Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant

AECOM•Philadelphia, PA

4d•$100,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM Advisory is seeking an Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant to support its growing global Advisory business line in the US East Region. The role focuses on using economics methods and rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop or evaluate strategies addressing policy, infrastructure investment, supply chain, and social challenges. The consultant will advise public entities, private companies, transportation authorities, asset operators, and financing partners on strategic issues related to infrastructure, public policy, real estate, and project finance, connecting upstream insights to AECOM’s core business lines. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Economics and Strategy, the consultant will oversee daily operations, manage technical delivery, and help expand this strategic service area. The role involves defining, leading, and managing multiple tasks within a workstream as part of larger client engagements. It also includes opportunities to contribute to business development, including solution development, technical writing, pitch materials, client research, and risk and compliance processes. The position is recruited in Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Raleigh, Arlington, Philadelphia, or Miami. The work location model is hybrid. AECOM intends to fill this current vacancy by December 16, 2026. Sponsorship and relocation assistance are not available. Newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Public Policy, Finance, or a quantitatively related field, plus four years of professional economist, quantitatively oriented management consulting, or related experience; alternatively, demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education and at least two 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.
Strong 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 impacts, client industries, and their context.
Curiosity about infrastructure challenges, clients, their businesses, and the industries in which they operate.
Strong interpersonal skills, a client-service mindset, and the ability to act as a trusted adviser.
Ability to work in a high-tempo, high-context, client-facing environment and maintain poise under pressure.
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 convey key insights to C-suite and senior management audiences.
Ability to work collaboratively within 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 is a plus.
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.
Experience with geospatial datasets and software such as ArcGIS.
Experience with input-output or general equilibrium economic modeling tools such as Esmi, IMPLAN, or REMI.
Experience with Stata, R, Python, or other programming languages.
Experience with data visualization techniques and 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 is a valuable asset.

Responsibilities

Serve as the principal technical investigator on complex business cases, using methods such as microeconomic modeling, econometric estimation, and cost-benefit analysis.
Conduct business modeling, including market sizing, segmentation, penetration, and adoption analysis, and build discounted cash flow models to calculate financial 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 and inform recommendations.
Conduct stakeholder interviews, including with C-suite clients and senior management stakeholders.
Outline, supervise, and quality-control analytical tasks assigned to junior team members.
Develop polished, executive-ready presentations to build buy-in and communicate data-driven insights.
Synthesize multiple inputs into coherent insights and produce slide decks, written narratives, playbooks, dashboards, and toolkits.
Develop solution hypotheses and economic and finance frameworks to meet client needs.
Contribute technical writing and long-form narrative development.
Create pitch decks and define AECOM Advisory’s value proposition.
Research client contexts and apply commercial acumen to client needs and budgetary requirements.
Support logistical and administrative processes for risk management and compliance.
Oversee daily operations, manage technical delivery, and help expand the Economics and Strategy service area.