Control Risks

Procurement

• Design and implement a global Procurement strategy aligned with company growth plans, operational priorities and financial goals.
• Together with the office of the CFO, architect and implement a highly agile, global and scalable Source-to-Pay (S2P) operating model that centralises rigorous governance while meticulously preserving the operational velocity required by autonomous, client-facing project teams.
• Partner with executive leadership to drive enterprise-wide commercial transformation, acting as a highly visible internal diplomat and change agent.
• Establish global policies, processes, governance frameworks, and performance metrics that elevate Procurement from a back-office function to a strategic business enabler.
• Develop global supplier strategies, including selection, negotiation, and performance management, including scorecards, dynamic service level agreements (SLAs), and periodic reviews.
• Drive cost optimisation and value creation while protecting service quality and risk standards.
• Oversee strategic sourcing activities across all major third-party spend categories (e.g., technology, facilities, travel).
• Establish and maintain strategic supplier relationships to ensure service quality, innovation, and cost optimization.
• Lead high-value, complex contract negotiations to drive favourable commercial and operational outcomes.
• Standardize Procurement processes across regions, while allowing for local regulatory and market adaptation.
• Ensure robust Procurement analytics, reporting, and spend visibility to support informed decision-making.
• Act as the strategic business owner for the global procurement technology architecture.
• Drive the evaluation, implementation, and optimisation of procurement technology solutions (e.g., e-sourcing, contract management, Procure To Pay (P2P)), and modern procurement orchestration platforms (e.g., Coupa, Zip, Ariba).
• Leverage agentic AI and predictive analytics to automate intake workflows, accelerate contract cycle times, and provide a seamless purchasing experience for all internal stakeholders.
• Promote best practice procurement methodologies such as category management, strategic sourcing, and total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on procurement and commercial matters.
• Drive cultural adoption of procurement discipline across a decentralised global organisation.
• Partner with Finance to ensure budgeting alignment, cost-saving initiatives, and accurate forecasting.
• Collaborate with Finance and Legal, Risk & Compliance teams on supplier frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with business units, functional heads and regional leaders to support operational needs and commercial outcomes, and to embed best-practice procurement into local operations.
• Communicate procurement strategy, performance, and business impact to Executive Committee (EXCO) and Board-level stakeholders, as required.
• Develop and enforce global procurement policies, standards, and internal controls.
• Strengthen contractual governance and third-party risk management.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and ethical standards across all procurement activities.
• Mitigate supplier risk through due diligence, contract rigor, and contingency planning.
• Protect Control Risks' premier brand reputation by ensuring zero tolerance for ethical breaches within the multi-tier extended supply chain.
• Lead sustainability initiatives within the supply chain, including ESG-aligned sourcing and responsible supplier practices, and embed sustainability natively into the core of all sourcing decisions in alignment with ISO 20400 guidelines.
• Build and lead a high-performing global Procurement team over time.
• Develop Procurement capability and training across the organisation.

Global Head of Procurement

Threat Intelligence Specialist

• Monitor travel-related developments impacting employees, including executives.
• Provide first-line traveller assistance and support issue resolution.
• Assist with coordination of secure transportation and vetted third-party vendors.
• Support pre-trip advisories, briefings, and traveller outreach.
• Assist with travel-related incidents and support travellers in distress.
• Support review of upcoming events and prepare situational summaries, including but not limited to geofencing, tactical intelligence, and weather intelligence.
• Conduct targeted monitoring during event windows and escalate concerns.
• Create and manage mass-notification groups for events.
• Monitor real-time alerts, assess relevance, and escalate per workflows.
• Draft concise alerts, situation updates, and rapid assessments.
• Provide on-demand support to internal intelligence teams.

Intelligence Analyst

Analyst

• The Analyst Team Lead oversees day-to-day management of a 24/7 global analytical team for a Client’s Resilience Center.
• This includes analytical delivery responsibilities as well as managing a team of people, the 24/7 coverage schedule, and the overall quality of deliverables in the Client environment.
• This role will be part of a 24/7 'follow the sun' team.
• It will be a requirement to work on public holidays and weekends as determined by the team's coverage schedule.
• The Analyst Team Lead manages quality and ensures timely delivery of travel support, event monitoring, and operational intelligence.
• This role leads a team of global analysts, manages escalations, and ensures consistent execution of monitoring, triage, and response workflows.
• The Team Lead partners with internal stakeholders and vendors to support employees and events during routine operations and time-sensitive incidents.
• Lead daily operations for a global analyst team supporting travel, events, and operational intelligence.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex travel cases and elevated incidents.
• Coach and mentor analysts; provide feedback and ensure adherence to SOPs.
• Proactively monitor travel-related developments affecting employees.
• Provide traveller assistance and coordinate secure transportation and vetted third-party vendors.
• Deliver pre-trip advisories, briefings, and targeted traveller outreach.
• Support travellers in distress, including medical, documentation, or security issues.
• Review upcoming internal and external events and produce event-specific situational summaries.
• Conduct targeted monitoring during event windows and support on-the-ground teams remotely.
• Manage mass-notification groups and support incident communications.
• Triage real-time alerts, assess operational relevance, and escalate per defined workflows.
• Produce concise, time-bound intelligence outputs and support internal intelligence teams as needed.
• Manage coverage for a 24/7 global team in a shift environment, including approving PTO, ensuring timesheet compliance, and maintaining service continuity.
• Control for quality of delivery on Client tasks and ensure timely customer service-oriented team culture within Client ecosystem.
• Conduct regular check-ins, provide coaching and continuous performance feedback, manage performance improvement plans, and support career development.
• Serve as the main liaison between team members and Control Risks management team, ensuring timely updates and support for client deliverables.
• Participate in hiring processes, collaborate with Talent Acquisition, and ensure team alignment with client expectations.
• Lead onboarding tasks (e.g., scheduling, equipment, success plans) and manage offboarding logistics.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, emotional intelligence, communication, and organizational skills with a commitment to excellence.

Embedded Consultant – Analyst Team Lead

Operations

• Develop and implement globally consistent systems and processes for Project and Client Operations, minimising administrative burden while maximising the speed and accuracy of invoicing.
• Design and implement a delivery operating model that balances effective business support with operational efficiency.
• Optimisation of team size with a focus on cost control and efficient placement of resources.
• Ensure the business leaders have an efficient escalation process and each service line has a business partner to support their operations.
• Maximise Control Risks’ ability to transact efficiently with clients, including vendor onboarding, management of invoicing requirements, and implementation of MSAs and other client agreements.
• Focus on technology-enabled solutions that allow for the distribution of information about client transactions throughout Control Risks’ systems.
• Lead and develop a global team, setting clear individual and team KPIs focused on business impact, service quality and performance.
• Create a dynamic, service-focused culture which inspires problem solving, continuous improvement and innovation.
• Establish transparent controls and review mechanisms across key risk areas (e.g. project closure, unbilled or aged WIP, PO accuracy, D365 setup), implementing targeted reviews and upskilling where required.
• Regular consultation with the business and teams, including peer corporate services functions, to ensure processes are aligned and fit for purpose.
• Own the technology road map for Project & Client Operations with a focus on simplicity, minimal data entry and single-pane access, prioritising AI enablement where appropriate.
• Work in close partnership with the Strategy in the continuous improvement and business acceptance of the CTC portal.
• Act as the main point of contact for other functions when they are implementing technology and process change to ensure alignment with Client & Project operations.

Global Head – Project and Client Operations

Risk

• Support the delivery of our analysis of political, security, operational, integrity and social risks in the United States and Canada
• Conduct research on competitors and market strategy to inform our business positioning and operations
• Contribute to business strategy development through operational research and analysis, supporting both our commercial operations and strategic planning initiatives
• Research and writing of updates for our online services
• Contribute to bespoke consulting reports that guide our business operations and client engagement strategies

Intern, Global Risk Analysis

• The Protective Intelligence Analyst will support a major Control Risks client by delivering focused, actionable intelligence to protect executive teams and key personnel.
• The role involves identifying and assessing threats through OSINT, social media monitoring, investigative platforms, and security intelligence tools; conducting executive vulnerability assessments, POI investigations, and exposure reviews; and providing rapid analysis of emerging security situations.
• The analyst will manage and triage intelligence requests, contribute to the analysis of global incident and suspicious activity reporting, and produce clear briefings and reports on protective intelligence issues to support informed executive security decision‑making.
• Proactively identify, monitor, research, analyze and provide warnings regarding emerging threats, trends and global events that may impact the client’s executive teams.
• Identify and assess threats to the client’s executives and personnel through OSINT, social media monitoring, investigative platforms and security intelligence tools.
• Conduct executive vulnerability assessments, POI investigations, threat assessments and social media exposure reviews.
• Detect and provide rapid assessments of emerging security situations, as needed.
• Identify and develop resources for travel-related threat information on a global basis, including internet, databases, public records, media, law enforcement, government sources, contracted services and other related resources.
• Act as part of the central repository for the collection of information necessary for the analysis of the client's security incident reports and suspicious activity logs on a global basis.
• Triage intelligence requests and ensure timely delivery of accurate, relevant information.
• Provide reports or briefings on strategic or specific security issues as it relates to protective intelligence for the client’s executive teams.

Protective Intelligence Analyst

Learning and Development

• Serve as a team lead for learning, training, and development initiatives, proficiently managing administrative tasks to ensure seamless execution.
• Collaborate closely with relevant internal and Client-facing teams to deliver regular and ad hoc reporting to relevant stakeholders, leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making processes.
• Support in the evaluation of the effectiveness of the VANTAGE Learning and development programme, conducting thorough assessments of usage, engagement, and performance metrics, and presenting insightful reports to management for informed decision-making.
• Identify evolving training and development needs within VANTAGE through collaborative feedback, industry trends, evaluation of output quality, and evolving product needs.
• Support in the design, expansion, and implementation of training and development content tailored to organisational requirements, leveraging a diverse range of learning modalities including face-to-face, digital, and blended learning options.

Training Specialist

• Produce intelligence products such as threat assessments, red flag reports and strategic briefings to support the client’s global operations.
• Detect and provide rapid assessments of “breaking” security situations, as needed.
• Define priorities for in-depth analysis of selected locations relevant to the client’s global interests.
• Deliver concise briefings on key global developments, trends and security-related content.
• Identify and develop resources for threat information, including internet, databases, public records, media, law enforcement, government sources, contracted services and other related resources.
• Utilize OSINT research methodologies to conduct real-time situational awareness and analysis.
• Provide reports or briefings on strategic or specific security issues as directed by the client.
• Develop and maintain appropriate industry-related relationships relevant to the collection, evaluation and distribution of security information.

Consultant

• Managing and delivering client projects.
• Delivering projects (e.g., conducting asset identification exercises, cyber risk assessments against ISO and NIST CSF 2.0 standards, and demonstrating cyber audit expertise).
• Managing different types of client meetings and maintaining positive and respectful client relationships.
• Line management and upskilling of junior resources within the Digital Risks, Protect team.
• Strategic delivery acting as virtual-CISO for our clients on an ongoing basis.
• Project management of multiple cyber risk advisory engagements (e.g. running kick-off meetings, refining outputs, developing recommendations).
• Working with key project stakeholders (e.g., gathering information from interviews, document reviews and presenting findings) while maintaining the confidence of the client through clear communication and good project management.
• Provide flexible and responsive support as and when crisis management support is required and can be provided.
• Owning end-to-end development and management of proposals for future client work.
• Project scoping and planning, to support pricing.
• Maintain up-to-date presale documents.
• Contributing to and building complex, multi-service line proposals.
• Cultivating long-term relationships with clients.
• Participating in marketing to build the Control Risks brand.

Senior Consultant, Cyber Advisory

• The Minor Safety Analyst plays a crucial role in safeguarding vulnerable users by meticulously reviewing and processing reports related to safety and abusive incidents that may pose a risk to minors.
• Review and process abuse and safety incident reports, particularly those involving potential harm to minors, while following established operational procedures.
• Conduct open-source and in-platform investigations into behavioral abuse and threat actors to identify techniques, context, and impact.
• Support analytic workflows by documenting findings clearly, meeting deadlines, and maintaining a high standard of accuracy and consistency.
• Produce concise written summaries, briefings, and investigative reports for internal and client stakeholders.
• Collaborate with team members, cross-functional partners, and vendor teams to ensure requests are processed efficiently and accurately.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of investigative workflows and knowledge resources.
• Participate in team training sessions, shadowing, and peer review to build professional expertise and investigative capability.

Minor Safety Analyst

Strategy

• This role is responsible for developing and maintaining sustainable long-term relationships with our clients and prospects globally, with an emphasis on the United States.
• The responsibility extends to identifying and converting revenue opportunities and project pipeline creation for Control Risks intelligence & analysis services, with a particular focus on Geopolitical Advisory and Retained Services.
• The Global Risk Analysis Director, Geopolitical Strategic Advisory, will contribute to researching market needs in the geopolitical advisory space, developing product and service offerings, and formulating a go-to-market strategy for advisory and retained service offerings.
• The candidate should be a proven salesperson / relationship manager with a broad range of experience working in an international consulting firm that advises clients on geopolitical, integrity, or security issues.
• Expertise in managing accounts for a global service provider and a solid business development track record are a must.
• The candidate is expected to bring a strong network of existing buyer contacts from the government relations / public affairs / strategy functions of MNCs and financial services firms – especially those based in Washington DC.
• The ideal candidate will be already well known in the political risk and geopolitical advisory industry and relevant professional associations.
• Contribute actively to market research, product and service development and delivery.
• Create and execute a business development strategy in collaboration with global I&A leadership and geomarket partners to ensure that we have a coordinated go to market approach that is focused on strategic growth areas.
• Manage and grow the account management portfolio within the region to meet or exceed (individual) budgeted targets.
• Maintain and grow active relationships with colleagues, industry experts, clients, and prospects.
• Take ownership of cash collection for your clients by ensuring timely and accurate invoicing and chasing debts promptly.
• Build confidence in talking about the various services, solutions, tools and technology offerings within our business.
• Provide commercial support for proposals, scoping and pricing and work closely with consultants in our offices around the world.
• Keep our CRM system up to date with relevant information. Actively monitor and report on new sales in our geomarket to ensure they are properly recorded, converted, and invoiced.
• Attend industry and content related events and support Control Risks-led events for our most relevant buyer groups.
• Inspire and develop our global analysts and consultants through your interactions with them on projects and business development.

Director, Geopolitical Strategic Advisory

• Conduct research and provide intelligence to the Threat Assessment Management Services (TAMs) in a timely manner.
• Support the investigation and mitigation of threatening incidents or behaviors.
• Use OSINT research methodology for real-time situational awareness and analysis.
• Monitor worldwide events that may impact the Client's assets.
• Produce timely, useful, and custom-tailored intelligence reports.
• Assess and monitor Persons of Interest (POIs) who exhibit concerning behavior.
• Provide situational awareness coverage for Client events and employee travel.
• Collaborate with global security professionals.
• Exhibit understanding of the Client's intelligence customer needs.

Open Source Intelligence Analyst

• Control Risks is looking to hire a Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst to support a premier client of ours. The Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst will conduct research and provide intelligence to the threat management team in a timely manner to support the investigation and mitigation of threatening incidents or behaviours.
• OSINT analysts also support Executive Protection and employee, facility, event safety and security by providing persistent situational awareness research and support.
• Assist the Open Source Intelligence Program Manager as required to fulfil project requirements, assist in task delegation, and provide quality control.
• Review intelligence reports for grammatical and spelling errors as well as research and analysis quality.
• Utilize OSINT research methodology for real-time situational awareness and analysis.
• Monitor worldwide events; identify events with the potential to impact the Client's assets, executives, and operations. Examples of relevant event categories include, but are not limited to: natural disasters, transportation disruptions, political instability, terrorism, and crime.
• Intensive analysis of data collected and produce timely, useful, and custom-tailored intelligence reports, threat assessments, and Person of Interest (POI) investigation reports, etc.
• Identify POIs who exhibit concerning, unwanted, or violent threatening behavior toward the Client, its executives, employees, or community.
• Research, evaluate, and assess and continually monitor POIs and their activity and disseminate information to Client stakeholders as needed.
• Situational awareness coverage for Client events, employee travel, and executive protection.
• Draft and review concise notifications for distribution to the Client's decision-makers and global security leaders.
• Identify potential risks and negative sentiment on social media, news sites, forums etc. to provide protective intelligence in support of executive security.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of other global security professionals in support of the TAMs 24/7/365 operations and develop effective relationships with other stakeholders.

Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst

Network Engineer

• Develop, test, operate, monitor, manage, and support IT services using a collection of hardware, software, networks, data centres and cloud platforms.
• This role will bridge the infrastructure and network teams and will have responsibilities to identify and remediate day-to-day infrastructure & network issues as they arise; as well as working on projects to improve the delivery of key services and contributing to the overall architecture design.

Infrastructure & Network Analyst

Security Analyst

• Investigate, triage, and respond to security alerts and incidents in real time.
• Perform in-depth analysis of logs, network traffic, and endpoint data to identify malicious activity.
• Escalate critical incidents to the Team Lead and other stakeholders with clear recommendations.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting to detect anomalies, suspicious behaviors, and advanced threats.
• Contribute to playbooks and use cases for emerging attack techniques.
• Help optimize and tune tools including SIEM, SOAR, and EDR platforms.
• Develop detection rules, automation scripts, and dashboards to enhance team efficiency.
• Collaborate on the evaluation of new technologies and integrations.

Global Head of Procurement

Intelligence Analyst

Embedded Consultant – Analyst Team Lead

Global Head – Project and Client Operations

Intern, Global Risk Analysis

Protective Intelligence Analyst

Training Specialist

Intelligence Analyst

Senior Consultant, Cyber Advisory

Minor Safety Analyst

Director, Geopolitical Strategic Advisory

Open Source Intelligence Analyst

Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst

Infrastructure & Network Analyst

Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst