Specialist, Business Insights
Date: 5 May 2026
Location: London, GB, N2 8AW
Company: McDonald's Corporation
About Us
McDonalds has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonalds is one of the UKs largest private sector employers, employing over 170,000 people.
Department Overview
Researcher, Strategic Research and Business Intelligence will report to the Director, Strategic Research and Business Intelligence (SRBI) and is responsible for providing research support for counter-party and competitive intelligence projects for both business leadership and Global Legal.
Based within Global Legal, this position requires specialist experience and knowledge from within the business intelligence sector.
Duties
- Compose and set up complex alerts on multiple matters, in multiple languages and on multiple platforms on specified topics and directed towards identified research objectives.
- Use open-source and commercial services to retrieve both primary and secondary material on specified topics.
- Process research materials manually, and using AI where appropriate, to identify key information in support of identified research objectives. Develop familiarity with topics of ongoing interest and, with it, the ability to identify salient information/developments.
- Work with providers to ensure maximum value is extracted from commercial information services.
- Develop familiarity with availability and accessibility of public records in all major regions.
- Attend meetings with senior internal clients to understand research priorities and to speak to findings.
Skills and experience required:
- Solid experience in a business intelligence suppliers.
- Ability to absorb large amounts of unfamiliar material quickly, to identify relevant findings and to ensure salient facts are captured.
- Experience with BI search tools (media, records) and open-source techniques.
- Some experience of public record landscape.
- Comfortable dealing with source material in multiple languages.
- Interest in, and aptitude for understanding business structures
- Experience of investment analysis- nice to have
- Highly motivated and curious
- Ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously and function in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
- Proven ability to work with highly confidential information
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in any relevant field, such as History, International Studies or Politics desirable
At McDonald's, we are People from all Walks of Life...
Company Vision and Culture
Our Global vision is to build a better McDonalds and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.
McDonalds is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.
Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.
Serve: We put our customers and our people first
Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone
Integrity: We do the right thing
Community: We are good neighbours
Family: We get better together
At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.