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Senior Specialist, Strategy
White & Case LLPUnited States-New York, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Oct 2024
💰 $144,000/yr($94,500/yr – $144,000/yr)
About the role
Senior Specialist, Strategy
Firm Summary
White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be. With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work. It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people. Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.
Position Summary
As part of the Strategy team, you will play a critical role in formulating and executing projects that are vital to achieving the Firm’s vision. You will work on global projects that impact every practice within the Firm, providing you significant opportunities to build and enhance your strategic and analytical skillset. Under the direction of the Global Director of Strategy, you will collaborate with the Executive Committee (EC), Strategy Committees and task forces, relevant functional leaders, and Strategy team to drive initiatives from strategy formulation to execution. .
Duties and Accountabilities1
Working closely with the broader Strategy team, internal stakeholders, and external consultants, you are expected to utilize broad consulting skills such as gathering, cleansing, and analyzing data; developing pertinent and thoughtful insights; contributing to the creation of deliverables in PowerPoint, Excel, and Visualization Tools (e.g., Power BI); creating work plans and managing competing deadlines.
Specifics include:
Strategy Project Support
- Contribute to the development of project plans and timelines
- Assist in gathering and documenting project requirements
- Participate in interviews, meetings, and workshops to understand Firm and project-specific goals and deliverables
Data Analysis and Insights
- Collect, analyze, and interpret data to support project objectives
- Prepare data visualizations and summaries to communicate findings
- Use analytical tools and techniques to identify trends and insights
Benchmarking
- Conduct industry and market research to support project recommendations
- Benchmark Firm practices against market standards and best practices
- Compile research findings into concise and actionable reports
Solution Development and Implementation
- Develop hypotheses and research solutions, frameworks, and methodologies to address project-specific requirements, using accurate and appropriate sources (e.g., interviewing partners, researching 3rd party data sources)
- Collaborate with team members to brainstorm and evaluate potential solutions
- Assist in the creation of project documentation, reports, and presentations
- Provide support during the implementation of recommendations
- Assist in training end users on new approaches and systems
- Monitor and report on the progress of implementation activities
Collaboration and Communication
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