Senior Director - Data & Analytics
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- Jul 11, 2019 Post Date
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- 190XR Requisition #
About The Opportunity:
A Senior Director - Data & Analytics (D&A) is responsible for providing accounting, economic and financial related consulting services as they relate to litigation, dispute resolution or financial investigations. He/she will assist businesses, government entities and law firms in complex, data-intensive analyses requiring the understanding of relationships between various information sources, complex modeling or information sharing. Working in the D&A practice provides the opportunity to work in a leveraged, team based model of diversely skilled, intelligent, driven and successful individuals. Team members regularly exceed expectations and are recognized accordingly; through promotion, compensation and/or positive feedback.
Primary Duties:
As a Senior Director, you will develop in-depth knowledge of your clients' objectives and challenges in order to design and implement innovative strategies to assist them through their current difficulties and prepare them for the future. Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:
Effectively working with clients in order to develop the work plan for identifying, acquiring, synthesizing, mining and analyzing relevant data
Identifying the relationships among multiple sources and types of data, and organizing this information to facilitate effective data analysis
Designing and implementing complex financial database models to generate meaningful statistics and resolve disputes
Analyzing and interpreting historical financial, operational, and transactional data
Supervising the day-to-day activities of projects including interaction with client personnel, FTI
team members, and professionals from other firms involved in the engagement
Reviewing and finalizing written analyses, reports, presentations, and interrogatories for third parties on the project scope and/or results of activities
Identifying potential opportunities and effectively communicating service offerings through both internal and external channels
Mentoring and developing team members
Providing feedback and performance management to staff
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
7+ years of audit, financial advisory, accounting, economics, business analytics or related experience
Previous experience managing projects and teams
Required Skills:
Possess strong quantitative and qualitative research and analytical skills
Able to utilize technology to solve complex problems
Able to effectively develop work programs
Able to effectively manage multiple staff and projects
Able to provide quality assurance and supervision
Able to regularly communicate status (to both internal and external clients)
Able to produce high quality and/or final work product under strict deadlines
Able to work in a team as well as independently
Able to demonstrate excellent communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills
Able to adapt quickly in handling multiple/evolving tasks as a result of new engagements and/or re-prioritized deadlines
Must be interpersonal, motivated, hardworking, eager to learn, willing to travel, and able to motivate others
Proficient in financial, accounting, and / or other quantitative skills
Preferred Skills:
Proficient in analyzing data within relational database systems such as MS Access, MS SQL Server and Oracle Data Base
Experience with large amounts of complex data, including data mining and result interpretation
Familiarity with tools such as Tableau, APEX, .NET, Java, VBA, and SharePoint
Understanding of common software packages; such as PeopleSoft, SAP, Great Plains, JD Edwards, Hyperion and Oracle Financials
Understanding of the Litigation Life Cycle and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)
Knowledge of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering regulations
Position Classification: Exempt
