Senior Economist

FTI Consulting
Pasadena - United States
S: Competitive

ABOUT THE COMPANY:
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex legal, regulatory and economic environment. With more than 4,100 professionals in 25 countries, we work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges in areas such as investigations, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation management and restructuring. Our professionals are some of the most experienced leaders in their fields including: certified turnaround professionals, forensic accountants, corporate investigation specialists, intellectual property specialists, former political leaders, former chief executives, Nobel Laureate economists, banking and securities professionals, certified public accountants, e-discovery professionals, corporate, financial and crisis communications specialists, chartered financial analysts and industry experts. Since our founding in 1982, clients have turned to us for high-stakes issues that require specialized expertise. We are the company engaged to work behind the headlines on some of the biggest news stories of the last two decades including the Bernie Madoff investment securities scandal, the Stanford Financial Group investigation, the 2010 Gulf oil spill crisis, the Major League Baseball steroid investigation, and high profile corporate restructurings including Lehman Brothers, General Motors and CIT, just to name a few.

If you are interested in becoming part of a fast growing company and contributing to history-making engagements, read on.

PRIMARY DUTIES:
• Perform research on business development and marketing;
• Coach, train and present to other colleagues on best practices, lessons learned and economic theory applied on case work;
• Assist in preparing educational presentations for colleges, clients or the public and contribute to Analyst recruiting through interviews and attending recruiting events;
• Manage project, including project planning, budget estimates and communication with attorneys;
• Draft and revise expert reports and other work product, including declarations, trial demonstratives and analyses of economic and financial issues;
• Design and develop financial analysis, analytic models and valuation models for public and private companies using Excel and develop business valuation models and damage assessment analysis;
• Design and develop empirical econometric models using SAS, STATA and other quantitative programming languages and perform complex econometric modeling, including high level multivariable regression analysis;
• Identify key economic issues, develop analytical approaches and monitor the technical implementation of research design;
• Communicate and present economic research and financial analysis work products internally and externally;
• Lead qualitative and quantitative financial analysis, economic analysis and industry research utilizing economic, financial and pricing data from Bloomberg and Capital IQ;
• Work with economic experts in litigation context, prepare oral testimony and draft written testimony;
• Review backup and serve as near-final quality control check before work goes to senior staff; and contribute to Economist recruiting.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master's degree in economics, finance or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent)
• 3 years of experience in economic consulting and/or quantitative economic research and financial analysis
• Experience must include: SAS and STATA statistical programming languages; Cap IQ and Bloomberg financial databases;
• Report writing to interpret economic and financial issues;
• Complex econometric modeling, including high level multivariable regression analysis;
• Financial analysis and analytical and valuation model development using Excel;
• Damage assessment analysis; and
• Business valuation of private and publicly-traded companies.

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