Norton Rose Fulbright
Sydney
28 January 2021
Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with a large global diverse workforce of more than 7,000 people across more than 50 cities worldwide. We provide the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service.
Recognised for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Understanding our clients’ businesses and the trends and developments in their operating environments that impact them is fundamental to us.
In this role you will assist partners in identifying opportunities for revenue growth through market and competitor analysis. Specifically, the Business Development Analyst supports the business development efforts of the allocated Practice Teams (primarily Banking, Financial Services and Restructuring & Insolvency) by providing research and preparation materials on target industries, markets and companies using publicly available sources and the firm’s internal client relationship management (CRM) system. The position will also support pursuit strategy and execution, lead generation and nurturing efforts, pipeline management, meeting preparation and debrief.
Responsibilities
Support development of MBD and growth plans for Practice area
- Facilitate the development of Practice Team plans by analysing competitive position, as well as researching, synthesising and presenting competitive data, market and company research and industry trends.
Financial Markets Analysis
- Review market and deals intelligence from Australian and international databases and sources, including Connect 4, MergerMarket, DebtWire, D&B Hoovers, Westlaw, various media databases such as Infra News, etc, to identify market trends and opportunities.
Business development and opportunity management support
- Identify opportunities to acquire new clients via targeted pursuits or incept new legal products that address emerging issues and risks.
- Bring ideas to partners in allocated Practice Teams about potential opportunities to engage existing clients identified by monitoring news alerts, company and analyst reports, stock market announcements, etc.
- Support targeted pursuits by allocated Practice Teams by undertaking or commissioning research on the target to yield both organisational and individual contact intelligence.
- Maintain BD trackers and opportunity pipelines.
Client feedback
- Analyse client feedback performance and trends for the allocated Practice Teams.
Competitor intelligence
- Monitor competitor developments including directory rankings, web content, and market engagement including articles published and events, and report on this to Practice Team Leader(s).
Bids and tenders
- Contribute to bid qualification and value proposition development by researching our competitive position and track record.
Campaign design and reporting
- Draw upon knowledge of market trends and developments to contribute ideas for campaign development, including suggesting themes and topics to extend live campaigns based on engagement by specific contacts and contact segments.
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience as a marketing/BD professional in B2B environment (preferably professional or financial services)
- An undergraduate degree in marketing, accounting, law or librarianship; major in market research highly regarded
- Highly developed research and data assimilation skills
- Strong commercial acumen grounded in industry and markets understanding
- Excellent writing, editing and communications skills
- Ability to influence and challenge senior executives on the relevance and value of data-driven insights
- Ability to pivot between working independently (often with minimal supervision) and collaboratively across multi-disciplined teams
- Experience working in legal sector marketing highly regarded
At Norton Rose Fulbright, you will be rewarded with genuine career prospects and an inclusive, high performing team environment renowned for its collaborative culture, passion for client service and professional development opportunities. Remuneration will be commensurate with relevant experience.
Norton Rose Fulbright values diversity and strives to create an inclusive culture where all our people can bring their whole selves to work. We are proud that Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia has been recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) year on year as well as a silver employer for LGBTI Inclusion through the Australian Workplace Equality Index.
We embrace the opportunity to contribute to the communities in which we work which underpins our strong Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. We provide a range of opportunities in which our people can make a difference to their local and global communities including through pro bono legal work, charitable giving, volunteering and support for the environment.
We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.
To apply online please click "Apply". We will provide adjustments for candidates with disabilities. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application/interview process, please contact Scott Baker on +61 2 9330 8578 or scott.baker@nortonrosefulbright.com.
If you are trans or gender diverse and would like a confidential discussion before applying, please contact Yvette Borradale (03) 8686 6003 or Scott Baker (02) 9330 8578.