What you will do
- Maintain detailed project schedules for active engagements, ensuring that all internal deadlines for research and analysis are met.
- Coordinate information flow between our senior partners and the research team to maintain a clear picture of counterparty behavior.
- Assist in the preparation of status reports for sovereign entities and family groups, focusing on evidence-based updates.
- Support senior leadership during the preparation for regulator conversations by organizing relevant background data and documentation.
- Monitor the progress of joint venture discussions, documenting key commercial points and identified risks.
- Help synthesize complex research findings into concise briefs that partners can use during active negotiations.
- Organize and manage internal documentation related to capital deployment scenarios and market entry strategies.
- Track action items following internal strategy sessions to ensure all client objectives are addressed promptly.
- A university degree in business, economics, political science, or a related field that demonstrates analytical capability.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to track multiple moving parts within a complex project.
- Clear and direct writing skills, with a preference for accuracy and brevity over corporate jargon.
- Basic familiarity with commercial logic and an interest in how private deals interact with state capital.
- Proficiency in using digital project management tools, spreadsheets, and collaborative platforms in a remote setting.
- The ability to work independently and maintain high standards of output without constant direct supervision.
- A grounded perspective that values evidence and ground reality over theoretical reports.
- Comfort communicating with senior professionals and summarizing information for decision-makers.
- A fully remote working environment that offers flexibility in how you manage your daily tasks.
- Direct exposure to senior partners and the opportunity to see how high-level commercial negotiations are conducted.
- High-impact work supporting a major French partner on significant investment and partnership decisions.
- The position is paid at a competitive rate that is attractive for an entry-level role in the advisory sector.
Gulf Associates operates on the principle that commercial judgment is more valuable than standard consultancy models. We work with a small book of active engagements, which allows our senior partners to stay involved in every stage of a project. This means our associates get to see the reality of how deals are made and how regulator conversations actually unfold. We are a firm that values honesty and directness. We are comfortable being measured on the results that follow our advice, such as a signed joint venture agreement or a successful operational launch. Our culture is focused on outcomes rather than internal bureaucracy: we expect our team to be self-sufficient and focused on the practical needs of our clients. In this remote role, you will be a vital part of a team that prioritizes the ground reality of the market over a distant view from a head office.
