Investigative Intelligence Analyst

Emergent Risk International (ERI) is seeking to hire a full-time early mid-career Investigative Intelligence Analyst to support a global security and intelligence team, embedded with one of our multinational clients.

Candidates for this role will have 4-8+ years’ experience in due diligence global investigations, threat analysis, geopolitical analysis and POI investigations and monitoring. Candidates should bring an analytical and data-driven mindset, desire to work in a dynamic, fast-paced and highly collaborative environment with a focus on intelligence, OSINT and analysis. Our client's preference is that the chosen candidate work in the client’s office based in Austin, Texas. We will also consider remote candidates based in the continental United States; however, priority will be given to Austin-based candidates.

About US

• ERI is a global risk and security intelligence advisory firm headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island with offices in Austin, Washington DC, Greater Boston, the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Mexico, Portugal, and Singapore. We support global security, risk management, business continuity and other risk-focused departments of Fortune 500 companies and multinational organizations. We help our clients assess risk to their organizations; whether that risk emanates from geopolitics, security threats, economic forces or regulatory initiatives that may impact bottom-line revenue or threaten personnel and company assets.
• Every team member of ERI is a brand guardian of the business, and the core values and principles we follow and expect of others are:

• Ethics First. Always
• Impactful. Future Forward
• Innovative by Design
• People-centered. Passion-fueled
• Learning Together. Leading Together.

Position:

The Investigative Intelligence Analyst will serve on a small team of intelligence analysts to create a range of intelligence products and support investigations, business-related transactions and market expansion. The ideal candidate will have experience in due diligence, intelligence, geopolitical risk and corporate threat investigations.

The analyst will be trained on ERI-specific analytic tradecraft, writing and analysis as part of the role. Language skills and business knowledge would be a significant advantage.

Primary responsibilities include:

• · Develop an expert understanding of the client’s business model and asset locations, ensuring that all intelligence and reporting is tailored to the client’s specific needs.
• · Support due diligence and investigations to include M&A evaluation of potential business partners and other individuals and entities with which client has a business interest.
• · Research entities or individuals or groups that may be engaged in fraudulent or unlawful conduct directed at client.
• · Utilize open source, vendor tools, and social media to provide forward-looking analysis on geopolitical and private sector intelligence issues with potential impact to client’s personnel, assets, operations and reputation.
• · Produce a range of intelligence reports including site risk assessments, event risk assessments, daily, weekly or monthly intelligence updates and other reporting identifying risks or potential impacts to clients business.
• · Understand, interrogate, and visualize high-quality data to draw analytic conclusions, identify trends and add additional context to analysis and reporting.
• · Build and maintain awareness of the broader context and implications of the various types of risk affecting the business (e.g., financial, legal, reputation, etc.) while also tracking trends and signals of potential short- and long-term concern.
• · Provide a customer-service oriented approach for the client and department, which may include availability to support incidents outside of normal working hours.
• · Actively foster internal and external relationships to facilitate better information flow and understanding of the needs of the business including working with sector-specific information sharing groups, private-public partnerships, and company employees.
• · Identifying intelligence pertinent to brewing regulatory, social and political trends, focusing on workforce safety.
• · Successfully complete all ERI training, other approved professional development and training relevant to project mission and job duties.
• · Attend all ERI webinars, global monthly meetings and engage with ERI analysts and team members on a regular and consistent basis.

Minimum Qualifications:

• · Bachelor's degree in intelligence, international business, journalism, law enforcement investigations or related field.
• · Minimum four+ years of experience in private sector intelligence and investigations, with a demonstrated track record of steadily expanded responsibilities.
• · Experience with investigations, due diligence, investigative analysis, financial intelligence, public records searches, and utilizing programs like LexisNexis, Factiva and others to interpret business objectives.
• · Excellent and professional standard writing and editing skills, demonstrable ability to write concise, high-quality reports suitable for a corporate executive audience.
• · OSINT experience conducting research and intelligence investigations utilizing various tools including social media.
• · Experience conducting behavioral threat assessments.
• · Familiarity and experience conducting external threat investigations including research, identity verification, background and related investigatory research.
• · Strong problem-solving skills, exceptionally organized, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• · Strong interpersonal skills.
• · Excellent critical thinking skills that bolster both analytic work and suitability for serving in a lead client-facing role.
• · Able to meet analytic deadlines and quick-thinking and responsiveness during crisis events.
• · Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data and information.
• · Superior research/OSINT skills.
• · A strong commitment to ethical private sector intelligence practices and ability to maintain confidentiality around security specific information.
• · Must be able to work flexible schedule as required.
• · Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening, if/as permitted by local law.

Remuneration: This role will be a full-time (40 hours per week) salaried position. Pay is commensurate with experience. ERI also offers competitive insurance benefits and the opportunity to participate in our 401k plan.

Application are accepted on a rolling basis until position is filled.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. To be considered for the position, all applicants must be legal residents of the United States and must independently possess eligibility to work in the United States.