Competitive Intelligence Analyst - New York

Dechert LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Dechert LLP is seeking a Competitive Intelligence Analyst in the United States to research, prepare, and deliver bespoke reports on clients, industries, and regions. You will synthesize financial and legal data from multiple sources to guide client meetings and business development efforts, collaborating across levels in theFirm.

The role requires 5+ years in research within a law firm, strong writing/editing skills, and proficiency with LexisNexis, Factiva, Capital IQ, and similar tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or MS LIS preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years experience in a research-focused role, in a law firm preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis of companies, industries, technologies, and competitors to uncover key, actionable information and insights in support of client meetings, pitches and RFPs, as well as practice and business development projects.
• Ability to identify, analyze and synthesize large amounts of data, including deal and financial, into recommendations that inform strategic business decisions
• Provide meaningful recommendations to help inform litigation and transactional business development and marketing strategy.
• Identify and monitor trends to aid business development for both transactional and litigation clients, as well as cross-disciplinary industry groups.
• Monitor various news/intelligence sources for business development and market visibility opportunities.
• Enhance custom formats for delivering business information requests.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Research analysis

Multitask

Writing skills

Communication skills

Internet research tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/JD/MS LIS preferred

Tools

LexisNexis

Factiva

Capital IQ

Bloomberg Law

PitchBook

Mergermarket

ALM Research Online

MS Office

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

The Competitive Intelligence (CI) Analyst is responsible for the research, preparation, and delivery of reports for current and prospective clients, industries, and geographic regions. Reports are bespoke to the requestor and include in-depth analysis of legal and financial data to create actionable intelligence. The CI Analyst will use a wide variety of databases and resources to collect organizational, legal, financial, and forward looking information. The CI Analyst must be able to interact effectively at all levels of the Firm. This role is open to all U.S. locations.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis of companies, industries, technologies, and competitors to uncover key, actionable information and insights in support of client meetings, pitches and RFPs, as well as practice and business development projects.
• Ability to identify, analyze and synthesize large amounts of data, including deal and financial, into recommendations that inform strategic business decisions
• Provide meaningful recommendations to help inform litigation and transactional business development and marketing strategy.
• Identify and monitor trends to aid business development for both transactional and litigation clients, as well as cross-disciplinary industry groups.
• Monitor various news/intelligence sources for business development and market visibility opportunities.
• Enhance custom formats for delivering business information requests.
• Additional duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Well-developed understanding of and experience in a law firm role providing research and company information to be used in legal and business development activities.
• Ability to multi-task, judge priorities, meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Excellent writing and editing skills necessary.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to build effective internal and external client relationships.
• Knowledge and experience conducting Internet-based research using tools such as Lexis/Nexis, Factiva, Capital IQ, ALM Research Online, Pitchbook, Mergermarket, Bloomberg Law, and others is very important.
• Strong technology skills in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat necessary.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or MS LIS preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years experience in a research-focused role, in a law firm preferred, including experience researching and offering analysis of litigation, competitive intelligence, company/industry information, and financial data.
• Knowledge of the legal services industry required; marketing/business development experience preferred.

At the time of this posting, the salary range for this position in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. is between $100,000.00 – $125,000.00 annually. Actual compensation is commensurate with job related knowledge, skills, experience, and location of the position.