Senior Consultant, Data & Analytics

FTI Consulting•Washington, DC

4d•$69,000 - $176,000•Hybrid

About The Position

FTI Consulting’s Data & Analytics practice helps clients address complex business challenges using data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence. The practice supports work across corporate advisory and transformation, private equity, litigation, investigations, disputes, compliance, and claims administration. Its teams combine data engineering, data science, analytics, and technology development to provide practical and defensible client solutions. The Senior Consultant works alongside data and analytics professionals and subject matter experts from across FTI Consulting. The role involves hands-on delivery of data-driven solutions for complex client challenges, including building data pipelines and analytical workflows, performing analysis, developing dashboards and predictive models, and communicating findings to clients and other stakeholders. The position also supports legal counsel and testifying experts, contributes to reusable tools and business development, and provides guidance and quality assurance to junior team members. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement, combining in-person collaboration with remote work. Travel to clients and FTI offices is required, and occasional short- or long-term client travel and internal working sessions may be needed. Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States; visa sponsorship is not provided.

Requirements

At least 2 years of relevant experience in data analytics, data engineering, data science, technology consulting, or a related field.
Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing, transformation, and analysis.
Hands-on experience designing and developing data pipelines, integrating disparate datasets, and implementing data validation and quality assurance processes.
Experience with relational databases, data modeling, and large, complex datasets.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to structure complex problems and develop practical, data-driven solutions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical findings clearly to non-technical audiences.
Ability to independently produce high-quality technical work under time constraints, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
Familiarity with AI-enabled tools and their practical application to improve analytical productivity, with appropriate attention to accuracy, confidentiality, and responsible use.
Ability to travel to clients and FTI offices.
Current authorization to work full-time in the United States; this position does not provide visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience in consulting or applying analytics to corporate strategy, private equity, business transformation, litigation, investigations, financial crime, fraud, or regulatory matters.
Experience with Databricks, cloud-based data platforms, or distributed data processing technologies.
Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Experience extracting and transforming unstructured or semi-structured data, including PDF parsing, document processing, and text analytics.
Knowledge of statistical analysis, machine learning, predictive modeling, or other advanced analytics techniques.
Exposure to generative AI, large language models (LLMs), or AI-enabled application development.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver analytical solutions for complex business, financial, operational, and legal challenges.
Design and build data pipelines, data models, and analytical workflows to ingest, integrate, transform, and validate large, complex datasets from disparate sources.
Use SQL, Python, and other analytics technologies to analyze data, identify patterns, generate insights, and support client decisions.
Develop dashboards, predictive models, and AI-enabled solutions to address client needs and improve business outcomes.
Manage multiple client and internal priorities, coordinate deliverables, communicate status to project managers, escalate priority issues, delegate effectively, and provide guidance and quality assurance to junior team members.
Collaborate with clients, FTI professionals, and external advisors to structure analytical approaches and translate findings into reports, visualizations, presentations, and recommendations.
Respond to critical incidents and regulatory inquiries in collaboration with clients and counsel.
Support legal counsel and testifying experts by preparing rigorous, well-documented, defensible analyses.
Support development of reusable analytical tools, methodologies, and solutions, and contribute to proposals and business development activities.
Participate in and identify training opportunities, and stay current with data engineering, analytics, and AI technologies.