Hartford Advisers
Senior Associate

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About Hartford Advisers
Hartford Advisers is a specialist strategic intelligence and investigative research firm. Our team is primarily made up of former investigative journalists, and we work with leading private equity firms, institutional investors, corporates and advisers on complex investigations and intelligence assignments around the world.
We are looking for a talented Senior Associate to join our growing team.
The Role
Senior Associates work across a broad range of investigative assignments, including:
- Investigative due diligence on companies, management teams and counterparties
- Investigations into allegations of fraud, misconduct, corruption, governance failures and other potential concerns
- Strategic and market intelligence for investors, including investment thesis testing and competitive intelligence
- Detailed assessments of senior executives and management teams
- Public-record and data-led investigations across multiple jurisdictions
- Extensive interviews with former employees, competitors, customers, industry participants and other knowledgeable sources
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You will take significant responsibility for assignments, from developing an investigative approach and identifying and interviewing sources through to analysing findings and producing detailed written reports.
About You
We are particularly interested in hearing from journalists and former journalists. Candidates with experience in investigative journalism, business or financial journalism, data journalism or other research-intensive reporting roles are strongly encouraged to apply.
We are looking for someone who is naturally investigative and able to take a difficult question, work out how to answer it and pursue the information required.
You should have:
- Excellent investigative and research skills
- Strong interviewing experience and the confidence to develop and question sources
- The ability to uncover information that is difficult to identify through conventional research
- Experience substantiating and corroborating information across multiple sources
- Excellent judgement when assessing the reliability, credibility and significance of information
- Exceptional written English and the ability to explain complex findings clearly and precisely
- Strong attention to detail
- The ability to manage multiple fast-moving assignments
- A curious, sceptical and persistent approach to research


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Experience using corporate records, financial filings, litigation records, regulatory databases, public datasets and other investigative research tools would be particularly valuable.
We will also consider exceptional candidates from corporate intelligence and investigative research backgrounds, but this role is specifically designed around the investigative, interviewing and writing skills developed in high-quality journalism.
Working at Hartford
Hartford is a fully remote UK business. We offer substantial responsibility, exposure to complex international assignments and the opportunity to develop within a fast-growing specialist investigative firm.
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