Ability to travel (including internationally) when requested

• 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 scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise 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 us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.