Associate, Risk Advisory

About the position An Associate within Teneo Risk Advisory is a core team member, directly supporting project management to develop critical client service and deliverables across multiple high-profile projects and clients. An Associate, you are responsible for working with the Risk Advisory team to help develop and manage deliverables, project plans, project tracking mechanisms, and other critical client-facing deliverables as part of our risk intelligence and resilience advisory mandates. The Associate will also have an opportunity to work on client teams to deliver client work, including threat assessments, threat intelligence briefings, risk management recommendations, or other deliverables related to project execution. The primary focus areas of this role will consist of conducting resilience risk assessments to identify an organization's critical threats and vulnerabilities, building and modifying bespoke corporate security and crisis management governance programs, and supporting the onboarding and training of these plans. As part of this effort, you will attend key team and client meetings to better understand the client’s business operations and threat landscape. We work directly with CEOs of major global corporations and their leadership teams, including a large percentage of Fortune 100 firms, on some of the highest-profile strategic engagements; we hold our people and work to the highest standard.

Responsibilities

• Independently support multi-phase, long-term projects – including both assessments and implementation programs – with high-quality, multi-workstream project management.
• Provide strong liaison relationships with clients and counsel to agree on deadlines, anticipate potential roadblocks, and work within the team to resolve potential issues.
• Serve as a dedicated resource for peers, firm leadership and project stakeholders, ensuring close attention to detail across all phases of project execution.
• Support the development of physical security and strategic intelligence risk assessments for clients, their assets, travel plans, and high-profile public events.
• Research and analyze content from open sources, including social media and digital platforms, as well as proprietary intelligence applications; produce concise, high-quality written analysis for a range of products focused on physical and reputational risk to individual clients.
• Support the creation of enterprise security risk management and corporate security governance programs by developing bespoke standards, policies, and procedures for individual clients.
• Assist project teams with monitoring and analyzing emerging threats, working with project leads to understanding how threats might impact our clients in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Requirements

• Two years of experience as a consultant, preferably with project and program management responsibilities. candidates should have at least one year of experience operating in a corporate environment.
• Experience in and desire and dedication to delivering project deliverables and meeting milestones.
• Prior experience with a management consulting firm or security risk management consulting firm .
• Critical to this position are strong writing and communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple competing priorities and deliverables.
• Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to identify, analyze, and resolve problems, driving solutions through resolution.
• Maintains an entrepreneurial spirit and is naturally innovative – in ideas, approaches, products, etc. and approaches complex issues with intellectual rigor and good judgment.
• Education - Bachelor’s degree from a top-tier college or university.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working within corporate security and strategic intelligence programs.
• Understanding the principles of enterprise security risk management.
• A strong understanding of international and domestic threat actors, including terrorist and extremist groups, cyber threat actors, and the geopolitical threat landscape is preferred
• Professional certifications, such as RIMS’ CRMP or ASIS International’s APP/CPP, are preferred.

Benefits

• flexible time off policy
• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• long-term disability, and life insurance
• a 401K plan
• commuter benefits
• team events
• snacks
• other perks

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