Americas Security Lead Intelligence Analyst - Associate Director

Americas Security Lead Intelligence Analyst

The opportunity  

The Intelligence Analyst leads strategic and tactical threat intelligence efforts in partnership with the Americas and Global Security teams, with a focus on priorities in the Americas. The role supports EY’s security mission by collecting, assessing, and reporting relevant intelligence to help protect personnel, facilities, assets, and reputation. The analyst monitors emerging national and international security concerns and delivers written analyses and briefings to support security programs and crisis management operations.

Your key responsibilities 

• Monitor & track incidents for area situational awareness related to core security disciplines (i.e. Executive Protection, Crisis Response, Emergency Preparedness, Business Continuity, Travel Security, Physical Security, Meetings & Events Security)
• Conduct comprehensive all-source monitoring, collection and analysis of threats potentially impacting firm assets in the Americas and communicate the information in a timely and accurate manner.
• Produce tactical risk assessments and various other reporting as needed for threats potentially impacting firm assets in the Americas.
• Collaborate with Regional Security personnel and other business partners to determine incident and threat impacts to the firm and collaborate with other business units on appropriate response.
• Gain and maintain an understanding of key area stakeholders’ top concerns (Region leadership, Region Security Managers and other relevant partners) and produce security assessments and incident/situational reporting based on requirements.
• Identify priority risk areas (e.g., geopolitical tensions, terrorism, political instability, civil unrest, crime, natural disasters) to help define top organizational concerns.
• Support the Americas Travel and Meetings & Events Security processes.
• Remain current on security and intelligence topics.
• Help develop continuous improvement and industry best practices regarding threat intelligence assessment & escalation protocols. 
• Build relationships with other corporate and government intelligence teams to share methodologies and analysis to better support the wide variety of our firm’s business groups.
• Build, maintain and leverage relationships with key external agencies, local/federal law enforcement, intelligence/military agencies and other public and private entities.

Skills and attributes for success 

• Ability to analyze the business environment, geographical variations, security requirements and stakeholder expectations.
• Capacity to be a self-starter, capable of readily managing and switching between multiple tasks and working with minimal supervision.
• Advanced open-source research skills; knowledge of social media resources for proactive intelligence collection.
• Analytic experience within the Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) community, and previous experience with law enforcement, the intelligence community, the military, security consulting, corporate security or enhanced due diligence.
• Technical expertise and experience in information gathering from open sources, government or vendor reporting, social media and/or public or private sector partnership networks. Proficient knowledge of popular media sites (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) is essential.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Executive presentation skills with an ability to brief C-suite level personnel with demonstrated experience.
• Experience utilizing AI tools to further enhance and create efficiencies in intelligence reporting.
• Demonstrated research and critical thinking skills to identify, collect, synthesize, and evaluate large amounts of data and draw logical and actionable conclusions.
• Understanding and experience intelligence cycle, as defined by the US Government Intelligence Community.
• Experience with the Ontic Security Intelligence platform is highly desirable.

To qualify you must have 

• Relevant bachelor’s degree; field of study such as international relations, political science, history, national security studies, government, journalism, or business communications preferred.
• Currently acting in an analyst role with at least 10 years’ experience with a preference given to those with experience in a dynamic security environment. Preferred if this has been within a large national, international or multi-national organization.
• US Intelligence Community agency experience is highly desirable.
• A recognized professional certification from the US Government or from recognized organizations such as ASIS, MAX Security, or Bellingcat.

• Ability to work a flexible schedule and sometimes extended schedule during crisis periods, to include weekends and holidays.
• Ability to operate under stress and multi-task in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under ambiguous circumstances.
• Self-motivated, strong organizational and multitasking skills, detail oriented.
• Equally comfortable working independently or collaboratively on a project, often under compressed timelines.
• Highly responsive and proactive, able to own tasks from start to finish.

Ideally, you'll also have 

• Spanish and/or Portuguese language fluency is highly desirable.
• Supervisory intelligence experience is highly desirable.

What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business.  The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $121,500 to $233,800. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $145,700 to $265,700.  Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.  In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. 
EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.  

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