Associate Consultant - Research and Intelligence Team

Harbor is the preeminent provider of expert services across strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence.

Our globally integrated team of 800+ strategists, technologists, and specialists navigates alongside our clients – leading law firms, corporations, and their law departments – to provide essential resources and invaluable insights.

The Research and Intelligence team are experts in research, library services, and intelligence provide law firms and corporate clients with business-critical information and insights in a fast-changing market environment.

Harbor is located downtown Chicago at 425 S. Financial Pl, Chicago, IL 60605. This is an onsite role with capabilities of going hybrid.

Responsibilities

As a Consultant at Harbor, you will engage with colleagues who are smart, innovative, and eager to meet new challenges. An entrepreneurial spirit and positive “can-do” attitude are the common threads that unites us to drive forward and succeed. As a Consultant you will be responsible for the following:

• Respond to client needs with direction and support to ensure high quality of service and satisfaction across client accounts.
• Support cross functional teams, department + company initiatives, and other teams/groups outside of specific client engagements.
• Recognize which results are important, understand how data and information plays into specific deliverables, and work to achieve the appropriate goals in a timely fashion.
• Use critical thinking skills to address problems and offer or seek reasonable solutions.
• Produce thorough and accurate data sets and written communications, leveraging business writing principles in collaboration with project leadership.

Qualifications

• Live in (or willing to locate to) Chicago.
• Have permanent US work authorization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, Economics, Marketing, or Accounting preferred.
• Internship/relevant work experience within a professional services firm is preferred.
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills.
• Strong ability to collect, analyze, summarize, and organize data.
• Ability to build trust as a dependable resource within the project team.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional computer skills including advanced proficiency in Microsoft products.
• Travel - Occasional travel may be required (domestic or international).

Why Choose Harbor?

We believe our focus should be on the development and well-being of our most important asset, you. Below is a snapshot of what we offer all our employees.

• Work life balance – Flexible PTO, 10 Sick Days, 11 Holidays.
• 401K dollar-for-dollar matching up to 4%.
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans start day 1.
• Extremely collaborative and team-based environment to foster strong communication skills with both colleagues and clients.
• Related specifically to career goals, Harbor offers the ability to gain more responsibilities and move up faster (e.g. quickly getting facetime with clients, driving deliverables, leading projects, etc.)
• Our managers and leadership also place a large value on making sure people stay motivated and challenged in a variety of ways, such as: coaching and mentor programs, goal-setting and regular check-ins, practice group / company retreats, wellness activities, affinity groups & social / networking events and MORE!