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RSM is seeking a Director, Financial Investigations and Disputes (Litigation and Commercial Damages) to join our Financial Investigations and Disputes practice. This role is ideal for an accomplished professional leading complex commercial litigation, economic damages, lost profits, and business dispute engagements.
As a trusted advisor, you will help clients navigate high-stakes disputes by delivering sophisticated financial analyses, damages assessments, expert support, and litigation consulting services. You will play a key role in driving engagement delivery, developing client relationships, mentoring team members, and contributing to the continued growth of a nationally recognized disputes practice.
About the Role
As a Director, you will lead and manage commercial litigation and damages consulting engagements across a variety of industries. You will work directly with clients and legal counsel to analyze complex financial matters, quantify economic damages, prepare expert reports, and support litigation and dispute resolution efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead engagements involving commercial litigation, economic damages, lost profits, business interruption, fraud-related matters, and complex business disputes.
- Direct financial analyses and develop defensible damages models used in litigation, arbitration, mediation, and settlement proceedings.
- Manage the preparation of expert reports, rebuttal analyses, exhibits, and supporting workpapers.
- Serve as a primary point of contact with attorneys, corporate counsel, insurance carriers, and client leadership.
- Support deposition and trial preparation efforts, including development of expert testimony and litigation strategy support.
- Develop and maintain strong client relationships that generate repeat business and referral opportunities.
- Collaborate with professionals across Risk Consulting, Valuation Services, Transaction Advisory Services, Technology Consulting, Audit, and Tax to deliver integrated client solutions.
- Mentor, coach, and develop associates, senior associates, and managers within the practice.
- Contribute to business development initiatives, thought leadership, and marketplace visibility efforts.
- Travel as needed to support client engagements and business development activities.
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree
- 9-12 years of experience in commercial litigation consulting, economic damages, forensic accounting, business valuation, financial investigations, or related dispute advisory services.
- Professional certification (examples include: CPA, ABV, CFA, ASA)
- Willingness and ability to travel as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Significant experience performing and overseeing analyses related to:
- Commercial damages
- Lost profits
- Economic damages
- Business interruption claims
- Contract disputes
- Valuation-related disputes
- Complex commercial litigation matters
- Experience preparing expert reports and supporting attorneys through litigation, arbitration, mediation, and settlement processes.
- Strong understanding of financial statement analysis, accounting concepts, economic damages methodologies, and business valuation principles.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple complex engagements and client relationships simultaneously.
- Proven success mentoring and developing consulting professionals.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex financial concepts to legal and business audiences.
- Ability to work in an environment with regular in-person collaboration.
- Experience serving as an expert witness or supporting expert witness testimony.
- Experience providing deposition, arbitration, or trial support.
- Experience involving intellectual property disputes, shareholder disputes, post-acquisition disputes, or insurance coverage matters.
- Prior experience within a consulting, accounting, valuation, or litigation support firm.
At RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits.
All applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender; sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; US Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at [email protected].
RSM does not intend to hire entry level candidates who will require sponsorship now OR in the future (i.e. F-1 visa holders). If you are a recent U.S. college / university graduate possessing 1-2 years of progressive and relevant work experience in a same or similar role to the one for which you are applying, excluding internships, you may be eligible for hire as an experienced associate.
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At RSM, an employee’s pay at any point in their career is intended to reflect their experiences, performance, and skills for their current role. The salary range (or starting rate for interns and associates) for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, location, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.
Compensation Range: $134,000 - $269,000Individuals selected for this role will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.
Skills Required
- Recognized expert who has testified at deposition and trial
- Significant experience in leading teams in a matrix organization
- Proven success in business development and sales
- Experience in complex commercial litigation and financial investigations
- CPA, ABV, CFA, ASA, or MBA credentials
RSM US LLP Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about RSM US LLP and has not been reviewed or approved by RSM US LLP.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave, caregiver leave, and family‑building assistance are standout strengths, including 12 weeks fully paid parental leave, six weeks paid family caregiver leave, up to $50,000 in fertility coverage, and up to $20,000 per child for adoption or surrogacy, plus backup care resources. These benefits create a family‑forward package that stands out within the firm’s total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off options are broad, with self‑managed PTO for associates and above, at least 14 paid holidays, and firm‑wide wellbeing days alongside hybrid work flexibility. This breadth is consistently presented as a strong component of the overall offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage includes multiple plan designs (two HDHPs and a PPO), telehealth access, and a mental‑health platform offering up to eight free 1:1 sessions per year. Health benefits are characterized as solid to strong for the industry.
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RSM is the leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services to the middle market. With over 11,000 employees across the U.S. and Canada and a global presence in 120 countries, our purpose is to deliver the power of being understood to our clients, colleagues and communities. As first-choice advisors, we are focused on developing leading professionals and innovative services to meet our clients’ evolving needs in today’s ever-changing business environment. Through a supportive, caring culture, our people are empowered to be their authentic selves and share their unique perspectives. Our culture of diversity and inclusion enhances the insights we provide while transforming innovation, collaboration and business results through fostering an inclusive environment, working hard to engage a talented workforce and reflect our diverse community, and developing relationships that serve others in business and the broader community. Together, our people’s individual talents and diverse perspectives strengthen our teams and enhances the unique insights that we provide to our clients. Through a supportive, caring culture, our people are empowered to be their authentic selves and share their unique perspectives. Our culture of diversity and inclusion enhances the insights we provide while transforming innovation, collaboration and business results through fostering an inclusive environment, working hard to engage a talented workforce and reflect our diverse community, and developing relationships that serve others in business and the broader community. Together, our people’s individual talents and diverse perspectives strengthen our teams and enhances the unique insights that we provide to our clients. For more information, visit rsmus.com.
