Senior Consultant, Economic Damages & Valuation

The Company 

Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work?

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets.

The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

We are seeking a Senior Counsulant to join our Economic Damages & Valuation team. This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial, highly driven person with developing skill sets of financial analysis, report writing and communication to join a leading team of 16 professionals in their Westmont, NJ office location.

The Team and Job Summary:

The ideal candidate for this position possesses a minimum of 5 – 7 years of work experience evaluating Economic Damages in business litigation matters, covering a broad spectrum of industries and situations.  A background in financial statement analysis and expert report preparation is preferred. A Senior Consulant will be responsible for managing cases regarding personal injury, wrongful death, discrimination claims, subrogation damages, business disputes, catastrophic loss and other economic damage claim issues and report to Senior/Executive Vice Presidents.

The most successful experts in our organization have a strong desire to learn and apply the methodologies used for evaluating Economic Damages. They constantly apply strong analytical and writing skills to produce expert reports to support our clients.  Our goal is to help prepare and train staff to ultimately become an expert, and begin co-signing reports as skills and expertise progress over time.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage litigation engagements to evaluate Economic Damages, perform analysis and prepare economic loss reports, while not being identified as the initial expert in the case who will likely be a Senior/Executive Vice President
• Having direct contact with current clients, when necessary regarding document requests, reporting findings of our analysis mostly in coordination with Senior/Executive Vice President participation
• Interacting with clients, including face-to-face meetings, to gather data and information pertinent to the engagement
• Providing insight and expertise on target industries, market, and competitor information
• Preparing damages analyses, including determining appropriate methodologies and building and reviewing financial models, managing other consultants in performing tasks relevant to preparing a report our our findings. Taking the lead in managing a file and writing the report in conjuction with a team approach
• Review and analyze reports of opposing damages experts

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree with strong quantitative bias (e.g. Business, Economics, Math, Finance or Accounting)
• Relevant experience evaluating Economic Damages in business litigation cases (5 years preferred)
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word with strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to produce high-quality expert reports.
• Good project management skills.
• Strong analysis and critical thinking skills.
• Able to meet deadlines while being detail oriented.
• Independent work ethic and leadership skills and qualities.
• Exceptional communication skills to support and solve our client’s questions and requests.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications (ex. CPA, ASA, CVA, ABV, CFA, etc.), or have demonstrated progress towards obtaining certifications.

Physical and Mental Job Qualifications

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to travel as needed, although historically there is little or no travel outside the Philadelphia/NJ area

Some of the Benefits We Have Include

J.S. Held understands all our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team’s needs.

• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work in a hybrid environment in our Westmont office – 3 days mandatory in the office, 2 days optional work from home
• Flexible Time Off policy
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k Match
• Commuter Benefit

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $90,000 - $110,000. Any offered salary range is based on a wide array of factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, training, location, scope of role, management responsibility, etc.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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Please explore what we’re all about at www.jsheld.com.

EEO and Job Accommodations

We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal!

J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request for a reasonable accommodation, please email jobs@jsheld.comand include “Applicant Accommodation” within the subject line with your request and contact information.

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