Are you ready to make your mark as part of our Global Strategy Team? Then you’ve come to the right place. At White & Case, we will support you, give you responsibility, and welcome you as an integral member of our diverse, international team from day one.

The Strategy team at White & Case are a highly skilled, advisory group, comprised mostly of former strategy consultants. The team works closely with the Executive Committee to run all aspects of the strategy function – from formulation through execution. This includes market and financial analysis, strategy development, project scoping, design, testing, implementation, change management, and KPI development and tracking.

The Strategy Senior Specialist will report to the Global Director of Strategy, playing a critical role in formulating and executing projects vital to achieving the Firm’s vision. You will work on global projects that impact every practice within the Firm, providing significant opportunities to build and enhance your strategic and analytical skillset. The Strategy Senior Specialist will also play a crucial role in ensuring the seamless execution of these initiatives, fostering engagement, and driving the impact of our strategic efforts.

Under the direction of the Global Director of Strategy, you will collaborate with the Executive Committee, Strategy Committees and task forces, relevant functional leaders, and the Strategy team to drive initiatives from strategy formulation to execution. Additionally, you will support and work closely with internal stakeholders and external consultants, utilizing 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); and creating work plans while managing competing deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy Project Support

• Contribute to the development and management of detailed project plans and timelines.
• Assist in gathering and documenting comprehensive project requirements.
• Engage in interviews, meetings, and workshops to thoroughly understand Firm and project-specific goals and deliverables.

Data Analysis and Insights

• Collect, analyse, and interpret data to effectively support project objectives.
• Prepare compelling data visualizations and summaries to clearly communicate findings.
• Utilize advanced analytical tools and techniques to identify meaningful trends and insights.

Benchmarking

• Conduct thorough industry and market research to inform project recommendations.
• Benchmark Firm practices against industry standards and best practices.
• Compile research findings into clear, concise, and actionable reports.

Solution Development and Implementation

• Develop hypotheses and research solutions, frameworks, and methodologies to meet project-specific requirements, leveraging accurate and appropriate sources (e.g., interviewing partners, researching third-party data sources).
• Collaborate with team members to brainstorm and evaluate potential solutions.
• Assist in creating comprehensive project documentation, reports, and presentations.
• Provide support during the implementation phase of recommendations.
• Assist in training end users on new approaches and systems.
• Monitor and report on the progress of implementation activities to ensure successful outcomes.

Collaboration and Communication

• Maintain and organize the Strategy team’s online document repositories.
• Support senior leaders in executing project tasks, activities, and ad hoc strategy requests.

Personal Development

• Seek constructive feedback from team members and key stakeholders to continuously improve performance.
• Stay updated on industry trends, tools, and methodologies to enhance expertise.
• Participate actively in training and development programs to further professional growth.

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, or related/relevant field
• 1 – 3 years of experience in consulting, business analysis, banking, or related roles
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio); familiarity with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, PowerBI) is a plus

What We Offer

When you join us, you’ll be working directly with partners, business leaders and many other inspiring colleagues across our global network of offices. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and development opportunities that will help you achieve your potential.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a Strategy professional, and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

About White & Case

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Location and Reporting

This role is a permanent, full-time position based in our London office, and reports into the Global Director of Strategy.

Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:30, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Firm Benefits 

We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase (available during annual enrolment)

Equal Opportunity Statement

White & Case is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or accommodation to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email the recruiting contact listed for the relevant position. We are a Disability Confident (Committed) Employer. We will be happy to work with you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the London Recruitment team.

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