Associate, Damages & Valuations

About The Firm

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 Our Damages & Valuations Team

The Damages & Valuations team operates at the intersection of finance, data, strategy, and law. They assist clients in understanding business worth, quantifying potential financial losses, and interpreting financial evidence for complex disputes, arbitration matters, and business challenges. Team members collaborate with accountants, economists, PhDs, business valuation experts, investment analysts, and industry specialists.

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 to clearly and accurately explain financial issues.
• Contribute to reports, presentations, and client-ready materials that translate 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.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, or another analytically rigorous discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Ability to start between January and September 2027.
• 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 demonstrating ownership of complex work.
• Proficiency in Excel; familiarity with tools such as Stata, R, Python, or SQL is helpful, along with an 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, with the 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.

Compensation

$85,000—$95,000 USD