Company Description
About Sibylline
Sibylline is a leading intelligence and strategic risk consultancy in the security sector. Since 2010 we have supported businesses, governments and NGOs through the provision of high-quality risk analysis, due diligence and consultancy services. The firm provides an innovative, entrepreneurial and fast-growing working environment, offering employees ever greater exposure to high-profile clients and challenges. Sibylline offers fantastic opportunities for career progression within a successful company, and we aim to help our employees to build their own personal profiles as well-regarded analysts within the broader industry.
Key attributes of Sibylline employees are:
- Self-motivated, and auto-improving individuals who can couple initiative and boldness with good judgement
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Clarity of thought and analytical flair
- Strong, demonstrable interest in security and intelligence
- The ability to work under pressure, demonstrate leadership when required but also be able to collaborate effectively in teams
- Excellent attention to detail
Job Description
About the role
We are looking for a professional and experienced Americas Lead Analyst to head our Americas desk and provide thought leadership to Americas analysts. The Americas desk supplies and maintains analytical services on geopolitical and security developments across both regions.
Analysts detect, analyse, and advise on adverse conditions that could affect the safety, reputation, security, and operational continuity of our clients. These conditions include but are not limited to political instability and unrest, crime, terrorism, governance risks and an awareness of cyber threats.
You will be managing Americas team as well as producing analytical content for the region. You will manage Americas Analysts and Associate Analysts, ensuring their output is analytically cogent and monitor their respective pipelines.
In addition, you will engage directly with clients to provide immediate support and consulting. Aside from written analysis, we expect our analysts to partake in podcasts and deliver presentations to expert audiences around the world. Your work will help our clients to make critical decisions about security and operational challenges.
This is a hybrid role requiring to be in our London office 2 days a week.
Requirements
- A solid understanding of security threats to the corporate sector in the LATAM and North American regions
- A minimum of 2-3 year’s relevant experience
- An understanding of the internal dynamics impacting businesses and governments within different states across the region
- Strong personal initiative; ability to take ownership of tasks and challenges and deliver solutions under minimal guidance
- Experience managing a high-performing team of analysts
- Program implementation and project management skills
- Exemplary stakeholder engagement
- Ability to train, manage and develop a team of analysts
- Ability to successfully work with people and manage projects from inception to completion
- Ability to work under pressure, multitask, project manage and collaborate effectively in teams
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent written English
- Working proficiency in Excel and familiarity with manipulating large data sets; data-driven approach and innovative track record around visualisation of data
- Thorough knowledge of political, security, criminal, and governance issues in the Americas region and a strong interest in security and intelligence
- Excellent presentation skills, and confidence in liaising with clients in writing and verbal briefings
- Excellent research skills, and ability to rapidly digest, evaluate and “sift” large quantities of information
- The ability to research and analyse a wide range of information and write regular high-quality analytical reports to strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment, which delivers insight and value to our clients.
- Analytical flair; an ability to provide rigorous, creative insight in complex situations
- High-level competency with Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- A master's degree in International Affairs (e.g. International Relations, War Studies) with a strong regional focus on the Americas more broadly
- Must have the right to work in the UK.
Nice to have
- Native regional insight; previous experience living or working in the region
- Native language relevant to the region
- Strong professional network
- Experience working with highly confidential information.
Interview process:
- Initial call with our Talent Acquisition team member
- Timed written assessment (arranged at the time that suits you) to test writing and analytical capability
- Panel interview with some of the team members and hiring managers at Sibylline
Sibylline is committed to the recruitment and selection of candidates without regard for sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, age, political beliefs, culture and lifestyle. We are committed to fostering a business culture that reflects these values and promotes equal opportunity.
