Associate, Analytics and Data Strategy

Secretariat • Chicago, IL

6h • $90,000 - $100,000

About The Position

As a member of Secretariat’s expanding disputes practice, the Associate applies analytical and quantitative skills to complex damages, accounting, economics, and technology matters involving large, disparate datasets. The role collaborates with Secretariat experts and other accounting, valuation, economics, and technical professionals to develop bespoke solutions for clients facing high-stakes legal and regulatory matters. The Associate helps obtain, prepare, and validate data; conducts analyses involving damages, exposure, funds tracing, and historical financial, operational, and transactional data; performs quality control; reports findings; and helps prepare client-ready deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics/Data Science, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a similar field from an accredited university or college.
• Demonstrated leadership and initiative in an academic, professional, or extracurricular setting.
• Analytics and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail, critical-thinking skills, and commitment to quality.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal awareness.
• Ability to distill and communicate complex analytical methods and results as facts and insights for clients, counsel, and experts, in writing or verbally.
• Ability to quickly assimilate relevant information in unfamiliar situations and develop creative approaches and solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to manage and prioritize personal and team time, potentially amid competing deadlines.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship at any time in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred technical skills include SQL, Python, R, and/or other programming languages used to manipulate data stored in relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Assist with obtaining relevant data, loading it into an analytics platform in preparation for analysis, and checking its veracity.
• Assist with quantifying damages and exposure amounts, tracing funds across accounts, and conducting other analyses of historical financial, operational, and transactional data.
• Perform thorough quality control measures to ensure accuracy.
• Report findings to project team members.
• Assist in preparing client-ready deliverables.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level