Jobs at Ankura

Lead Ankura’s global tax function, overseeing US, international, partnership, state, local, indirect, and transfer pricing compliance. Manage external tax advisors, review complex tax returns and provisions, coordinate audits and tax payments, support partners and leadership, and improve processes as the firm expands. The role requires deep partnership taxation expertise, international tax knowledge, ASC 740 experience, multi-jurisdiction compliance management, and CPA certification.

Supports end-to-end IT procurement, including sourcing hardware, software, SaaS, and professional services; managing RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, requisitions, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, contracts, renewals, invoices, and vendor performance. Analyzes spend and purchasing trends, maintains audit-ready records, coordinates with IT, Finance, Legal, Accounts Payable, and suppliers, and improves procurement workflows, reporting, and process efficiency.

Partners with business leaders to deliver people solutions across employee relations, performance management, talent development, engagement, compensation, organizational change, and workforce planning. Advises leaders on sensitive employee matters, supports investigations and talent processes, analyzes workforce data, coaches managers, and contributes to firmwide People initiatives and employee experience improvements.

MBA interns support transformation consulting engagements by facilitating stakeholder meetings, maintaining project documentation, conducting research and analysis, synthesizing recommendations, and creating polished qualitative, quantitative, and visual deliverables. The role requires collaboration with experienced consultants and involves project, change, and business analysis activities. It is an in-office position in Nashville with potential full-time conversion opportunities.

Leads eDiscovery consulting engagements, including client development, litigation data collection strategies, forensic coordination, data reduction, review technology selection, workflow design, project finances, and delivery oversight. Builds relationships with legal practitioners, generates revenue through cross-selling, manages project timelines and quality, mentors junior staff, and supports recruiting. Requires eDiscovery consulting experience, familiarity with EDRM and review, forensic, database, email, and systems technologies, plus willingness to travel nationally and internationally.

Supports public affairs and strategic communications accounts by monitoring media, social, and policy developments; drafting client materials; coordinating events and coalition activities; managing routine client communication; supporting junior staff; and contributing to business development and integrated advocacy campaigns.

Manages major client relationships and delivers integrated public affairs and communications campaigns. Responsibilities include advising clients, coordinating teams and consultants, engaging media and stakeholders, drafting communications, organizing events, mentoring junior staff, and supporting new business pitches. The role requires strong knowledge of the US political and regulatory environment, especially Defense, Energy, or Healthcare, along with exceptional communication, persuasion, organization, and client-management skills.

Supports strategic communications and public affairs accounts by developing communications materials, monitoring media and policy developments, researching client issues, preparing reports, and assisting with proposals and account servicing.

Provides executive and administrative support to the firm’s President, including scheduling, expenses, event planning, travel, presentations, and business development materials. Supports global client management, client and prospective-client communications, and business development initiatives. Attends and reports on policy events and forums. Requires strong organization, writing, communication, judgment, confidentiality, critical thinking, and proficiency with business applications.

Leads Ankura’s healthcare and life sciences disputes, economics, compliance, investigations, and advisory practice. Develops client strategies and service capabilities, manages complex engagements, advises boards, executives, regulators, and legal teams, and provides expert testimony when needed. Drives business development, revenue growth, client relationships, recruiting, mentoring, quality delivery, and cross-functional collaboration. Requires extensive life sciences consulting or accounting advisory experience, strong regulatory knowledge, executive communication skills, and a portable revenue-generating client network.

Lead finance transformation engagements involving process redesign, operating-model and organizational design, ERP/EPM implementations, data and automation, and change management. Manage client relationships, teams, delivery scope, risks, and engagement economics while advising senior stakeholders. Senior Directors additionally oversee multiple programs or accounts, develop teams, lead business development, and own scoping and pricing. The role requires extensive client travel, up to approximately 80%.

Analyze enterprise data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities; build dashboards, reports, KPI frameworks, and analytical models; and support executive reporting and strategic decision-making. The role involves working with structured and unstructured data, validating reporting quality, applying AI and automation, collaborating with technical and business stakeholders, and delivering client-facing documentation, presentations, and solutions.

Leads the architecture and delivery of enterprise cloud data platforms across client engagements. Oversees ETL implementations, orchestration, reference architectures, delivery governance, scalability, security, and cost efficiency. Partners with senior stakeholders, supports technical pre-sales, and mentors data engineers and technical leads. Requires strong expertise in Databricks, Snowflake, orchestration tools, data architecture, and complex program delivery.

Supports client IT assessments, transformation programs, and operational improvement initiatives. Evaluates IT operations, infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, vendors, costs, risks, and service delivery. Develops strategies, operating models, roadmaps, governance frameworks, financial models, dashboards, and executive presentations. Coordinates workstreams, stakeholder interviews, requirements, and implementation activities while contributing to proposals, methodologies, and junior team guidance.

Leads and grows IT Services consulting capabilities, advising executives on IT strategy, operations, governance, modernization, resilience, and cost optimization. Oversees complex client engagements, transformation programs, teams, budgets, risks, and delivery quality while managing executive relationships and business development. Develops operating models, roadmaps, assessment frameworks, and thought leadership, and recruits and mentors multidisciplinary teams.

Leads Ankura’s enterprise data platform consulting practice, including technical strategy, cloud data architecture, client relationships, business development, engagement oversight, and team development. Advises executives on data-platform transformations, manages a multi-client book of business, oversees delivery quality and economics, and develops reusable methodologies and capabilities. Requires substantial leadership experience in enterprise data architecture, cloud platforms, analytics, consulting, commercial growth, and distributed delivery teams.

Leads FP&A and business operations for a complex global business, owning planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, financial modeling, pricing analysis, workforce economics, and operating rhythms. Partners with senior leaders across Finance, Accounting, People, Technology, Marketing, and Legal to improve decision-making, profitability, data quality, and execution. Advises on growth investments, resource planning, commercial strategy, and operational risks while driving accountability and continuous process improvement.

Leads privacy technology and cybersecurity consulting engagements, assessing ad tech practices, identifying regulatory gaps, and implementing compliance solutions. Designs API and system integrations, website scanning strategies, consent management approaches, and privacy-by-design methodologies across the SDLC. Analyzes network traffic, documents data flows, develops policies and metrics, supports client presentations, and leads privacy consultants. Requires knowledge of privacy regulations, marketing technologies, network protocols, and privacy deliverables.

Leads eDiscovery and Risk Advisory engagements, including client development, data collection strategy, forensic coordination, workflow design, processing, review strategy, production planning, project finances, and close-out. Manages teams, mentors junior staff, supports recruiting, develops client relationships, and contributes to cross-selling and revenue growth. The role requires advanced eDiscovery technology knowledge, strong analytical and consulting skills, and willingness to travel nationally and internationally for extended engagements.

The eDiscovery Director manages client projects related to electronic data collection, processing, review, and production, providing operational leadership and technical expertise.