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Both our client service and culture are second to none, stemming from our firmwide embrace of our core values: Positive and Team-Oriented, Accountable, Committed, Relationship-Focused,Super-Responsive, and being Great communicators. Sound like a place you can grow and succeed? Read on to learn more about an exciting opportunity to join our team.\nImpact You’ll Make\nAs a Director within Stout’s Disputes, Claims, and Investigations group, you will lead complex litigation and dispute engagements involving financial, accounting, economic, and damages-related analyses. The role will have a particular focus on securities litigation, class actions, and antitrust matters, along with other complex commercial disputes. You will serve as a senior advisor to clients and legal counsel, oversee engagement teams, and contribute to the growth of the practice through strong client relationships and business development.\nLead complex litigation and dispute consulting engagements, with particular emphasis on securities litigation, class actions, antitrust matters, and other significant commercial disputes.\nProvide objective financial and economic analyses that support clients, legal counsel, and expert witnesses.\nBuild and expand relationships with law firms, corporate clients, and other stakeholders through responsive service and high-quality work.\nDevelop professionals through coaching, technical guidance, and performance feedback.\nImprove engagement delivery, internal processes, and practice management standards.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead and oversee litigation engagements involving securities litigation, class actions, antitrust and competition matters, economic damages, lost profits, business interruption, breach of contract, post-transaction disputes, claims analysis, and related financial and economic issues.\nDirect financial, economic, and quantitative analyses relevant to securities, class action, and antitrust matters, including analyses of damages, causation, market activity, transactions, and other case-specific issues.\nManage engagements from initial planning through analysis, reporting, expert support, and presentation of findings.\nServe as a senior day-to-day contact for clients, outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other stakeholders.\nDevelop and review financial models, damages calculations, statistical and data analyses, and other quantitative work product.\nAnalyze financial statements, accounting records, market and transaction data, contracts, claims data, company records, and other information relevant to the matter.\nPrepare and review written reports, memoranda, exhibits, demonstratives, and presentations for use in litigation, arbitration, regulatory proceedings, and other disputes.\nAssess alternative arguments, assumptions, methodologies, and damages theories to support well-reasoned and defensible conclusions.\nSupport expert witness work, including preparation for expert reports, depositions, hearings, arbitration proceedings, and trial.\nManage engagement scope, staffing, budgets, timelines, and deliverable quality.\nLead business development efforts by expanding existing relationships, developing new opportunities, and supporting proposals and presentations, particularly within the securities litigation, class action, and antitrust markets.\nDeliver technical and market-facing presentations to clients, prospects, legal professionals, and industry audiences.\nMentor and develop junior professionals through coaching, review of work product, and formal or informal training.\nContribute to internal initiatives that improve engagement execution, staff development, knowledge sharing, and practice efficiency.\nMaintain technical and industry knowledge through professional designations, training, continuing education, and awareness of developments affecting securities litigation, class actions, antitrust disputes, and related areas.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.\n10+ years of relevant experience in dispute consulting, economic consulting, forensic accounting, economic damages, litigation support, or a related advisory field.\nMeaningful experience with securities litigation, class actions, and antitrust matters, including financial, economic, damages, or other quantitative analyses supporting complex litigation.\nExperience working with law firms, corporate clients, and expert witnesses on complex litigation matters.\nExperience working in a professional services or economic consulting firm preferred.\nProfessional designation such as CPA, CFA, ASA, CMA, CIRA, CTP, or CFE preferred.\nExperience leading complex litigation matters and managing multidisciplinary engagement teams.\nStrong understanding of financial statements, accounting records, business operations, financial markets, economic damages methodologies, and quantitative analysis.\nAbility to develop, review, and defend complex financial, economic, damages, and valuation analyses.\nAbility to analyze large or complex datasets and translate findings into clear conclusions for counsel, clients, and expert witnesses.\nDemonstrated success managing senior client relationships and contributing to business development.\nStrong leadership, project management, and staff development skills.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial and economic analyses clearly.\nStrong judgment, critical thinking, and attention to detail.\nProficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; experience with data analytics, statistical, or financial research tools is preferred.\nHow You’ll Thrive\nApply objective financial and economic analysis and sound judgment to complex, high-stakes disputes.\nBuild credibility with clients, legal counsel, and expert witnesses through technical expertise, responsiveness, and clear communication.\nBring relevant experience and informed perspectives to securities litigation, class action, antitrust, and other complex commercial matters.\nManage changing deadlines, competing priorities, and evolving engagement needs.\nEvaluate assumptions, methodologies, and alternative viewpoints thoughtfully and professionally.\nLead teams with accountability while providing clear direction and constructive feedback.\nMaintain high standards for work product, documentation, and client service.\nIdentify opportunities to strengthen client relationships and expand the practice in priority litigation markets.\nEmbody Stout’s core values: Positive and Team-Oriented, Accountable, Committed, Relationship-Focused, Super-Responsive, and Great Communicators.\nDeliver Relentless Excellence® through client leadership, technical rigor, and consistent execution.\nWhy Stout?\nAt Stout, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards program with competitive compensation, benefits, and wellness options tailored to support employees at every stage of life.\nWe foster a culture of inclusion and respect, embracing diverse perspectives and experiences to drive innovation and success. Our leadership is committed to inclusion and belonging across the organization and in the communities we serve.\nWe invest in professional growth through ongoing training, mentorship, employee resource groups, and clear performance feedback, ensuring our employees are supported in achieving their career goals.\nStout provides flexible work schedules and a discretionary time off policy to promote work-life balance and help employees lead fulfilling lives.\nLearn more about our benefits and commitment to your success.\nhttps://www.stout.com/en/careers/benefits\nThe specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform the job.\nStout is an Equal Employment Opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of valid job requirements, qualifications and merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.\nStout is required by applicable state and local laws to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The range for this role considers several factors including but not limited to prior work and industry experience, education level, and unique skills. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.\nA reasonable estimate of the current range is $145,000.00 - $300,000.00 Annual. This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan. 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