Control Risks

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Produce high quality enhanced due diligence (EDD) and research reports for financial services clients in the Asia Pacific region
• Conduct in-depth public records research (media articles, corporate records, litigation and regulatory filings, social media, compliance databases)
• Engage in discreet interviews to gather information on companies and individuals and develop intelligence on specific topics and industries
• Support major banking transactions such as IPOs and debt issuance with enhanced due diligence reports
• Project-manage enhanced due diligence assignments, including scoping research, drafting summaries and findings, and meeting deadlines
• Communicate with clients (primarily compliance or internal control departments) to clarify scope, address questions, and suggest additional avenues of research
• Assist line manager in training, managing internal and external research resources and subcontractors
• Liaise with vendors and subcontractors to ensure work quality and adherence to global delivery standards
• Engage with colleagues across Control Risks to address client queries and participate in regional research initiatives
• Interact with researchers, supervisors, managers, and Quality Assurance to provide support and feedback and discuss service/product improvements

Researcher, Financial Services, Bahasa Speaker

• Produce high quality enhanced due diligence reports for financial services clients in the Asia Pacific region
• Conduct in-depth research of public records such as media articles, corporate records, litigation and regulatory filings, social media sites, and compliance databases
• Engage in discreet interviews to gather information around companies’ and individuals’ reputation and develop intelligence on specific topics and industries
• Produce enhanced due diligence and research reports to support major banking transactions such as IPOs and debt issuance
• Project-manage enhanced due diligence assignments, including scoping, proposals, timelines, and client communication
• Communicate directly with clients (primarily compliance/internal control departments) to clarify scope, address questions, and suggest research avenues
• Assist managers in training and managing internal and external research resources and subcontractors
• Liaise with vendors and subcontractors to ensure high-quality work that adheres to global delivery standards
• Interact with researchers, supervisors, managers, and Quality Assurance to support VANTAGE work and regional research initiatives
• Participate in discussions with VANTAGE and Control Risks Group on potential service and product improvements

Researcher, Financial Services, Japanese Speaker

• Produce high quality enhanced due diligence reports for financial services clients to help meet compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct in-depth research of public records such as media articles, corporate records, litigation and regulatory filings, social media sites, and compliance databases.
• Engage in discreet interviews to gather information about companies’ and individuals’ reputation and develop intelligence on specific topics and industries.
• Produce enhanced due diligence and research reports to support major banking transactions such as IPOs and debt issuance.
• Project-manage enhanced due diligence assignments: conduct public records research and discreet interviews, research specific topics, draft summaries and findings, and produce high-quality research reports.
• Assist in the proposal process, conduct scoping research, and communicate with clients to understand their requirements; communicate directly with compliance/internal control clients to clarify scope and suggest research avenues.
• Support line manager in training, managing internal and external resources, and help develop and expand the pool of research resources and subcontractors.
• Liaise with and provide feedback to vendors and subcontractors to ensure quality and adherence to global delivery standards.
• Engage with colleagues across Control Risks to address client queries and participate in regional research initiatives, QA interactions, and service/product improvement discussions.

Researcher – Financial Services, Fluent Thai

• Produce high-quality enhanced due diligence reports for financial services clients in the Asia Pacific region.
• Conduct in-depth public records research (media articles, corporate records, litigation and regulatory filings, social media, compliance databases).
• Conduct discreet interviews to gather intelligence on companies and individuals and develop topic/industry intelligence.
• Produce enhanced due diligence and research reports to support major banking transactions such as IPOs and debt issuance.
• Project manage enhanced due diligence assignments, including scoping research, assisting proposals, and communicating with clients (compliance/internal control) to clarify scope and address questions.
• Train, manage and expand internal and external research resources and subcontractors; liaise with vendors and provide feedback to ensure adherence to global delivery standards.
• Engage with colleagues across Control Risks and the VANTAGE team, interact with supervisors, managers and Quality Assurance to provide support and feedback and participate in service/product improvement discussions.

Researcher, Financial Services, Korean Speaker

Consultant

• Trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, private market investors and law firms in the region
• Help clients understand and manage business risks in complex environments
• Evaluate potential local partners and investments, map sources of reputational and integrity risk, and conduct investigations to respond to internal and external threats
• Produce clear, analytical and exceptionally well-written reports combining OSINT research, interviews and analysis
• Act as Project Leader for BI projects, manage multiple projects and handle project administration
• Produce high-quality reports incorporating human intelligence and stage 2 analysis to help clients make decisions
• Support Client Managers by preparing and presenting elements of investigations to clients
• Work proactively with subcontractors, providing strong briefing and debriefing
• Draft and price proposals, contribute to marketing and business development, identify and vet subcontractors, and produce thought leadership

Business Intelligence Consultant

Director

• The Associate Director will lead the build and operational management of a Bay Area presence for Control Risks global Online Threat Intelligence (OTI) team. They will work with the Global Head of OTI and regional team leads in the delivery of complex online threat intelligence engagements, ensuring effective coordination across the global department and with the regional OTI team leads in Washington DC, EMEA and APAC.
• Lead scoping conversations with existing and prospective clients as a subject matter expert. Provide insight into how OTI deliverables can bring value to our clients.
• Assist in the operational and commercial management of cross-regional engagements, acting as a key point of contact for client stakeholders.
• Develop additional business opportunities for the global team, with a primary focus on the Americas market.
• Produce proposals that address the needs of our clients across the full range of OTI deliverables.
• Brief external stakeholders on intelligence product, including key findings, analysis and recommended mitigation actions for our clients.
• Innovate and provide engaging solutions to the challenges of our clients, proactively anticipating their security needs.
• Demonstrate and understanding and awareness of the broader complimentary offerings of other teams within Digital Risks.

Intelligence Assessments
• Lead on complex intelligence investigations, utilizing a broad range of sources to provide analytical conclusions and advice to our clients.
• Take a lead role in organizing, conducting and reviewing monitoring deliverables and threat and exposure assessments.
• Provide tactical and strategic level insights to our clients related to their threat environment and broader industry trends.
• Produce high-quality written analysis in a time-sensitive manner.
• Ensure that there is alignment with the global delivery teams, working with them to standardize intelligence product and deliverables on key global engagements.
• Innovate and provide engaging solutions to the objectives of different stakeholders. Work with the OTI global leadership to develop products and enhance underlying methodologies.

Team Management
• Recruit, train and manage the team for the Bay Area OTI presence.
• Work with the regional OTI leadership in the Americas, EMEA and APAC; ensuring that all teams are effectively coordinated from an operational perspective.
• Ensure that global processes and workflows are effectively managed and reflected evenly across each region.
• Promote a management and team culture that incentivizes high performance and collaborating across regions within the business.

Operations and Business Management
• Take a leading role in ensuring adherence to KPI metrics, using those insights to inform operational and commercial decisions.
• Liaise with peers in the global OTI team, coordinating delivery on global engagements and ensuring standardization of SOPs and final deliverables.
• Act as a key point of contact for invoicing and forecasting in OTI AMER.
• Oversee and adherence to all operational and confidentiality requirements by the team. Ensure that all policies are maintained and followed throughout.
• Develop thought leadership and marketing activity to increase awareness of OTI throughout the business.

Associate Director, Online Threat Intelligence

Analyst

An Analyst on Control Risks' Online Threat Intelligence (OTI) team will:
Conduct and lead operational delivery of open-source intelligence investigations.
Work with the regional OTI team in scoping, delivering and peer reviewing intelligence product for our clients.
Work with the team leadership to ensure effective team coordination, both within region and with other OTI regional hubs across our 24/7 intelligence function.

Tasks and responsibilities:
Intelligence Assessments:
Lead on complex intelligence investigations, utilizing a broad range of sources to provide analytical conclusions and advice to our clients.
Take a lead role in organizing, conducting and reviewing threat monitoring deliverables and threat and exposure assessments.
Lead and deliver person of interest assessments (POI), utilizing open sources to measure the intent and capability of online threat actors to cause harm to our clients.
Provide tactical level insights to our clients related to their threat environment and broader industry trends.
Produce high-quality written analysis in a time-sensitive manner.
Work collaboratively across regional delivery teams, ensuring standardization of intelligence output for global engagements.
Innovate and provide engaging solutions to the objectives of different stakeholders. Work with regional OTI leadership to identifying opportunities for methodology development.

Consulting responsibilities:
Hold scoping conversations with existing and prospective clients as a subject matter expert. Provide insight into how OTI deliverables can bring value to our clients.
Provide client ready proposals that address the needs of our clients across the range of OTI deliverables.
Support the regional threat intelligence leads in the coordination and of the regional team.
Brief external stakeholders on intelligence product, including key findings, analysis and recommended mitigation actions for our clients.
Innovate and provide engaging solutions to the challenges of our clients, proactively anticipating their security needs.
Develop an understanding of the broader complimentary offerings of other teams within Digital Risks.

Operations and Business Management:
Provide a key role in ensuring adherence to KPI metrics, using those insights to inform operational and commercial decisions.
Serve as a key point of contact for training and peer reviewing junior team members in the production of high quality timely deliverables.
Adhere to all SOPs and operational requirements of the team. Ensure that all policies are maintained and followed throughout.