Associate Director, Data Analytics

This position may be based in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington DC, Houston, Chicago, or Los Angeles.

Control Risks is seeking a highly motivated, business-minded Associate Director to join our data analytics team within Legal Technologies.

The candidate will be responsible for providing data analytics and consulting services to help clients address critical business risks. Typical engagements involve investigations, risk assessments, litigations, and monitorships across a variety of industries. The candidate will work collaboratively with other consulting practices to provide innovative, data-driven solutions to augment their subject matter expertise.

The candidate will work on all aspects of the data analytics project lifecycle including data exploration, developing data pipelines, understanding critical business requirements and needs, communicating results via reports, dashboards, and visualizations, and operationalizing datasets in support of client needs.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Design and implement qualitative and quantitative analysis leveraging data analytics techniques.
• Create dynamic data visualizations and dashboards for reporting, monitoring, and other critical client needs.
• Identify and extract relevant data from a wide variety of different client datasets including (but not limited to), Enterprise Resource Planning, Financial, Accounting, incident and event monitoring, case management, system health, as well as publicly available, open-source datasets.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to identify critical datasets and to understand and map linkages between disparate datasets.
• Create and design data queries, procedures and reports to address client requests and project strategies.
• Prepare written analyses, summary reports, presentations and other client deliverables for projects and work performed.
• Create and maintain documentation of assumptions, methodologies, and information sources throughout the project lifecycle.
• Participate in client meetings on project management, strategy, and deliverables.
• Lead and direct the day-to-day execution of project and client deliverables.
• Provide mentorship and guidance for junior staff.

Requirements

Knowledge & Experience:

• 4-7 years working in consulting, finance, data sciences, data analytics, or other relevant industry with an emphasis in analytics and complex problem-solving.
• Experience processing and analyzing large amounts of data and interpreting results.
• Knowledge and experience using analytics tools for data visualization, data management, ETL, data aggregation, and dynamic reporting.
• Experience working in a collaborative and team-oriented environment.
• Some experience in managing or leading project teams.

Qualifications & Specialist Skills:

• Bachelor's degree or greater.
• Possesses strong programming skills in SQL, Python, and/or R.
• Experience working in data visualization platforms such as Tableau or PowerBI.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with MS Excel including modelling and data pivoting skills.
• Ability to leverage technology to solve problems.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills to effectively communicate with diverse audiences of varying degrees of expertise.
• Ability to adapt to different clients, industry, and subject matters.
• Proactively identify client needs and build authentic relationships.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines, while effectively juggling competing demands and evolving priorities
• Strong organizational, project management skills
• Ability to travel when requested.
• Fluency in either Spanish, Portuguese, or Chinese (Mandarin) desired but not required.
• Familiarity or experience with machine learning techniques desired but not required.

The base salary range for this position in New York City or California is $125,000-$140,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
• 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.
• Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program