Competitive Intelligence Analyst - Philadelphia

Dechert LLP; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dechert LLP is seeking a Competitive Intelligence Analyst to research, prepare, and deliver bespoke reports on current and prospective clients, industries, and regions. You will synthesize legal, financial, and forward-looking data to create actionable intelligence for client meetings, pitches, and RFPs.

The role requires strong research skills, familiarity with senior-level communication, and the ability to interact effectively at all Firm levels.

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.
• Knowledge of the legal services industry required; marketing/business development experience preferred.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis of companies, industries, technologies, and competitors to uncover key insights for client meetings, pitches and RFPs.
• Identify, analyze and synthesize large amounts of data into actionable recommendations.
• Provide meaningful recommendations to inform litigation and transactional business development and marketing strategy.
• Identify and monitor trends to aid business development for transactional and litigation clients.
• Monitor various news/intelligence sources for business development and market visibility opportunities.
• Enhance custom formats for delivering business information requests.

Skills

Research skills

Multitasking

Writing & editing

Communication

Internet research tools

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

JD

MS LIS

Tools

LexisNexis

Factiva

Capital IQ

ALM Research Online

Pitchbook

Mergermarket

Bloomberg Law

Job description

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Position(s) I am Applying for

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.

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.