Consultant, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Who We Are

FTI Consulting is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation. We work with many of the world’s top multinational corporations, law firms, banks and private equity firms on their most important issues to deliver impact that makes a difference. From resolving disputes, navigating crises, managing risk and optimizing performance, our teams respond rapidly to dynamic and complex situations.

At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side-by-side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you. 

Are you ready to make your impact?

About The Role as Financial Expert

In this role as a financial expert based in Brazil, you will typically undertake tasks such as analyzing accounting and financial data, performing calculations, and documenting your work. You are expected to communicate effectively with other team members, and to take an interest in how your work fits into the overall project plan. You will work with senior members of the team and receive internal training, on-the-job coaching and mentoring.

The role provides analytical and strategic support to expert testifiers, counsel and clients in litigation and disputes in local and international arbitration, antitrust, intellectual property, and other areas.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong analytic and quantitative skills, paired with a strong finance and accounting background, including economic modeling

• Solid communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to concisely explain complicated concepts to clients and staff within and outside of the firm

• Resilience and ability to work in a deadline-driven environment

• A positive, professional, and solutions-oriented attitude

• Commitment to working in a team environment with an emphasis on collaboration and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and clients across functions

• Outstanding problem-solving and analytic skills

• Business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit, including the ability to identify and pursue new business opportunities

What You’ll Do

The financial expert will assist team leaders in providing analytic support and advisory services in the context of fast-moving litigations/dispute resolution matters across a wide range of industries.

Examples of activities performed in this role:

• Produce discrete pieces of economic analysis that contribute to, for example, calculate lost profits and damages caused by conduct at issue, using company financial records, business plans and publicly available quantitative research. This includes economic modeling (counter-factual / but for modeling) mostly based on discounted cash flow (DCF) modeling

• To understand, synthesize, and analyze large volumes of data associated with complex litigation cases. This includes accounting records review and related documents

• Conduct research using a variety of resources including specialist applications such as Bloomberg and S&P Capital IQ

• Write research memos for discussion with clients and senior team leaders. These memos detail the assumptions, economic methodologies, and the results of analysis performed

• Critically appraise reports and analyses produced by other firms and experts

• Manage a distinct part of a project, including regularly updating analysis, tracking documents and communicating this to the rest of your project team

• Process and clean large data sets produced by parties in a litigation using statistical and analytical skills

• Assist in the production of expert reports by producing charts, tables, exhibits, etc

How You’ll Grow  

We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on-the-job learning, self-guided professional development courses and certifications. You’ll be assigned a dedicated coach to mentor, guide and support you through regular coaching sessions and serve as an advocate for your professional growth.   As you progress through your career at FTI Consulting, we offer tailored programs for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role. 

What You Will Need To Succeed  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Engineering or Statistics, or a related quantitative field

• 2+ years of relevant full-time work experience with quantitative analysis (e.g., econometric and statistical modeling, forecasting models, micro-simulation models, valuation analysis, damages modeling)

• Experience in valuation, corporate finance or accounting with experience integrating valuation , finance and accounting

• Strong writing and verbal communication skills in Portuguese and English

• Full proficiency in English

• Project management experience that includes interacting with and presenting to senior-level team members and clients

• Availability to travel to FTI offices and client(s)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in accounting maters, business valuation and/or damages assessment

• Experience in antitrust/competition matters

• Experience on statistical analysis software (e.g., Stata, R, Python)

• Master’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field

• Technical writing skills (e.g., expert report writing, footnotes and citations, formatting tables and figures)

• The ability to interpret regulation and legislation to model impacts of actual or proposed changes on stakeholders

• Proficiency in Spanish

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