Intern, Damages & Valuations (Summer 2027)

About Secretariat

Secretariat is a consulting firm that helps companies, law firms, and organizations solve complex business problems, often when there is a dispute, investigation, major project challenge, or high-stakes decision involved.

About the Damages & Valuations Team

The Damages & Valuations team sits at the intersection of finance, data, strategy, and the law. They help clients answer high-stakes questions when businesses, investors, and legal teams need to understand what something is worth, how much money may have been lost, and what the financial evidence really shows. This work supports complex disputes, arbitration matters, and business challenges around the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Dig into case documents, research materials, and discovery records to understand the facts behind complex disputes.
• Analyze financial statements, business records, market data, and other evidence to help quantify damages and support valuation work.
• Build models, organize data, and develop analyses that help explain financial issues clearly and accurately.
• Contribute to reports, presentations, and client-ready materials that turn detailed analysis into compelling insights.
• Work closely with senior consultants and experts, gaining hands-on experience in litigation support, valuation, damages analysis, and economic consulting.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Pursuing bachelor’s or master’s degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, or another analytically rigorous discipline.
• Expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn new concepts and ask thoughtful questions.
• Interest or experience in economic consulting, litigation support, valuation, damages analysis, finance, accounting, data analysis, or other research-intensive work.
• Experience with research projects, undergraduate theses, consulting internships, data analytics internships, finance-related work, or similar experiences.
• Proficiency in Excel.
• Familiarity with tools such as Stata, R, Python, or SQL is helpful.
• Eagerness to continue building technical skills.
• Comfort working with data, conducting research, organizing information clearly, and using emerging tools, including AI, to improve efficiency, quality, and analytical rigor.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
• Ability to balance multiple assignments and communicate proactively.
• Ability to stay focused, adaptable, and solutions-oriented when priorities shift or deadlines are tight.
• Clear listening, verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex information in a thoughtful and professional way.
• Fluency in English for business communication is required.
• Interest in professional development or credentials such as CPA, CFA, CVA, or ASA is a plus, but not required.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Coachable, intellectually curious, detail-oriented, and excited to grow in a collaborative consulting environment.