[Hiring] Managing Director, Risk Advisory, Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting @Ankura

Role Description

Ankura’s Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting team assists clients with challenging issues. Our team of top professionals are seasoned advisors with a wide range of experience in:

• Technical and forensic accounting
• Auditing
• Corporate finance
• Fraud
• Anti-corruption
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters
• Compliance
• eDiscovery
• Information technology
• Complex data analytics

Responsibilities include:

• Leverage your expertise to analyze accounting, auditing, and independence rules and standards.
• Assist Ankura Senior Managing Directors and clients with communications with the PCAOB, SEC, or other regulators on auditing, accounting, and independence matters.
• Provide an independent perspective based on your expertise in GAAP, IFRS, and PCAOB Standards to assist audit firms with the identification of enhancements to their audit methodology and system of quality control.
• Assist external and internal counsel to perform investigations of corporations surrounding breaches in a corporation’s internal policies, procedures, and ethical behavior.
• Work with colleagues, clients, fraud examiners, internal and external auditors, lawyers, and regulatory authorities on challenging, sensitive, and adversarial situations.
• Lead and conduct forensic investigations, technical accounting research, fraud risk assessments, compliance reviews, forensic accounting audits, background interviews and searches, asset searches, fund tracing, electronic data reviews.
• Review and finalize engagement work plans, working papers, project documentation, progress, and final reports to the highest level of quality.
• Lead and manage work of engagement team comprised of internal and external experts in close, intermittent, and distant collaboration modes.
• Plan, manage and control budgets on investigations engagements.
• Monitor and manage risks throughout the engagement cycle.
• Adhere to the strictest standards of client and engagement confidentiality and integrity.
• Maintain active communication with counsel, clients, and internal team to manage expectations and ensure satisfaction.
• Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews.
• Design, craft and deliver client proposals, presentations, and marketing materials.
• Participate in business development activities such as public speaking events, conferences, seminars, marketing events, and client meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, with strong technical and research skills, and expertise in financial reporting, disclosure, and ICFR awareness.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience with Big 4 or international Audit firms, and/or specialized forensic accounting and investigatory services firms.
• Proven track record of working on complex accounting investigations, national and/or international investigations, compliance risk assessments, forensic audits, disputes support or expert witness engagements.
• Certification and ongoing professional education in both accounting (CPA strongly preferred), and fraud examination (Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics designations considered positively).
• A successful track record of revenue generation annually.

Requirements

• Strong technical and research skills in accounting.
• Expertise in financial reporting and disclosure.
• Experience in compliance risk assessments and forensic audits.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Professional development opportunities.

Company Description

Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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