Consultant (Financial Analyst)

DB E.C.O.•New York City, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

DB E.C.O. North America provides specialized rail and transit consultancy services to public agencies, passenger and freight railroads in the U.S. and Canada. As part of the DB E.C.O. Group, it draws on Deutsche Bahn’s global expertise to advance mobility and rail transportation. Its cross-disciplinary teams work with clients to improve business performance, with an emphasis on sustainability, safety, and operational excellence. 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 and internal business needs. Work includes cost estimating, financial planning, affordability assessments, business case development, funding analyses, and strategic recommendations for public- and private-sector clients. The analyst uses financial modeling and data analysis to turn complex findings into clear, practical recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences. The role involves both independent work and collaboration with multidisciplinary project teams in a consulting environment where assignments, clients, and priorities may change 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 or more 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, including the ability to present analytical findings to varied audiences.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and 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 using 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 clearly and traceably.
Collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders.
Manage assigned analyses independently, prioritize competing tasks, and deliver high-quality work within agreed schedules.

Benefits

Annual bonus.
Medical insurance with multiple plan options.
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 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, a company-paid benefits program including life, AD&D, dependent life, long-term disability, extended health and dental coverage, and an Employee Assistance Program.
For Canadian employees, a company RRSP contribution equal to 5% of basic salary.