Job Description

Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company is dedicated to helping clients compete and flourish by optimizing complex and sensitive location and investment decisions.  Over the last twenty years, our experts have built the firm's best-in-class reputation for innovation, effectiveness and integrity in the delivery of value-added consulting services for global companies making location decisions and investors in sustainable redevelopment projects. 

We are offering the opportunity for qualified and motivated individuals to join our team as entry-level and experienced contributors to provide thorough, accurate and timely research and analysis in support of consulting projects and related activities.   

The ideal candidates will have a minimum of 2 years experience in financial and statistical analysis, possess highly-proficient Excel spread-sheeting capabilities, and a talent for organizing and evaluating large amounts of information, as well as excellent communications skills.  Our new team member(s) must display a high degree of integrity and the ability to treat sensitive information confidentially and professionally. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Participate in client meetings. Learn to identify critical factors.  Document results and follow up action steps. 
• Research corporate location decision-making variables, economic development incentive programs and transaction "comparables."  Conduct related research as necessary. 
• Review project financing strategies and assumptions in project plans, and applications for Federal, state and/or local funding support.
• Prepare pro forma financial models, discounted cash flow and other financial analyses in support of complex economic development projects. 
• Contribute to memoranda, reports and presentations as needed.  Contribute to economic development incentives approvals, agreements and compliance reports as needed. 
• Work on project teams with colleagues. Meet project deadlines and provide project status reports as required. 
• Conduct market and other research in support of the firm. 
• Assist in the production of presentations, RFP responses and proposals. 
• Pursue professional and personal development opportunities that can improve performance at work and contribute to the firm’s knowledgebase. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in finance, business administration, economics, accounting, statistics, mathematics or other disciplines providing relevant foundation.
• Master's Degree (MBA, Master of Public Administration, etc.) will be considered in lieu of a portion of relevant experience. 
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in finance, corporate real estate, planning, real estate development, economic development, logistics or similar disciplines. 
• Demonstrated competence in project financial analysis, including discounted cash flows, IRRs, NPVs, debt and equity structures and confident knowledge with financial models in Excel. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word and other platforms, creating custom templates and visually appealing documents and presentations. 

Location: 

Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company is headquartered in picturesque downtown Princeton, NJ, surrounded by the region's most desirable restaurants and amenities. Our location is comfortably commutable in the New York and Philadelphia metro areas. We also have teams working out of Chicago, Cleveland and Walnut Creek, CA, and work through partners in offices throughout Europe, Mexico and Asia.   

To facilitate getting our new Consultants up to speed and fully engaged as seamlessly as possible,  our general preference is to initially staff this role in our Princeton, NJ headquarters.   

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