Consultant (Financial Analyst)
About The Position
The Financial Analyst supports economic, financial, and business analyses for transportation, rail, transit, and infrastructure projects. The role is not assigned to a single client or program and may support multiple projects as well as internal business needs. Work includes contributing to cost estimating, financial planning, affordability assessments, business case development, funding analyses, and strategic recommendations for public- and private-sector clients. The position requires strong analytical capabilities, proficiency in financial modeling and data analysis, and the ability to translate complex findings into clear, practical recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences. The analyst works independently and as part of multidisciplinary project teams in a consulting environment where assignments, clients, and priorities may vary over time. The position is based in person in New York City, Washington, D.C., or Sacramento, California, and involves minimal overnight travel by land and air.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field; or a bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of relevant professional experience; or a graduate degree.
- Demonstrated quantitative, analytical, and data modeling skills through professional experience and/or academic coursework.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, data analysis, and structured documentation of assumptions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint and Word.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present analytical findings to varied audiences.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple assignments.
- Self-directed and dependable, with the ability to work independently with limited supervision while contributing effectively to a team.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with cost estimating, financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, or business case development.
- Experience in public transportation, rail, transit, infrastructure, engineering, or management consulting.
- Experience with public-sector projects, transportation agencies, infrastructure owners, or public funding programs.
- Experience with procurement, pricing, grants, funding, financing, or commercial analysis.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, R, and/or other data analytics and visualization tools.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and preparing client-facing deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Support economic, financial, and business case analyses for transportation, rail, transit, and infrastructure projects.
- Develop and maintain cost estimates, financial models, forecasts, affordability assessments, and scenario analyses.
- Conduct life-cycle cost, sensitivity, risk, and investment analyses to support project and management decisions.
- Collect, validate, clean, and analyze financial, operational, market, and project-related data from diverse sources.
- Perform quality checks on models, calculations, assumptions, and source data to support reliable and defensible analysis.
- Prepare analytical inputs for grant applications, funding proposals, financing strategies, and investment plans.
- Conduct market research, benchmarking, and comparative analyses relevant to transportation and infrastructure programs.
- Create tables, charts, dashboards, visualizations, and descriptive text to communicate analytical results clearly.
- Contribute to reports, presentations, business cases, proposals, and briefings for clients and internal stakeholders.
- Support project financial monitoring, including budgets, forecasts, variances, and management reporting, as required.
- Support internal commercial analyses, including project budgets, fee estimates, utilization, profitability considerations, and related management reporting, as required.
- Develop and improve analytical tools, models, templates, databases, and methodologies.
- Document assumptions, data sources, methodologies, limitations, and recommendations in a clear and traceable manner.
- Collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders.
- Manage assigned analyses independently, prioritize competing tasks, and deliver high-quality work within agreed schedules.
Benefits
- Medical insurance with multiple plan options, from low to high deductible.
- Dental and vision coverage.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and household members.
- Commuter benefits for eligible transit and parking expenses.
- Paid parental leave.
- Optional accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage with wellness benefits.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company safe harbor contributions.
- Competitive vacation time and 11 paid company holidays.
- For Canadian employees and eligible dependents: company-paid basic life, AD&D, dependent life, long-term disability, extended health and dental coverage, and EAP.
- For Canadian employees: an RRSP subsidy equal to 5% of basic salary.
- For Canadian employees: competitive vacation time and 11 paid company holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
