EOI, Consultant - Senior Director, Economic & Financial Consulting
About The Role
FTI Consulting is home to one of the world's leading independent economic and financial consulting practices, helping clients understand today's economic, financial and regulatory opportunities and challenges.
We help our clients navigate legal, regulatory and international arbitration proceedings while supporting strategic decision-making and public policy debates around the world. Delivering incisive interpretation of complex economic issues has made us a global leader in this field.
We are seeking to recruit professionals at Consultant – Senior Director levels to join our experts in economics and finance with experience in areas including:
- Economic and Socio-economic Impact analysis and assessment
- Competition, market assessments and regulatory matters
- Public policy and program management including benchmarking, effectiveness and efficiency reviews
- Economic forecasting and financial modelling
- Development of business cases
You will work with senior team members who will support and guide you. Your professional development will be enhanced through internal and external training, on-the-job coaching and mentoring.
We have offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, and would consider applications to work in any of these locations.
What You'll Do
- Undertake economic research and analysis to inform our clients' decisions – including economic, financial and econometric modelling
- Produce reports, presentations and other client deliverables
- Contribute to business development, including identifying new opportunities and preparing proposals and bids
- Build teams, assist in bringing additional expertise into our business
- Connect with our global network of experts, strengthen relationships with our existing clients in business and in government and reach out to new clients with new problems to be resolved
- Develop your existing expertise and acquire new skills by participating in internal and external training and educational opportunities
- Contribute to broader firm initiatives and team development activities
- Stay up to date with developments in Australia's policy and business environment
How You'll Grow
- Work in small cohesive project teams, which will enable you to get more closely involved with pitches and often have direct access to our key decision makers, both internal and external
- Obtain support from experienced senior members of the team to discuss current projects, brainstorm ideas to solve complex problems and provide general advice around our systems and processes
- Gather experience at the frontlines of economic analysis and the policy debate
- Build strong and enduring relationships with our clients as you become their trusted advisor and holder of independent expert
- Draw upon regular technical training sessions to enhance your professional development, including via our e-learning facilities
- Interact with key stakeholders in the national and international economy
- Collaborate across segments and across the national and international network of experts within the company
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Economics or related disciplines. Post-graduate qualifications in economics or a related discipline would be highly regarded
- Professional work experience in Australia within a consulting environment
- Evidence of strong analytical skills in economics and finance disciplines.
- Evidence of strengths in teamwork and in the development of teams of professionals
- Knowledge of Australia's economic policy environment
- Experience in the evaluation of government programs and regulation impact is desirable
- Experience in applied economics, analysis of industries and markets
- Ability to manage projects from conceptualisation to delivering the final report
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent analytic skills and attention to detail
- Strong work ethic and integrity and high level of professionalism
- Experience in presenting analysis and results to clients
- Willingness to travel for work
Our Benefits
Apart from the well-structured career path and excellent team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
- Attractive remuneration, including discretionary bonuses available to all employees
- 18 weeks paid, gender-neutral parental leave with full superannuation contributions throughout paid and unpaid leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Financial support to obtain work-related professional qualification, such as CA, CPA, or CFA, and other
- Professional membership contributions and generous paid study leave (up to 12 days)
- Corporate discount available for health insurance, including dependent(s)
- Employee Assistance Program ("EAP") – free to all employees and their immediate families
- 35 hours per year for approved pro bono matters
- Special leave - 2 days per year of a cultural or religious holiday that is not treated as a public holiday in Australia
- FTI Work Perks: our discount program that provides a wide range of corporate offers, savings, and wellbeing resources
- Monthly Health & Wellbeing program including fitness subsidies
- Annual paid volunteer hours
- Corporate matching for charitable donations
- Opportunity to join our Reconciliation Action Plan - working group; FTI's Women's Initiative Network (FTI WIN); Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Corporate Citizenship committees
About FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping clients with their most significant opportunities and challenges. With more than 8,000 employees located in 31 countries, our broad and diverse bench of award–winning experts advise their clients when they are facing their most significant opportunities and challenges. At FTI Consulting, we embrace, cultivate and maintain a culture of diversity, inclusion & belonging, which are fundamental components to our core values.
FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been named the #1 Professional Services Firm on Forbes List of America's Best Employers and the best firm to work by Consulting Magazine. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter (@FTIConsulting), Facebook and LinkedIn.
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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