[Hiring] Valuation and Litigation Support Manager @Smith & Howard

Role Description

In our Valuation & Litigation Support Manager role, you will be responsible for:

• Managing valuation, litigation, and forensic engagements.
• Conducting financial and investigative analysis.
• Supporting Expert Witnesses through all stages of litigation.
• Managing client relationships and project deliverables.
• Leading, mentoring, and developing team members.

Essential Functions include:

• Managing the full lifecycle of valuation, litigation support, and forensic engagements, providing high-quality analysis and deliverables to support Expert Witnesses and clients.
• Conducting investigations and analyzing financial records, transactions, and large datasets to support litigation matters, fraud investigations, damages calculations, and valuation engagements.
• Consulting with attorneys and clients throughout all stages of business disputes, including case development, discovery, damages analysis, and expert testimony.
• Leading the preparation and review of valuation models, expert reports, forensic reports, working papers, schedules, and supporting analyses.
• Building and reviewing complex financial models and analyses and leveraging data analytics to identify trends, anomalies, and relationships.
• Managing client relationships, communicating complex financial concepts clearly, and ensuring the quality, accuracy, and timely delivery of client engagements.
• Leading, mentoring, and developing junior team members while effectively delegating work and managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines.
• Supporting business development and client growth through relationship building, proposals, presentations, and identification of new opportunities.
• Leading the practice in integrating AI and advanced analytics into valuation models, including automating data gathering, comparable selection, normalization adjustments, and report writing assistance.
• Applying AI-enabled tools across litigation and forensics work, such as document review, transaction and anomaly detection, and data analysis, while maintaining defensibility, validation, and professional skepticism suitable for expert testimony.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in litigation support, forensic accounting, valuation, or financial consulting.
• Professional certification preferred, such as CPA, CFF, CFE, ABV, ASA, or CVA.
• Experience with commercial litigation, economic damages, fraud investigations, forensic analysis, and business valuation.
• Strong financial analysis, investigative, and Microsoft Excel skills, including experience working with complex datasets.
• Knowledge of frequently used databases in valuation and litigation support work, such as BVResources, Tagnifi, KTMine, Partnership Profiles, Kroll Cost of Capital, etc.
• Strong project management, client relationship, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and clearly communicate complex financial concepts.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop team members while working effectively both independently and collaboratively.
• Exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, and discretion when handling complex, confidential, and sensitive matters.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Excellent training opportunities.
• Great benefits.
• Support and dedication from leaders to help achieve career goals.
• Opportunity for professional growth and advancement.