Director, Litigation and Dispute Resolution l Economics

Who We Are   

FTI Consulting is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.   

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 an impact?  

About The Role  

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

The Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice helps clients, who are facing legal disputes, protect enterprise value by quantifying damages and providing expert testimony in a range of dispute situations: antitrust claims, intellectual property, lost profits, valuations, breach of contract, purchase price disagreements, shareholder disputes, and business interruption. In addition, the practice conducts business valuation engagements in non-litigious environments.

The Director will assist team leaders in leadership and advisory services in the context of fast-moving litigation and alternate dispute resolution matters across a wide range of industries. Responsibilities include providing financial statement and valuation analysis, industry and economic research and critical assistance on specific valuation related projects.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong analytic and quantitative skills, including economic modeling and/or damages analysis

• Demonstrated ability to work with large and complex datasets

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

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

• A positive, professional, and solutions-oriented attitude

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

• Outstanding problem-solving and analytic skills

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

What You’ll Do  

• Supervise and perform day-to-day activities in support of valuation consulting projects including interaction with client personnel, other team members, and professionals from other firms involved in the engagement. 

• Manages client engagement through entire lifecycle including client communications, all analysis and drafting of expert reports or other client deliverables. Manages employees in various offices to execute and deliver all work. Work closely with senior management. 

• Performs technical, industry, and company research utilizing economic, financial, statistical and data science tools, other online tools and publicly available information including economic and financial data sets, develops work plans and executes economic, financial, statistical and other relevant valuation analyses to assess complex economic and financial questions, assists in preparing reports and schedules summarizing findings that will be delivered to clients and other parties. 

• Applies accounting, financial, valuation, economic, statistical and other analytical skills to various client situations and practice disciplines, such as detailed reviews of financial statements and underlying accounting records, preparation of complex cash flow projections and valuation models, and perform in-depth industry and economic research. 

• Supervises more junior team members’ analyses. 

• Maintains detailed working paper records reflecting assumptions, methodologies, and sources of information employed during the performance of all analytical tasks. 

• Delivers a high-quality product within established timeframes and budgets. 

• Prepares written analyses and other reports for third parties, as necessary, on the project scope and/or results of activities. Prepares presentations and quantitative exhibits for third parties on the project scope and findings. 

• Develops and maintains productive working relationships with client personnel. 

How You’ll Grow 

Our practice provides the opportunity for a motivated professional to work in a leveraged, team-based model of diversely skilled, intelligent, and successful individuals. Team members regularly exceed expectations and are recognized accordingly through promotion, compensation, public recognition and positive feedback. You will have the opportunity to change business models and the chance to make a real impact.  

What You Will Need To Succeed   

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting, finance, economics or equivalent field. 

• 5+ years' of relevant full-time work experience in finance, accounting, valuation or business analyst experience. 

• Deep experience in business valuation and the valuation of businesses, ownership interest, intangible assets, and other discreet assets and liabilities.

• Strong valuation based analytical modeling, technical accounting, cash flow modeling and finance skills. 

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis; FTI Consulting will not sponsor applicants work visas. 

• Located in Toronto and travel to FTI offices and client(s)

 
Preferred Qualifications: 

• Accredited in business valuation, such as CBV, ABV, or ASA.

• CPA, CVA, CBA, CFA, or other professional designation. 

• Advanced analytical and issue resolution intelligence, problem solving is essential. 

• Experience drafting expert reports. 

• Well-developed aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis. 

• Ability to work independently in fast-paced, multi-tasked environment. 

• Ability to interface with team members and client personnel in demanding, deadline-driven situations. 

• Ability and willingness to learn and adapt in an ever-changing environment to meet client needs. 

• Ability to manage multiple workflows simultaneously while managing time and budget. 

• Prior experience managing teams and the developing of others. 

• Proficient with PC environments and related software, including Microsoft Office applications, especially advanced skills in Excel. 

• Proficient use and analysis of computer models and development of dynamic spreadsheet applications.