Forensics Accounting Associate Director

A global consulting firm is currently looking to appoint a Forensics Accounting Associate Director to join its Houston or New York offices.

The firm’s Forensic Accounting & Investigations practice is rapidly growing and is seeking a senior manager with a strong interest in complex financial investigations, forensic accounting, asset tracing, and fraud-related matters. This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with exceptional analytical skills, strong organizational capabilities, and a desire to advance within a dynamic and expanding practice. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in forensic accounting, investigations, litigation consulting, or related advisory services. 

Engagements may involve investigating allegations of fraud and financial misconduct, tracing assets and funds across complex transactions, analyzing accounting records and financial data, assessing damages and other financial impacts, supporting regulatory and litigation matters, and developing clear, defensible conclusions for clients, counsel, and other stakeholders. Responsibilities will include managing and executing investigative work streams, overseeing financial and accounting analyses, developing client deliverables and expert work product, managing junior staff, conducting industry and background research, maintaining client relationships, and contributing to business development efforts within the practice. 

Key Responsibilities

• Delegate assignments to staff, instruct and monitor progress, and review work products for completeness and accuracy. 
• Plan and manage all sizes of client engagements from small projects to larger investigations. 
• Demonstrate creativity and efficient use of relevant software tools, analytical methods, and computer models to develop solutions. Prioritize assignments and responsibilities to meet goals and deadlines. 
• Analyze financial statements, general ledgers, tax returns, and other financial documents to carry out the objectives of the stated project(s).
• Manage preparation of expert witness reports by supporting analyses and opinions based on industry research, data analysis, and financial modeling.
• Perform detailed research and analysis, including the review of various dispute-related documents and accounting standards, then put the results into action (e.g., gather, review, and summarize literature and data from the public domain, specialized industry resources, or client, public and commercial databases).
• Analyze historical and projected financial information and develop financial and damage models.
• Organize and maintain case documents and folders, create electronic libraries for documents, and retrieve documents as necessary.
• Audit own work products and work products of others to assure quality.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Participate in group practice meetings, contribute to business development initiatives and office functions such as staff training and recruiting. 
• Participate in a team environment and meet client deadlines and quality expectations.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related field.
• CPA required, with CFE certification preferred for candidates with forensic accounting and investigations experience.
• Minimum eight (8+ years) experience working for a consulting firm in an accounting or audit capacity.
• Big 4 Consulting experience in investigations.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statements (e.g., relationship between debits and credits and statement of cash flow, income statement, balance sheet, and trial balance); and
• Proven capability with Excel in addition to other Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with research software such as LexisNexis, Factiva, JSTOR, Bloomberg, and Capital IQ; and/or
• Proven capability with relational database program(s) (e.g., MS SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL, Oracle), or statistical analysis programs (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata, R, and Pyth