We are looking for an experienced Financial Economist to manage client relationships and lead multiple project teams investigating highly complex Financial and Securities Litigation disputes.
About Us
At Fideres we champion fair markets for social justice and individual dignity. Through economic investigations and expert reports, we combat corporate misconduct, ensuring accountability and fostering equitable opportunities for all.
The work of our Competition team has led to major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple, Amazon and Facebook), Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid-19 have led to national press coverage.
Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has acted as plaintiffs' experts in the most consequential financial cartels and market manipulation cases of the past 10 years. We are leaders in our field and we have supported our clients in recovering billions of dollars in settlements for plaintiffs.
About this Role
We are looking for a professional with a background in economics, statistics or other quantitative discipline, to join our team of Financial Economists and make a positive impact to the global financial market from day one.
This role will work in a project team bringing advanced quantitative and data driven techniques to highly complex disputes involving financial markets and securities litigation.
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Financial Economist will manage securities and financial projects that require econometric, statistical or more quantitative analysis techniques.
Some notable responsibilities include:
- Conducting detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of market manipulation allegations as part of the delivery of Fideres’ expert consulting mandates
- Taking responsibility for the management, timely delivery and overall quality of financial and securities consultancy projects
- Managing day to day client engagement activities, including managing the project scope, timeline and budget
- Coming up with new and improved solutions to problems and projects, along with ways to strengthen the quality of our analysis
- Writing comprehensive reports that summarize the key findings of our analysis in a simple, succinct manner
- Verbally presenting key findings to clients in a manner that allows them to understand both the results and how they impact their own clients
- Communicating with clients and stakeholders in a timely, clear and concise manner
- Contributing to the overall success of the firm by generating new case ideas, and participating in pitches
- Mentoring and supporting the team, and identifying internal training needs
Key Skills and Attributes
The successful candidate will have:
- A keen interest in financial markets and a strong belief in fair and transparent markets
- Proven relevant experience in a sector regulator, or in a consulting/financial services environment
- Experience of dealing directly with clients (ideally law firms and regulators)
- A strong record of academic achievement with a relevant degree(s) in economics, financial economics, statistics or other quantitative subjects (data analysis, mathematics etc.)
- Proficiency with data analysis software and programming experience (e.g., Python, R, Excel). Experience of database programs (e.g., SQL, Postgres) is a plus
- Hands-on work experience in managing data heavy projects, complex/big data manipulation, management, and analysis
- Strong writing skills, and experience of writing reports and presentations
- Strong project organizational skills, able to meet deadlines
- Enjoys building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders. Has the ability to explain complex concepts, quantitative results, and their implications to non-specialists
- Enjoys coaching and developing the team
- Integrity, and a creative, curious mind
- A high level of accountability, and not afraid to express and opinion and offer new solutions
Why Fideres
Fideres’s vision is to become the leading litigation-only economic consulting firm, free of corporate conflicts.
Following years of growth, over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London, New York, Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in Germany.
We are looking for candidates, who are committed to Fideres’s strategy and values, and who are willing to grow in this phase of our company’s expansion.
Our Benefits
Transparent Pay
We have a transparent and internally published pay structure by role, we do this as part of an equal pay initiative across our offices.
Continuous Learning
We offer all our employees a learning and development budget to spend flexibly on role relevant training needs. Support for further professional qualifications, apprenticeships and further education is also available. There is no risk of being pigeon-holed at Fideres as our employees are able to reach for opportunities as they see them without being restricted by corporate bureaucracy.
Benefits
We offer all normal standard benefits such as a competitive holiday allowance with the opportunity to purchase 10 days additional holiday, monthly social events, private medical insurance, a gym subsidy, equal family leave for all employees, along with other benefits.
