Senior Director – Economic Consulting, International Arbitration
Posted January 01, 2022
Apply: FTI Consulting, Inc.
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. With more than 4,600 employees located in 28 countries, FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and make the most of opportunities. The Company generated $1.81 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2017. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter (@FTIConsulting), Facebook and LinkedIn.
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About Economic Consulting:
FTI Consulting provides law firms, corporations and government agencies with sophisticated and comprehensible analyses of complex economic issues to assist them in understanding the issues and opportunities they face. Our Economic Consulting practice is involved in a wide range of engagements related to economics, finance and accounting. We provide critical insight and expert testimony in legal and regulatory proceedings, strategic decision making and public policy debates. We also have deep expertise in antitrust issues, mergers and acquisitions, securities litigation and risk management, valuation and international arbitration. We have extensive industry experience in energy, electric power, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, telecommunications, media and entertainment, transportation, financial services, transfer pricing, and intellectual property.
About the Opportunity:
Senior Directors have a central role on projects, taking day-to-day responsibility for delivery, organization of the work into streams, and the effective use of Consultants and Senior Consultants. Typically, Sr. Directors will develop with more senior project team members the approach to projects, or parts of large projects, and are responsible for anticipating, identifying and resolving issues and keeping more senior project team members informed of progress.
Sr. Directors are responsible for the preparation of formal reports, including their structure and content. Sr. Directors will develop business and manage a network of professional relationships with clients and others.
Suitable candidates will be problem-solvers who enjoy developing and applying bespoke approaches to solve complex, unstructured problems in a logical manner. Candidates will have strong analytical skills; be able to explain their work and communicate their conclusions and findings clearly, both orally and in writing; and be able to draw upon considerable experience of applying principles to solve problems in practice. The ideal candidate will have an eye for both the big picture and for detail.
Primary Duties:
- Project management, supervision and direction of junior staff
- Assisting with drafting of expert reports for delivery
- New business generation
- Generation of ideas and hypotheses to drive research and analysis
- Professional development of staff at all levels, mentoring of junior-level professionals
- Willingness to travel - up to 20%
- Bachelor's degree in Economics or Finance. Advanced degree desired, but not required
- Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience
- Ability to quickly assimilate relevant information in unfamiliar situations
- Ability to develop creative approaches and solutions necessary to resolve complex problems
- Excellent listening, verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite programs
- Spanish-speaker preferred