Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant

AECOM•Washington, DC

About The Position

AECOM Advisory is seeking an Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant to support its growing global Advisory business. The role is part of the Economics Advisory team, which advises clients on issues including inclusive growth, climate resilience, the energy transition, and the future of cities. The work includes developing investment cases, assessing the socioeconomic value of major infrastructure investments, and supporting public-sector policy and investment planning. The role serves clients across infrastructure, the built environment, and community development, including governments, regulators, city agencies, utilities, transit agencies, operators, corporations, developers, and investors. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Economics and Strategy, the consultant will lead and manage multiple tasks within engagement workstreams, oversee daily operations and technical delivery, and help expand the service area. The position applies microeconomic analysis and consulting expertise to infrastructure, public policy, real estate, and project finance challenges, connecting analytical insights to AECOM's core business lines. The role is recruited in Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Raleigh, Arlington, Philadelphia, or Miami. The consultant will lead quantitative and qualitative analysis, including economic modeling, econometric estimation, cost-benefit analysis, business modeling, and investment analysis. They will use analytical and data visualization tools to develop insights, engage senior stakeholders, oversee junior team members' work, and produce executive-ready presentations and other client deliverables. The role may also contribute to business development through solution development, technical writing, pitch materials, client research, and support for risk management and compliance processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Public Policy, Finance, or a quantitatively related field, plus at least 4 years of professional economist, quantitatively oriented management consulting, or related experience; alternatively, demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education and at least 2 years of management consulting or equivalent experience.
Experience in microeconomic modeling and econometrics, with strong numerical reasoning and quantitative business acumen.
Experience with funding and financing strategies, including value capture.
Experience in economic and fiscal impact analysis.
Experience evaluating financial cash flows, particularly public finance.
Experience in financial modeling to determine the financial feasibility of infrastructure investments.
Sharp analytical, logical reasoning, and structured problem-solving skills, including the ability to address ambiguous client problems and process large volumes of information.
Strong commercial insight and interest in enterprise challenges, economic and social rationale and impact, and client industries.
Curiosity about infrastructure challenges, clients, their businesses, and their industries.
Strong interpersonal and client-service skills, with the ability to act as a trusted adviser.
Ability to work under pressure in a high-tempo, client-facing environment while maintaining poise and maturity.
Ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and respond to iterative feedback.
Outstanding attention to detail.
Strong verbal communication and narrative development skills, including the ability to communicate key insights to C-suite and senior management audiences.
Ability to work collaboratively in a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Economics, Public Policy, Finance, a quantitatively oriented MBA, or a related field.
PhD training combined with practical, business-oriented experience.
Eight or more years of experience as a professional economist and/or quantitatively oriented management consultant.
Experience in real estate portfolio optimization and real estate economics.
Experience with data science analytical techniques and public datasets such as BLS, BEA, NAICS, ACS, and other geographically defined socioeconomic datasets.
Proficiency with geospatial datasets and software such as ArcGIS.
Proficiency with input-output or general equilibrium economic modeling tools such as Esmi, IMPLAN, or REMI.
Proficiency with Stata, R, Python, or other programming languages.
Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Domain expertise in corporate or enterprise/organizational assessment.
Domain expertise in real estate economics and portfolio optimization.
Domain expertise in project finance and/or infrastructure investment appraisal.
Domain expertise in sustainability, climate change, net-zero, and ESG strategies and frameworks, including non-financial valuation methodologies.
Domain expertise in economic development, industrial policy, and market transformation.
Ability to code original econometric models.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage multiple tasks within engagement workstreams.
Serve as principal technical investigator on complex business cases, using microeconomic modeling, econometric estimation, cost-benefit analysis, and other economic methods.
Conduct business modeling, including market sizing, segmentation, penetration, and adoption analysis.
Build discounted cash flow models and analyze client policies, projects, and programs using measures such as revenue, EBITDA, NPV, IRR, and CAGR.
Use analytical and data visualization tools to identify patterns, trends, and insights in client and third-party datasets.
Conduct stakeholder interviews, including with C-suite clients and senior management.
Outline, supervise, and quality-check analytical tasks assigned to junior team members.
Create executive-ready presentations that convey emerging data-driven insights and build client buy-in.
Synthesize multiple inputs into deliverables such as slide decks, written narratives, playbooks, dashboards, and toolkits.
Contribute to business development by developing solutions and economic or finance frameworks for client needs.
Support technical writing, long-form narrative development, pitch decks, and definition of AECOM Advisory's value proposition.
Research client contexts and needs, including budgetary requirements, and contribute commercial insight.
Support logistical and administrative processes related to risk management and compliance.