Corporate Intelligence Specialist

We're Hiring: Corporate Intelligence Specialist

Employment Type: Full-Time

Level: Professional / Specialist

We are seeking a highly analytical, research-driven, and commercially aware Corporate Intelligence Specialist to gather, analyze, and interpret corporate, market, competitor, industry, and strategic information to support informed business decisions and identify emerging opportunities and risks.

The successful candidate will conduct corporate research, competitive intelligence, company profiling, market analysis, and strategic assessments to provide management with timely, accurate, and actionable intelligence.

The ideal candidate should possess strong investigative and analytical capabilities, excellent research skills, sound business judgment, and the ability to transform complex information from multiple sources into clear strategic insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct corporate intelligence research on companies, industries, markets, competitors, customers, suppliers, partners, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Develop detailed corporate profiles covering ownership structures, management teams, business activities, financial performance, subsidiaries, partnerships, investments, and strategic developments.

• Conduct competitor intelligence and monitor competitor strategies, products, services, pricing, market positioning, expansion plans, partnerships, and acquisitions.

• Monitor corporate announcements, regulatory developments, financial disclosures, industry reports, media coverage, and other relevant information sources.

• Identify emerging business opportunities, competitive threats, market disruptions, and strategic risks.

• Conduct due diligence and background research on potential clients, business partners, suppliers, investors, and other third parties.

• Support commercial, strategic, investment, partnership, and business development decisions through structured intelligence analysis.

• Assess corporate ownership, affiliations, business relationships, organizational structures, and relevant stakeholder networks.

• Research mergers, acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, funding activities, and other significant corporate transactions.

• Conduct market and industry research to understand competitive dynamics, growth drivers, market trends, and potential disruptions.

• Monitor geopolitical, economic, regulatory, technological, and social developments that may affect business operations or strategic priorities.

• Gather and validate information from public records, corporate filings, financial reports, industry databases, research platforms, news sources, and other legitimate information channels.

• Evaluate the reliability, relevance, consistency, and credibility of information before incorporating it into intelligence assessments.

• Identify connections and patterns across multiple sources and translate findings into meaningful business insights.

• Prepare corporate intelligence reports, competitor profiles, due diligence reports, market assessments, risk briefings, and executive summaries.

• Develop intelligence dashboards, databases, monitoring systems, and structured research repositories.

• Maintain ongoing monitoring of priority companies, competitors, industries, markets, and strategic developments.

• Provide early-warning intelligence regarding material changes that may affect the organization's commercial or strategic interests.

• Support business development teams with intelligence on prospective clients, markets, competitors, and strategic opportunities.

• Support procurement and risk teams with supplier, partner, and third-party intelligence where required.

• Collaborate with Strategy, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Investment, and other relevant departments.

• Conduct research supporting market entry, expansion, investment evaluation, strategic partnerships, and corporate planning.

• Present key findings, implications, and recommendations clearly to senior management and relevant stakeholders.

• Maintain strict confidentiality when handling commercially sensitive, strategic, financial, and corporate information.

• Ensure intelligence activities follow applicable laws, ethical standards, internal policies, and responsible research practices.

• Continuously improve research methodologies, intelligence frameworks, analytical tools, and information-monitoring processes.

Requirements

• Proven experience in Corporate Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Market Intelligence, Business Research, Due Diligence, Risk Intelligence, Strategy, or a related field.

• Strong experience conducting corporate, market, competitor, and industry research.

• Excellent investigative, analytical, critical-thinking, and information-synthesis skills.

• Strong understanding of corporate structures, business models, financial information, market dynamics, and competitive environments.

• Experience conducting company profiling, corporate due diligence, competitor analysis, or strategic research is highly desirable.

• Ability to collect, validate, cross-reference, and analyze information from multiple reliable sources.

• Strong understanding of financial statements, corporate disclosures, ownership structures, and business transactions is an advantage.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex findings clearly and concisely.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to research accuracy and information quality.

• Ability to distinguish relevant intelligence from large volumes of information and prioritize material findings.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with research databases, data analytics, visualization tools, or intelligence platforms is an advantage.

• Experience with corporate databases, financial information platforms, business research tools, or regulatory databases is desirable.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple research assignments and urgent intelligence requests.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

• High level of integrity, discretion, confidentiality, and professional judgment.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, International Business, Intelligence Studies, Risk Management, Political Science, Law, or a related field is preferred.

• Master's degree, MBA, relevant intelligence qualification, or professional certification is an advantage.

• Experience in consulting, financial services, investment, multinational corporations, risk advisory, corporate strategy, or professional services is highly desirable.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

• Opportunity to work on high-impact corporate intelligence and strategic research assignments.

• Exposure to major companies, industries, markets, investments, transactions, and emerging business developments.

• Direct interaction with Strategy, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Investment, Business Development, and senior management teams.

• Access to professional research databases, intelligence tools, industry resources, and analytical platforms.

• Professional training, mentorship, research development, and continuous learning opportunities.

• Career progression toward Senior Corporate Intelligence Specialist, Intelligence Manager, Competitive Intelligence Manager, Corporate Intelligence Manager, Strategic Intelligence Director, or Head of Intelligence roles.

• A highly analytical, intellectually challenging, confidential, and collaborative working environment.

• Opportunity to help the organization anticipate competitive threats, identify opportunities, strengthen due diligence, and make better strategic decisions.

If you are a curious and analytical professional with strong research capabilities and a passion for understanding companies, markets, competitors, and emerging risks, we invite you to join our team and turn complex corporate information into actionable intelligence and strategic advantage.