Associate, Damages & Valuations

From a collaborative culture to teammates who will always be by your side, find a career that will grow with you. Deliver your impact at Secretariat.

ABOUT THE FIRM

Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world.

When you join Secretariat, you become part of a rapidly growing elite team of bright minds and passionate problem-solvers. Your skills and expertise will be utilized on day one – working with the world’s most renowned law firms, leading corporations, and influential institutions to answer complex questions that shape critical financial, economic, and strategic business decisions.

Our globally integrated teams are united by the ambition, energy, and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

Make your impact at Secretariat.

About Our Damages & Valuations team

As part of our expanding Damages & Valuations team, you will join a select group of the world's foremost experts and advisors. The facts prove it.

We are a collaborative team of experienced accountants, economists, PhDs, certified business valuators, investment analysts, and industry specialists – all working together to address the most complex litigation and strategic commercial questions no matter the industry or global location.

Successful candidates will join an expanding international valuation and damages quantification practice. The cases our team works on provide exposure to unique, complex, interesting issues, often integrating valuation, finance, accounting, economics, and legal principles across a wide range of industries.

The role is best suited to individuals who enjoy critical thinking, developing arguments based on research and facts, and who enjoy working collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Assume ownership of tasks while collaborating with a close-knit team.
• Conduct primary and secondary research on markets, industries and companies.
• Develop and summarise quantitative financial analyses and financial models.
• Assist with the preparation of damages and valuation reports.
• Apply critical thinking skills and develop deep knowledge of project-specific topics.
• Audit own work, and work of others, to ensure quality.
• Prepare for and attend hearings, trials, and mediations in support of testifying experts.
• Communicate with clients and lawyers.

Requirements

• Strong research, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Able to assimilate relevant information quickly in unfamiliar situations.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Able to develop creative approaches and solutions necessary to resolve complex problems.
• Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.
• Proactive working style.
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong work ethic.
• Ability to travel, as needed.
• Foreign language skills are an advantage, ideally Korean or Vietnamese.
• Academic requirements:
  • First- or upper second-class honours degree ideally in Finance, Economics or Accounting
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is an advantage.

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do – from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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