Senior Associate - Expert Services

As a Senior Associate, you will gain unparalleled exposure to significant, high-profile projects relating to disputes and investigation of matters, often working closely with colleagues in different business units or jurisdictions. In addition, your career and development opportunities are vast with exposure to clients and lawyers from day one. Being part of a specialist group, but within a truly global firm, means your personal impact will be instant but will be supported by an ambitious full service professional services firm.  

As a Senior Associate, your forensic accounting work will cover all stages of disputes and investigations, including:

Day-to-day responsibilities:

Providing advice in the initial stages of a commercial dispute or contentious investigation and assisting to scope the work required

Calculating damages (e.g. loss of profits, loss of value and interest) in commercial disputes

Providing technical accounting advice and financial analysis to lawyers Assisting clients with their investigations into fraud or other financial issues

Drafting expert witness reports

Assisting directors or managing directors during a court or tribunal hearing

Building client relationships, identifying and sourcing new work, and new product development

Essential traits:

An external audit or business valuations background, or alternatively forensic accounting / transaction services experience Excellent academics and qualified at ACA, CFA or equivalent level, first time passes desirable

Strong numeracy skills with the ability to process and analyse large volumes of data The ability to explain complex, technical issues in an understandable manner A logical and methodical approach to problem solving, as well as being able to develop innovative solutions to complex problems

Critical thinker with excellent attention to detail, including business awareness and general business understanding.

Ability to simultaneously handle diverse and pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations

Advantageous but not essential experience:

Principles of causation of damages, e.g. loss of profits, compensable costs, breach of warranties, misrepresentation, interest calculations

Modelling, testing, documenting financial scenarios and anticipating challenges

Valuation and finance concepts, e.g. cost of capital, risk adjusted discount rates

Analysing strengths/weaknesses of opposing cases, formulating alternative damage scenarios and advising on strategic implications

Investigation techniques, e.g. asset tracing, interviewing

Different dispute resolution mechanisms, e.g. trial, civil hearing, mediation, arbitration, regulatory/competition tribunals

Preparation of forensic/expert witness reports including review, analysis and verification of evidence

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