Senior Associate, Corporate Intelligence

**Who are we**:
S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005, we’ve helped some of the most sophisticated clients in the world solve some of their toughest strategic challenges. We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people. We’re committed to developing bright, curious, driven individuals who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.

But we also know that work isn’t everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build. We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

**Working in Corporate Intelligence at S-RM**:
Every day, we’re asked by some of the world’s most prominent companies to research the backgrounds of those they’d like to do business with, respond to bespoke questions, and support our clients with intelligence as part of contentious disputes.

We use the latest research techniques and tools to investigate how companies and individuals do business in today’s world. It’s our job to find the evidence, analyze whether it’s true, and put it in context to help our clients understand its importance.

If that sounds challenging, it is. No day is the same at S-RM, and there’s incredible opportunities to learn. We’re proud to say our investigative training is amongst the best in the industry, and you’ll work alongside the smartest colleagues in the field. We hire to learn from your ideas as much as to share our own.

The range of topics we cover means there’s no ‘typical’ investigator or assignment. You’ll work alongside former journalists, international relations experts, linguists, economists, lawyers, and scientists. Our work also spans every region of the world and over 30 languages. The only thing that matters is an enthusiasm for the work, a sense of curiosity, and the skills to succeed.

If that sounds like the kind of work you find interesting and the kind of team you’d thrive in, we’d like to hear from you.

**The role**:
As a Senior Associate, you’ll play a vital role in the development of S-RM’s growing Corporate Intelligence team. Senior Associates work closely with our clients to understand their challenges, innovate solutions, and deliver findings. Our aim is to become trusted advisors to our clients.

Senior Associates are skilled research analysts, case managers and people managers, as well as consultants.

As a practitioner within S-RM, you will have the opportunity to develop junior colleagues, ensure world-class client service, and delivery of high-quality intelligence and analysis.They also work closely with our clients to understand their challenges, innovate solutions, and deliver findings. Our aim is to become trusted advisors to our clients.

We nurture a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion and we are dedicated to developing a workforce that displays a variety of talents, experiences and perspectives.We’re looking for the following experience and qualifications:

- An accredited degree, military service, or demonstrable equivalent experience; Qualification in journalism, political science, international relations or any is an advantage.
- Experience in public record research and retrieval (e.g. civil and criminal proceedings, property records, bankruptcies, corporate and regulatory filings, etc.), commercial investigative databases (e.g. Westlaw, LexisNexis, Factiva, PACER, etc.), and common OSINT tools.Working knowledge of public records in Singapore or Asia and other international jurisdictions is a plus;
- Proven experience identifying adverse issues and relevance, evaluating sources, and ensuring completeness and accuracy of public records;
- Working client service experience including independently responding to requests and issues, drafting proposals of varying complexities, and presentation of findings;
- Proven ability to effectively plan, staff, and manage projects of varying complexities within budget and timelines; and being accountable for the work of other team members, quality assurance, and client deliverables;
- Working experience in people management (e.g. providing feedback and guidance), administration (e.g. managing mid
- and end of year reviews, management of PTO/sick days, etc.), and overseeing professional development of direct reports;
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills as well as excellent oral and written communication skills; and
- Foreign-language proficiency is preferable, but not required.

We want to get to know you, and for you to get to know us, to see if we’d be a good fit. We are responsive and respectful of people’s time throughout our hiring process.
- One interview to discuss you skills and capabilities
- An assessment to gain a deeper understanding of your management level skills
- Additional interviews discussing your previous experience, broader competencies, and suitability for the role; and
- Additional interviews with your potential colleagues and other practitioners acro