Regional Contents Consultant

Overview

As a YA Regional Contents Consultant, you will provide high-quality consulting services related to contents and business personal property losses on behalf of YA's clients, which include insurance companies, third-party administrators, independent adjusters, businesses, and insureds.

• Conduct on-site inspections and field assessments of affected contents and business personal property.
• Develop and oversee detailed physical inventories, including photographs, descriptions, quantities, and condition documentation.
• Evaluate contents for restoration versus total loss and provide recommendations regarding salvageability and replacement.
• Review and analyze inventories, estimates, invoices, receipts, photographs, and other supporting claim documentation.
• Perform RCV/ACV valuation, inventory verification, reconciliation, and estimate or invoice audits.
• Support total-loss inventory recreation when contents are destroyed, disposed of, or unavailable for inspection.
• Manage field operations and project workflows on large and complex contents assignments.
• Prepare preliminary reports, ROM assessments, inventories, valuation reports, and other client deliverables.
• Communicate regularly with clients, adjusters, insureds, contractors, restoration vendors, and other project stakeholders.
• Lead client meetings and provide regular updates regarding assignment scope, timelines, findings, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with YA's internal Contents and Valuation teams to ensure accurate, timely, and defensible work products.
• Provide technical oversight, mentorship, and quality control review of junior consultant work product.
• Maintain organized job files, documentation, correspondence, and project records.
• Support litigation matters, pre-loss assessments, and business development initiatives as needed.

• 7–10 years of relevant contents restoration, contents consulting, property insurance, project management, or large-loss experience.
• Strong understanding of contents and business personal property claims, including inventory development, restoration processes, and total-loss evaluation.
• Experience conducting physical inventories and documenting complex residential and commercial contents losses.
• Knowledge of Replacement Cost Value (RCV), Actual Cash Value (ACV), depreciation, and market-based valuation methodologies.
• Experience reviewing restoration estimates, invoices, receipts, inventories, and supporting claim documentation.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with high-volume inventory and valuation data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage assignments, timelines, and client expectations.
• Ability to travel is required, including deployment to large-loss and complex assignments.

YA is an international professional services organization providing forensic consulting, engineering, risk mitigation, and related services. Founded over 25 years ago as a property damage consulting firm, YA has expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Today, YA has over 800 professionals dedicated to excellence, partnership, and driving innovation.

• Employee-focused culture
• Strong commitment to work-life balance
• Flexible vacation
• Paid family care/sick leave
• Parental leave
• 401k w/match

The salary range for this position is $65-85K. Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location, experience, qualifications, and job-related skills. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for bonus compensation based on hours worked, which may represent a significant portion of total earnings. Certain states and local jurisdictions require employers to disclose compensation ranges and other employment information.

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