Strategic Intelligence Associate

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR), and it works with companies and law firms around the world from its principal offices in New York, London, Chicago, Washington, Singapore, and Dubai.

We have invested significantly in building a differentiated strategic intelligence capability. The Strategic Intelligence Associate supports Burford’s global strategic intelligence function by delivering timely, accurate and actionable research that informs marketing, business development, underwriting and corporate strategy.

Reporting to the SVP of Strategic Intelligence, a former AM Law 25 Head of Strategic Intelligence, this role is responsible for executing and delivering core intelligence inputs. This includes monitoring, synthesizing and distributing intelligence; supporting the production and maintenance of high-quality commercial data; and managing core research administration processes. The role directly enables sales and marketing activity and executive decision-making while contributing to the ongoing development of Burford’s strategic intelligence capabilities.

The base compensation range for this role is $80,000 – $110,000. Burford also pays a discretionary annual bonus and provides welcome Restricted Stock Units to all full-time employees. 

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

Burford Capital is the largest and most experienced provider of commercial finance to the legal sector in the world, with a core expertise in identifying and optimizing the value of legal assets for companies and law firms.  Since its founding in 2009, Burford has worked with hundreds of law firms and corporations, including 94 of the AmLaw 100 and 92 of the Global 100 largest law firms. Our team has grown from five people at the end of 2009 to over 150 people today, including over 45 lawyers.

Burford possesses the resources and expertise of a large company while retaining the flexibility and creativity of a startup.  Team members are smart, creative, collaborative, curious, and confident.  Everyone rolls up their sleeves to perform and engage collectively for the overall success of the business.  Burford values rigorous thinking, clear communication, and efficient execution. Burford is an “always on” environment in which everyone needs to be accessible by email when outside the office, including during evenings and weekends

Burford pays base salaries consistent with the financial services industry and favors incentive compensation to reward performance. Burford provides competitive health care benefits and a 401k matching program. Burford Capital is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture.  We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, whether or not they have a disability.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Strategic Intelligence & Market Monitoring

• Own the production and distribution of the Burford Daily Briefing, ensuring consistent, timely and global delivery of relevant intelligence each business day
• Monitor legal, litigation, corporate and industry developments, including cases of interest, competitor activity and market signals relevant to Burford’s commercial priorities

• Curate and synthesize information from legal, financial and news databases into clear, concise summaries for internal audiences
• Support the Strategic Intelligence function with background research, monitoring and briefing materials related to corporate strategy initiatives
• Own the production and distribution of the quarterly competitor report and actively maintain the competitor tracker

CRM, Data Quality & Salesforce Support

• Research, validate and support the enrichment and correction of contact and prospect data in Salesforce, partnering with Marketing and BD to improve data accuracy and usability in support of commercial workflows and reporting
• Partner with Strategic Intelligence leadership and Marketing and BD to ensure intelligence-driven insights and research outputs are reflected accurately in CRM records

Research Administration & Platform Management

• Manage the research subscription tracking database, including license assignments and ongoing maintenance
• Support contract renewals and vendor management in collaboration with the SVP of Strategic Intelligence

• Assist with the initial setup and implementation of new research platforms as part of the intelligence stack
• Prepare quarterly analyses of research spend and cost allocation for Finance as needed
• Process vendor invoices and support budget tracking related to research tools and subscriptions as needed

SKILLS DESIRED

Experience

• 2+ years of experience in research, intelligence, data or analytical support roles, preferably within professional services, legal, financial or consulting environments
• Demonstrated experience using legal, financial and news research databases

• Familiarity with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) or structured data environments
• Relevant research experience or equivalent professional background
• Exposure to the legal industry or business of law preferred

Core Competencies

• Strong research and information-retrieval skills with attention to accuracy and detail
• Ability to distill large volumes of information into clear, well-organized summaries
• Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Excel at a basic to intermediate level to analyze, organize and present data
• Strong written communication skills and comfort preparing executive- and sales-facing materials
• Ability to manage multiple requests and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Intellectual curiosity and interest in learning about litigation finance, legal markets and commercial strategy
• Ability to collaborate closely with senior leadership and incorporate feedback into research and intelligence outputs

Performance Expectations

• Execute research and intelligence requests accurately, efficiently and on deadline
• Escalate questions, ambiguities or prioritization issues appropriately to the SVP of Strategic Intelligence

• Remain responsive to business needs, including occasional off-hours responsiveness, in support of a global commercial organization
• Continuously build familiarity with Burford’s markets, clients, competitors and intelligence priorities

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