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Associate - Damages and Valuations 

About the Firm

Secretariat's professionals are trusted to provide advice in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world.

When you join Secretariat, you become part of a rapidly growing team of bright minds and passionate problem-solvers. Your skills will be utilised from day one – working with the world’s most renowned law firms, leading corporations, and influential institutions to answer complex questions and help shape critical financial, economic, and legal decisions.

Our teams are united by the ambition, energy, and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

Make your impact at Secretariat.

About Our Damages & Valuations Team

As part of our expanding Damages & Valuations team, you will join a select group of the world's foremost experts and advisors. The facts prove it. We were ranked #1 in Global Arbitration Review's prestigious Expert Witness Firm Power Index in 2024, and over 90% of our testifying experts are recognized as leading experts by Who's Who Legal.

We are a collaborative team of experienced accountants, certified business valuators, investment analysts, and industry specialists – all working together to address the most complex questions no matter the industry or geography.

Successful candidates will join an expanding international valuation and damages quantification practice. The cases our team works on provide exposure to unique, complex, interesting issues, integrating valuation, finance, accounting, economic, and legal principles across a wide range of industries and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Assume ownership of tasks while collaborating with a close-knit team.


• Conduct primary and secondary research on markets, industries and companies.


• Develop and summarise quantitative financial analyses and financial models.


• Assist with the preparation of damages and valuation reports.


• Apply critical thinking skills and develop deep knowledge of project-specific topics.


• Review your own work, and the work of others, to ensure accuracy and quality.


• Prepare for hearings, trials, and mediations in support of testifying experts.


• Communicate with clients and lawyers.

Requirements

• Strong research, problem solving, and analytical skills.


• Able to assimilate relevant information quickly in unfamiliar situations.


• Very strong attention to detail.


• Able to develop creative approaches and solutions necessary to resolve complex problems.


• Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.


• Proactive working style.


• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills.


• Strong work ethic.


• Ability to travel, as needed.


• Foreign language skills are an advantage.


• Academic requirements:
  
  
  
  • First- or upper second-class honours degree from any academic discipline.
  
  
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word is an advantage.
  
  
  
  

A rewarding career above all

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do – from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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