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United Kingdom · Corporate Strategy · Entry Level (0-2 years)

Associate Intelligence Analyst

As an Associate Intelligence Analyst, you unearth the clues that shape our business strategy.

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandEntry Level (0-2 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toSenior Strategic Intelligence Analyst
  • UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as Junior Strategic Analyst · Research Assistant (Corporate Strategy) · Intelligence Support Analyst

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You often wonder if AI will leave you with nothing but the scraps of data to verify. Yet, you know your human touch in interpreting and questioning AI outputs is irreplaceable.

1What this role really is

This role is all about learning the ropes in strategic intelligence. You'll be the engine room, gathering and organising the raw information that helps our senior analysts make sense of the market. Think of it as being a detective, but for business strategy – you're digging up the clues, making sure they're accurate, and getting them ready for the bigger picture. It's foundational, hands-on work that's absolutely crucial for everything we do.

2A day in the life

Not a job advert. A real day, built from what this role actually holds.

08:45
You start your day by checking the alerts you've set up on AlphaSense, ensuring you're up-to-date with the latest market shifts.
11:00
Mid-morning, you're deep into cleaning a large dataset in Excel, double-checking for consistency before passing it on.
14:30
After lunch, you summarise key insights from a recent earnings call transcript into bullet points for a team briefing.
16:00
You wrap up by updating the internal knowledge base, tagging your research so others can access it easily.

3What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Market Intelligence Platforms (AlphaSense, CB Insights)Intermediate

Pulling pre-built reports, using existing dashboards, setting up and monitoring pre-defined alerts and topics to gather competitor news and market insights.

Data Aggregation & Analysis (SQL, Excel)Intermediate

Writing basic SQL queries to extract structured data from our internal Snowflake warehouse, and using Excel for data cleaning, basic manipulation, and simple calculations (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUPs).

Data Visualisation & Reporting (Tableau Desktop, PowerPoint)Intermediate

Modifying existing Tableau dashboards, exporting data, and creating clear, compelling charts and basic slides in PowerPoint from templates for internal reports.

Financial & Data Terminals (FactSet or Bloomberg Terminal)Basic

Looking up company financials, analyst reports, and basic market data to support specific research requests from senior analysts.

Collaboration & Knowledge Management (Confluence, Miro)Intermediate

Contributing to and organising existing pages in Confluence with your research findings, and using Miro for basic brainstorming sessions or visual note-taking.

4What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Data Source SelectionUse pre-approved sources and platforms as directed. Escalate if a required data point isn't available in standard sources.Independently select appropriate data sources for routine projects. Propose new sources for manager approval.Define and recommend new data sources and subscriptions. Make decisions on data quality and reliability for projects.
Analysis MethodologyFollow established templates and methodologies. Ask for guidance on any deviations or complex scenarios.Adapt standard methodologies to fit specific project needs. Propose minor methodological adjustments for review.Design and implement new analytical methodologies. Make technical decisions on framework application and data interpretation.
Project PrioritisationExecute tasks in the order given by your Senior Analyst. Escalate if you have conflicting urgent requests.Prioritise your own tasks within a project, aligning with project deadlines. Escalate major conflicts to your manager.Manage priorities for your workstream, balancing multiple project demands. Influence project timelines with leads.
External CommunicationNo direct external communication beyond basic vendor support queries, always with a senior analyst in the loop. All sensitive information handled by senior team.Communicate with internal cross-functional peers for data gathering. Limited external communication for non-sensitive data points.Present findings to functional leaders. Engage with external experts or vendors on specific intelligence topics.

5How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Data Extraction Accuracy
The percentage of data points you extract or summarise that are correct and verified against the source.
Target · >98% accuracy

If you pull 100 data points for a competitor profile, no more than 2 should have errors or be misattributed. This is critical because a small mistake here can throw off a big analysis later.

Recurring Report Timeliness
How often you deliver your assigned recurring reports (like daily news summaries or weekly competitor updates) on or ahead of schedule.
Target · 100% on-time delivery

Your daily intelligence briefing needs to hit inboxes by 9 AM every morning. If it's consistently late, people can't start their day with the latest info, and that impacts decision-making.

Research Volume & Scope
The number of unique sources (e.g., analyst reports, news articles, patent filings) you process, summarise, or analyse within a given period.
Target · Average of 30-50 sources processed weekly (depending on complexity)

For a market entry project, you might be asked to review and summarise 15 analyst reports and 20 news articles in a week. Hitting this target shows you're efficient and thorough.

Learning & Application of Frameworks
How quickly you pick up and correctly apply core strategic intelligence frameworks, like Porter's Five Forces or SWOT, in your research and summaries.
  • You'll be able to explain the components of a framework and apply it correctly to a simple case study. Your summaries will start to naturally structure information using these concepts, even if you're just providing raw inputs. You'll ask smart questions about which framework is best for a particular problem.
Proactiveness in Support
You're not just waiting for instructions; you're anticipating what the senior analysts might need next or asking clarifying questions to make sure you're on the right track.
  • You might suggest an additional data source that wasn't explicitly asked for, or flag a potential inconsistency you've found in the data. You'll ask 'What's the goal here?' rather than just 'What do you want me to do?' This shows you're thinking beyond the immediate task.
Documentation Quality
The clarity, completeness, and organisation of your research notes, data sources, and internal knowledge base contributions.
  • Your Confluence pages will be easy for others to understand and use, with clear headings, consistent formatting, and all relevant links included. Someone else should be able to pick up your notes and immediately know where you left off and what you found. No one should have to chase you for a source.

6Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Learning and Skill Building

You'll be excited to learn new research tools, data analysis techniques, and strategic frameworks. Every new project is a chance to add another skill to your toolkit. You'll be asking for more complex tasks once you've mastered the basics.

You might spend an extra hour after work diving into a new feature on AlphaSense or trying to optimise a SQL query you've just learned.

Contributing to Big Decisions

Even though you're at an entry level, you'll know that the accurate data you provide is directly feeding into high-level strategic discussions. Seeing your data in a board deck, even if it's just a small chart, will be a real buzz.

You'll feel a sense of pride when a senior analyst references a piece of competitor news you flagged in a meeting with the Head of Product.

Solving Puzzles and Connecting Dots

You enjoy the process of taking disparate pieces of information – a news article, a financial report, a patent filing – and piecing them together to form a coherent picture. It's like being a detective, but for business.

You might spend an afternoon tracing the implications of a new regulation across different markets, trying to figure out what it means for our business.

What frustrates people
  • The sheer volume of information to sift through can be overwhelming.
  • Dealing with messy, inconsistent, or incomplete data from various sources.
  • Sometimes, the 'why' behind a request isn't immediately clear, and you'll need to ask.
  • The work can feel repetitive at times, especially data cleaning or routine reporting.
  • Your insights might not always be acted upon, even if they're spot-on, due to other business priorities.
What this role does not give you
  • Immediate, high-level strategic decision-making authority.
  • A quiet, predictable, 'set it and forget it' routine – priorities can shift quickly.
  • Direct management of a team or large projects from day one.
  • Public-facing presentations to external clients (at this level).

7Who you work with

This role ensures the entire Corporate Strategy function has a reliable, accurate, and timely stream of foundational market and competitive data. You're essentially building the bedrock for all strategic thinking. If you get it right, the insights we deliver are robust; if you don't, we're building on shaky ground. Your precision directly impacts the quality of strategic advice given to our leadership.

Inside the business
  • Strategic Intelligence Analysts (L2)
  • Senior Strategic Intelligence Analysts (L3)
  • Corporate Strategy Team
  • Data Engineering Team (for data access support)
Outside the business
  • Market Intelligence Platform Vendors (for basic support queries)
  • Industry News & Research Providers

8What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Demonstrable experience (0-2 years) in a data-heavy, research, or analytical support role.
  • Solid proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, basic formulas) and PowerPoint (creating clear slides).
  • A genuine interest in business strategy, competitive dynamics, and market trends.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with a strong emphasis on clarity and conciseness.
  • The ability to work effectively in a team, taking direction and contributing positively to group goals.

9What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Data Storytelling & Visualisation

As you progress, you'll be expected to not just present data, but to craft compelling narratives around it. Executives have less time than ever, so turning complex data into a clear, actionable story is becoming an absolutely essential skill. This will be important within 12 months.

The Pyramid Principle · SCQA Framework · Visual Hierarchy in Dashboards · Audience-Centric Communication

  • This week: Pay close attention to how senior analysts structure their presentations and summarise their findings. What works well?
  • This month: Practice explaining a complex data point to a non-technical friend or family member. Can they understand it?
  • Month 2: Take an online course on data storytelling or advanced Tableau dashboard design.
  • Month 3: Volunteer to draft the executive summary for a project you've worked on, focusing on a clear narrative.

Quick win: Before you create any chart or slide, write down the single key message you want the audience to take away. Then, build everything around that.

10Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly read industry news, analyst reports, and business publications (e.g., The Economist, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review) to keep up with market trends.
  • Take online courses in advanced Excel, SQL, or an introduction to Python (especially pandas library) to deepen your data analysis skills.
  • Attend internal company presentations or webinars on different business units to better understand our organisation's context.
  • Seek out mentorship opportunities with more senior analysts in the team to learn from their experience and insights.

11How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

A broad read on this kind of work, not an analysis of this job on its own. Roles that share a pattern get the same answer here.

Fading: AI does more of this

AI is taking over the repetitive task of initial data summarisation.

→
Rising: worth more because of AI

Your ability to critically evaluate AI's outputs becomes more valuable.

The new skill this role is being asked for: Critical Thinking in an AI-Augmented World

With AI tools generating summaries and initial analyses so quickly, your value shifts from simply gathering information to critically evaluating AI's output. You need to know when to trust it, when to question it, and when it's just plain wrong. This is critical within the next 6 months, as AI tools become ubiquitous.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Critical Thinking in an AI-Augmented World

With AI tools generating summaries and initial analyses so quickly, your value shifts from simply gathering information to critically evaluating AI's output. You need to know when to trust it, when to question it, and when it's just plain wrong. This is critical within the next 6 months, as AI tools become ubiquitous.

  • Hallucination Detection
  • Bias Identification
  • Prompt Engineering for Validation
  • Source Triangulation

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Competitive & Market Analysis Frameworks
  • Primary & Secondary Research Methodologies
  • Signal Identification & Trend Analysis (Foundational)

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Recent Graduate (Business/Economics/Finance)

    0-1 year post-graduation

    Skills to master

    • Data cleaning and manipulation, basic SQL querying, summarising complex information concisely, understanding core business models.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently accurate data output and timely report delivery.
    • Proactive in asking clarifying questions and seeking feedback.
    • Demonstrates a solid grasp of our internal tools and processes.
  2. 2

    Internship Conversion (Corporate Strategy/Research)

    6-12 months as an intern

    Skills to master

    • Deep understanding of our specific industry, familiarity with our internal data sources, ability to work independently on defined tasks.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully completed several independent research assignments during internship.
    • Positive feedback from multiple team members on reliability and quality of work.
    • Shows initiative in taking on new, slightly more complex tasks.
  3. 3

    Research Assistant from another Industry

    1-2 years in a similar research or analytical support role (e.g., market research firm, consulting support)

    Skills to master

    • Translating existing research skills to our specific industry context, learning our unique tech stack, adapting to our corporate culture and pace.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Quickly picks up new tools and industry-specific terminology.
    • Can demonstrate how past experience directly applies to our strategic intelligence needs.
    • Able to work independently on routine tasks with minimal supervision.

12How people get here · where they go next

Came from
Recent Graduate (Business/Economics/Finance)
0-1 year post-graduation
You mastered the art of transforming raw data into concise, actionable insights.
You are here
Associate Intelligence Analyst
Entry Level (0-2 years)
This role is all about learning the ropes in strategic intelligence. You'll be the engine room, gathering and organising the raw information that helps our senior analysts make sense of the market. Think of it as being a detective, but for business strategy – you're digging up the clues, making sure they're accurate, and getting them ready for the bigger picture. It's foundational, hands-on work that's absolutely crucial for everything we do.
Goes to
Strategic Intelligence Analyst (L2)
2-3 years in the Associate role
This role involves owning entire intelligence projects, delivering analyses with actionable insights.

The long view:Your journey in strategic intelligence starts here, but where it goes is really up to you. We'll give you the tools, the training, and the opportunities; your curiosity and drive will take you the rest of the way. It's a challenging but incredibly rewarding career path for those who love to understand 'what's next' and 'why'.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Associate Intelligence Analyst is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

13The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

The Navigator
The Navigator
Big-picture guide
Your Navigator helps you understand how each piece of data fits into the broader strategic landscape.
The Coach
The Coach
Real practice
Your Coach sets up scenarios where you apply strategic frameworks to real datasets, offering feedback to refine your analytical skills.
The Explorer
The Explorer
Safe to try
Your Explorer encourages you to experiment with new data visualisation techniques, learning from each attempt.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

14What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Data AnalysisLevel 3

Applied to your work in Associate Intelligence Analyst

This unit aims to equip learners with the skills to collate and analyse data from various sources using appropriate techniques. Learners will be able to interpret data analysis results and create structured reports, effectively communicating key insights and recommendations using visual aids.

The CoachLast time, we talked about summarising complex information. How did your recent earnings call summary go?

YouI think it went well, but I struggled to capture the most critical points concisely.

The CoachLet's focus on distilling those key points. Try creating a mind map from your notes to see the connections more clearly.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Associate Intelligence Analyst

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Data Extraction AccuracyThe percentage of data points you extract or summarise that are correct and verified against the source.If you pull 100 data points for a competitor profile, no more than 2 should have errors or be misattributed. This is critical because a small mistake here can throw off a big analysis later.>98% accuracy
  • Recurring Report TimelinessHow often you deliver your assigned recurring reports (like daily news summaries or weekly competitor updates) on or ahead of schedule.Your daily intelligence briefing needs to hit inboxes by 9 AM every morning. If it's consistently late, people can't start their day with the latest info, and that impacts decision-making.100% on-time delivery
  • Research Volume & ScopeThe number of unique sources (e.g., analyst reports, news articles, patent filings) you process, summarise, or analyse within a given period.For a market entry project, you might be asked to review and summarise 15 analyst reports and 20 news articles in a week. Hitting this target shows you're efficient and thorough.Average of 30-50 sources processed weekly (depending on complexity)
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.
The Coach· your tutor
The CoachLast time, we talked about summarising complex information. How did your recent earnings call summary go?
YouI think it went well, but I struggled to capture the most critical points concisely.
The CoachLet's focus on distilling those key points. Try creating a mind map from your notes to see the connections more clearly.

It knows your role, your work, your last session. That's what one-to-one really means. No two people are ever taught the same way.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Associate Intelligence Analyst to Strategic Intelligence Analyst (L2), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 2 · in progressAI Fluency→ Strategic Intelligence Analyst (L2)→ your design
A year from now

A year from now, you confidently navigate AI tools to enhance your strategic insights, becoming a trusted advisor in your team.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Associate Intelligence Analyst
  • Competitive & Market Analysis Frameworks
  • Primary & Secondary Research Methodologies
  • Signal Identification & Trend Analysis (Foundational)
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

15The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Associate Intelligence Analyst is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Strategic Intelligence Analyst (L2)

    2-3 years in the Associate role

    You'll move from executing tasks to owning small-scale intelligence projects end-to-end. You'll be expected to deliver complete analyses with initial insights, rather than just raw data.

    • Advanced SQL for complex data queries and joins.
    • Introduction to Python (pandas, NumPy) for data manipulation.
    • Designing and building simple, interactive dashboards in Tableau from scratch.
    • Applying competitive and market analysis frameworks independently to specific business questions.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real: a big part of strategic intelligence, especially at the Associate level, involves a lot of digging, summarising, and organising. It's essential work, but it can be time-consuming. Here's where AI steps in to lend a hand, freeing you up to focus on the more interesting, analytical parts of the job.

We're not just talking about buzzwords; we're actively integrating AI tools into our daily workflow. For you, this means less time wrestling with raw data and more time learning how to turn that data into real insights. Think of AI as your super-efficient research assistant, helping you get through the grunt work faster so you can learn and grow quicker.

Automated Intelligence Briefing

Imagine AI sifting through thousands of news articles, regulatory filings, and earnings call transcripts overnight. It'll summarise the most critical items for you, flagging the stuff that actually matters based on criteria you help define. No more endless scrolling through feeds.

Generative Research Assistant

Need a quick overview of a new market or a competitor's business model? Ask an LLM to draft a first pass. It's not perfect, but it gives you a solid starting point in minutes, saving you hours of initial research. Your job then becomes verifying and deepening that draft with expert sources.

Audience-Tuned Communications

After you've done your analysis, use AI to help draft different versions of your summaries. Need a 3-bullet point email for your Senior Analyst? Or a more detailed paragraph for a Confluence page? AI can help you tailor your message quickly and effectively, ensuring it lands right.

Data Cleaning & Structuring

AI tools can help you identify inconsistencies, standardise formats, and even suggest missing values in your datasets. This means less manual scrubbing in Excel and more time spent on actual analysis, turning messy raw data into something usable much faster.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become an Associate Intelligence Analyst?

Common routes in include Recent Graduate (Business/Economics/Finance) (0-1 year post-graduation), Internship Conversion (Corporate Strategy/Research) (6-12 months as an intern) and Research Assistant from another Industry (1-2 years in a similar research or analytical support role (e.g., market research firm, consulting support)). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can an Associate Intelligence Analyst progress to?

This role can lead on to Strategic Intelligence Analyst (L2) (2-3 years in the Associate role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is an Associate Intelligence Analyst in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 2 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for an Associate Intelligence Analyst?

Increasingly, Critical Thinking in an AI-Augmented World. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows an Associate Intelligence Analyst, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 11 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming an Associate Intelligence Analyst: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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16Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Corporate Strategy

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll build here – rigorous analysis, data storytelling, strategic thinking, and market understanding – are highly transferable. You could move into management consulting, corporate development (M&A), product strategy, or even investor relations in various industries. The core ability to make sense of complex information is always in demand.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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