Careers

The Opportunity:

We are Australia's foremost legal-led consultancy that offers a truly differentiated client and employee experience in the market. We combine the legal expertise and backing of a leading, global law firm with highly experienced, specialist risk consultants to provide unique, integrated and holistic solutions to our clients so they can navigate the complexities of conducting businesses globally. After successfully establishing the division in Australia in 2020, our now 100 strong team have developed a market leading reputation and in October 2022 expanded into the United Kingdom.

As a result of exponential growth our Data & Analytics team is looking to hire a Specialist (equivalent to a Consultant/Senior Consultant in Big4 consulting) in Australia.

We support our clients, by working in close collaboration with our legal counter-parts and teams across the Risk Advisory practice to focus on how data can be used to deliver a best-in-class legal led consulting service. We combine our advanced analytics, data science and data governance expertise to design and deliver data-driven risk management solutions across a vast array of domains from privacy to cybersecurity to financial crime to name just a few. Some of our work includes:

• Designing, implementing and embedding data risk management frameworks to demonstrate compliance to data management obligations and the adequate management of data risk.
• AI governance framework design and implementation, and documentation of AI policies, procedures and standards.
• Modelling and advanced analytics, leveraging strategic data assets and codifying business and regulatory rules to uncover, interpret, and communicate patterns in data, to drive business value and manage risk.

As a Specialist, you will also support Partners, Directors and Executives to identify and execute business development activities to build the Ashurst Risk Advisory brand, including owning the creation of proposals.

Please review the job description attached to the role on our careers site as it provides more detail around the team, role, what we can offer you, and what we are looking for.

About You:

• You are an experienced consultant with demonstrated capability and expertise in advising clients on data-driven risk solutions.
• You have 3-4 years' experience, either in a data and analytics role or as a risk professional in a major organisation, or a client facing role within a well-respected consulting firm.
• You're excited about using your data expertise to solve a diverse range of client problems with new, unique and inventive solutions, and assist in the growth of a unique and 'first to market' practice.
• You have proven experience bringing high quality value to clients through developing data strategies, embedding data governance frameworks, driving insights through analytics and reporting, or creating AI/ML-backed solutions. You're also comfortable clearly communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You're passionate about collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team and have experience managing multiple projects, including experience with proposals, pre-engagement activities, producing high quality deliverables, conducting stakeholder workshops, issuing final reports and billing.
• You approach challenging problems with both confidence and humility to put forward your ideas but also empathise with alternate viewpoints.
• It's desirable if you're experienced and comfortable with the common tools in this space. We use a combination of Alteryx, SQL Server, PowerBI, Tableau and Python but no worries if you're not an expert in these; experience with other common analytics tools is also fine.

What makes Ashurst a great place to work?

We are a team devoted to collaboration, diversity, transparency and innovation. Our vision is to create a unique culture in the consulting market based around teamwork and a structure that offers everyone a voice and the encouragement to help us build the practice. Our ambition is to hire a highly diverse team combining various personalities, cultures and professional backgrounds, and offer them the opportunity to directly deal with clients, take responsibility for business development, drive their careers, and help us in defining our strategy, culture and processes.

We offer award winning Learning & Development and Diversity & Inclusion programs, and a range of benefits including, subsidised gym membership, discounted health insurance, complimentary health and wellbeing support programs, study support, annual bonuses, flexible working, and 26 weeks parental leave, to name a few. We are also committed to delivering positive impacts to our communities through our Social Impact programme, with a strong emphasis on working with First Nations people through our pro bono practice.

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