Senior Consultant, AECOM Advisory

Aecom

The Role

Overview

Advises infrastructure and public sector clients on strategy, analytics, and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

  • executive decks
  • business modeling
  • financial modeling
  • data visualization
  • stakeholder interviews
  • ai research

Tasks

-Creating highly-polished executive-ready decks as you work, to build buy-in and convey emerging data-driven insights. -Outlining, supervising and providing quality control over analytical tasks assigned to junior team members. -Conducting business modelling (market sizing, segmentation, penetration, adoption) and investment analysis by building custom discounted cash flow (DCF) Excel models to calculate revenue, cost-benefit analyses (CBA), EBITDA, NPV, IRR, CAGR for client’s policies, projects and programs. -Supporting logistical and administrative processes to ensure risk management and compliance. -Leveraging analytical and data visualization tools (e.g., ArcGIS, Costar, IMPLAN, Python, Tableau) to derive patterns, trends and insights from client and third-party datasets to inform client recommendations. -Applying existing and hypothesizing new solution frameworks to deconstruct, dimensionalize, and analyze client problems. -Synthesizing multiple inputs into coherent insights across a variety of formats; slide decks, written narrative, playbooks, dashboards and toolkits. -Creating pitch decks and defining AECOM Advisory’s value proposition. -Conducting stakeholder interviews, including with C-suite clients and senior management stakeholders. -Leveraging AI tools to conduct baseline assessments and secondary research.

Requirements

  • economic modelling
  • powerbi
  • python
  • arcgis
  • mba
  • 4+ years

What You Bring

-Bringing commercial acumen around client needs, budgetary requirements, researching client contexts. -Technical writing and long-form narrative development. -Proficiency with input-output or general equilibrium economic modelling tools such as Esmi, IMPLAN or REMI. -Proficiency with data visualization techniques, such as with PowerBI or Tableau. -Domain expertise in at least one of the following areas desired, but not required: -Bachelor’s degree in STEM disciplines -At least 4 years of management consulting or related experience (e.g., technical consulting, analyst roles in business, public policy, economics research, private equity, investment banking or corporate strategy experience) or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education -Strong interpersonal skills, client-service mindset and ability to act as a trusted adviser to clients. -Sustainability, climate change, net zero and ESG strategies and frameworks incl. non-financial valuation methodologies. -Solutions architecture and framework development to meet our clients’ needs. -Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights to C-suite and senior management audiences. -Bachelor’s degree. -MBA, or other Master’s degree in Operational Research, Management, Management Science, Finance, Economics, Systems Engineering and/or related fields, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education -Exceptional numerical reasoning and quantitative skills. -Work in a high-tempo, high-context client-facing environment, with the ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure. -Strong commercial acumen and willingness to have an informed point-of-view, grounded in an interest in enterprise challenges (people, process, technology) and developing understanding of client industries and their context. -Proficiency with Stata, R, Python and other programming languages. -Sharp analytical, logical reasoning and structured problem-solving skills, employing abstraction techniques to solve ambiguous client problems, and ingest and parse out large volumes of client information. -Functional experience in at least one of the following areas desired, but not required: -Proficiency with geospatial datasets and software e.g., ArcGIS. -Able to be self-directed, anticipatory and responsive to iterative feedback. -Proficiency with data science analytical techniques and familiarity using multiple public datasets including BLS, BEA, NAICS data, ACS and other geographically-defined socioeconomic datasets. -Corporate or enterprise/organizational assessment. -Outstanding attention to detail.

Benefits

-Collegial team-player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals. -This position will not offer sponsorship now or in the future.

The Company

About Aecom

-Launched as a bold independent infrastructure consultancy from a merger of five legacy firms dating back over a century. -Handles everything from geotech to electro-mechanical systems, as seen in the award-winning Romaine Hydroelectric Complex in Canada. -Guides projects through every lifecycle stage in transportation, buildings, water systems, energy, and environmental sectors.

Sector Specialisms

Industrial

Agriculture, Food & Beverage

Automotive & Heavy Equipment & Machinery

Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure

High Performance Logistics

Energy

Renewable Energy

Grid Modernization

Transportation

Transit and Rail Projects

Highways

Bridges

Aviation Facilities

Facilities Management

Educational Institutions

Healthcare Facilities

Commercial Buildings

Corrections Facilities

Urban and Regional Planning

Building Construction

Oil and Gas Industry

Maritime Facilities

Water Management Systems

Visa Sponsorship

-this position will not offer sponsorship now or in the future.

Senior Consultant, AECOM Advisory at Aecom in Chicago, IL