Senior Associate, Digital Forensics, Forensic Technology Services

Senior Associate, Digital Forensics, Forensic Technology Services

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Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands‑on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

Our talent drives our success, resulting in A&M’s Forensic Technology Services being a recognized leading provider of Forensic Technology investigation support services. A&M’s team is comprised of experienced digital forensics, eDiscovery, data science, cybersecurity and privacy professionals and experts who come from the world’s largest law firms, professional services firms, leading forensic technology firms, Fortune 500 corporations, and law enforcement/government agencies.

Our team’s expertise spans electronic discovery and disclosure management, digital forensics, forensic data analytics, cyber risk and incident response, privacy, information governance and data compliance. By combining operational expertise with legally defensible procedures and industry-leading technology, A&M’s professionals deliver reliable, innovative solutions to meet each of our client’s unique needs and challenges. As a firm we are experiencing unprecedented growth and demand for our services and as a result we are expanding our high‑profile Forensic team.

Throughout all phases of the forensic data lifecycle, you will lead a team of consultants to enable our external clients and internal teams to leverage forensic data technologies to uncover and manage data‑based evidence and intelligence in contentious legal and regulatory situations. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a team to assist our clients and internal teams in confronting and resolving complex legal matters.

You will be discovering and processing forensically preserved data and evidence relating to complex accounting issues on a variety of projects involving economic disputes, white‑collar crime investigations, forensic accounting and consulting, and post‑acquisition disputes. By establishing consultative relationships with external and internal stakeholders, you will guide them toward best practices in data and evidence handling and preservation.

Our Digital Forensics Senior Associate position offers an opportunity to be part of a team that supports a variety of industry sectors, dispute types, and geographic jurisdictions. The problems these consultants solve for A&M’s clients are complex and require innovative solutions that call on a comprehensive range of best‑in‑class forensic data and evidence preservation procedures. Some of the key activities you’ll be doing include:

• Participate in the full lifecycle of forensic data collection processing; including the identification, recovery, preparation, analysis, and preservation of digital data used in legal or regulatory situations.
• Lead a team of consultants, managing all aspects of onsite data collection.
• Participate in the collection, pre‑processing, capture and preparation of images and other forensic data artifacts in effort to prepare the data to analyze.
• Maintain data and documentation according to prescribed chain of custody protocol.
• Perform data extraction and conversion to migrate data to Relatively environment.
• Processing and support of images and data once in review environment.
• Analysis of artifacts to trace user activity (e.g., file manipulation, USB activity, browser history, chat analysis, cloud activity, cryptocurrency transactions, etc.).
• Plan and manage onsite data and evidence collection activities.
• Build relationships and reputation through excellent stakeholder management.
• Communicate…