Associate Director, Damages & Valuations

The role

Associate Directors lead the day-to-day delivery of engagements involving business valuation and economic damages. They work with senior professionals and testifying experts on issues at the intersection of valuation, finance, accounting, economics and law.

What you will do

• Managing engagements and significant workstreams involving business valuation and economic damages
• Developing and reviewing complex financial models, valuation analyses, forecasts, discount rates and other financial inputs
• Analyzing financial and non-financial information and identifying issues relevant to the valuation or quantification of economic damages
• Conducting and directing economic, financial, industry and company-specific research
• Preparing and reviewing expert reports and other written analyses
• Preparing and reviewing rebuttal analyses that assess the analyses and conclusions of other experts
• Communicating directly with clients and counsel regarding analyses, information requirements, findings and engagement progress
• Managing project plans, staffing, timelines, budgets and deliverables
• Supervising, reviewing and developing junior team members
• Preparing for and attending hearings, trials and mediations

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business or another relevant discipline
• A CBV, CPA, CFA, ACA/ACCA or equivalent international professional designation
• Approximately seven to ten years of relevant professional experience
• Prior professional experience in business valuation, economic damages, forensic accounting, dispute advisory or economic consulting
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills in business valuation and financial analysis
• Ability to interpret financial statements and other financial and non-financial information
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Experience managing projects or significant workstreams and working effectively under competing deadlines
• Experience supervising, reviewing and developing junior professionals
• A willingness to travel domestically or internationally when required

Nice to have

• Experience preparing expert reports or other analyses for litigation or arbitration proceedings
• International arbitration, direct client and counsel interaction, business development, practice-building experience
• Experience with financial databases such as S&P Capital IQ and Bloomberg
• Experience with VBA and/or python
• Additional language skills

About the company

Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world. The firm works with renowned law firms, leading corporations, and influential institutions.