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Analyst

Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness, and culture shaping services globally. In our more than 60 year history, we have conducted some of the most high-profile C-suite and board-level searches in the world.

Today, we are working with our clients across 29 countries to help them accelerate their performance and respond with agility to new opportunities and challenges in every industry. We continue to raise the bar in serving our clients as trusted leadership advisors, and we are also providing an expanded range of data-driven, tech-enabled tools and platforms across our executive search and consulting businesses.

Managing top talent isn’t just our business. It’s our passion, and we are committed to investing in and developing the careers of our own people.

We look for people with experience from a variety of industries and diverse educational backgrounds who are passionate about partnering with innovative and influential organizations and share our commitment to our purpose – to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.

If you’re ready to start or grow your career with us, learn more about our available opportunities at

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Job Description:

The Position

The Analyst role is the first step on the consulting career path. In this role Analysts learn the consulting cycle and the critical role or empirical data and rigorous analysis. Your contributions will expose you to leaders across a variety of industries and geographies. This role provides the opportunity to grow with one of the fastest growing organization consultancies specializing in accelerating performance.

The purpose of the Analyst role is to support client engagements and product development by researching, gathering, interpreting and presenting complex data in an impactful and compelling way.

The role will support our exciting range of projects including capability assessment, leadership development, and team effectiveness. Ideally you will have strong interpersonal skills and have worked in a consulting firm or be able to demonstrate the capability to effectively work with clients.

Accountabilities:

Conduct research using a broad range of channels, presenting data in an easily digestible and concise format
Enter, organize and analyse client data using best practice data analytical Leadership Consulting – Analyst 4 techniques to identify key themes and insights
Prepare client and internal reports in Word or PowerPoint to convey data/research findings in a compelling way
Support Partners, Principals and Consultants to produce high quality deliverables for clients
Support the design of new products and tools, conduct and/or support client research, contribute ideas to design and development
Plan and manage own workload on multiple projects, prioritise own work to meet challenging deadlines
Build reusable, client-ready collateral, materials and presentations that clearly define the problem, summarize the analysis, outline potential solutions and lead to recommendation(s)
Organize and maintain libraries of knowledge collateral, ensuring easy access for users
Proactively develop own learning; build own expertise and experience to contribute across a range of client projects.

Key Metrics

Expected utilization of ~70%
Accuracy of data insights
Delivery of reports etc on time and to quality
Quality of analysis and deliverables
Contributions to Firm initiatives
Personal growth and development

The Person

Qualifications & Experience

Deep interest in business, people, organizational behavior, ideally with a first, Masters, and/or PhD in either Business or Psychology (occupational or organization) coupled with strong analytical skills.
1 to 2 years of work experience with 2 years in a management or leadership consulting environment.
Research experience and strong analytical skills able to use multiple research channels.
Highly proficient in PowerPoint, Word and advanced Excel
Experience of advanced statistical modelling such as SPSS and other best practice predictive analytics
Highly numerate
Excellent writing skills; can prepare concise and compelling reports
High on attention to detail
Language skills as required
Willingness to travel locally and globally as required

Consulting Behaviours

Refer to Competency Framework describing:

Thinking agility: thinks ahead, analyses and solves problems, is innovative and handles ambiguity
Operate with excellence: is driven, proactive and self-directed and results focused; sets high standards for self and for others
Inspire and engage clients and stakeholders: influences the thinking of clients and stakeholders by connecting, adapting own style and optimising personal impact
Builds talent and teams: leads and develops teams and individuals to achieve the highest levels of performance and grow Leadership Consulting capabilities
Agility: demonstrates foresight, adaptability, resilience and learning

Key Skills and Expertise Areas

Refer to Competency Framework describing:

Business Acumen
Domain expertise (organisation/team/leadership assessment and development)
Project Delivery
Engagement management
Consulting skills (including facilitation)and interactions

Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or citizenship status.

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