Senior Director, Forensics

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Responsibilities:

• Design, craft and deliver client proposals, presentations, and marketing materials
• Participate in public speaking events, conferences, seminars, marketing events and client meetings.
• Work with clients, fraud examiners, internal and external auditors, lawyers and regulatory authorities in sometimes sensitive and adversarial situations
• Conduct forensic investigations, fraud risk assessments, forensic accounting assignments, compliance reviews, forensic audits, background searches, asset searches, fund tracing, electronic data reviews
• Prepare engagement work plans, working papers, project documentation, progress reports, draft and final reports to the highest level of quality
• Support, lead and manage work of assignment team comprised of internal and external experts in close, intermittent and distant collaboration modes
• Plan, manage and control budgets on investigations engagements
• Monitor and manage risks throughout the engagement cycle. Adhere to the strictest standards of client and engagement confidentiality
• Maintain active communication with clients to manage expectations and ensure satisfaction. Serve as consultant to attorneys
• Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews
• Internal networking

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics 
• Work experience in Audit gained in forensic services specialized firms
• Proven track record of working on investigations, compliance risk assessments, forensic audits, disputes support or expert witness
• Certification and ongoing professional education in fraud examination related area
• Ability to research, retrieve, prepare and analyze structured and unstructured information 
• First class report writing, communication and presentation skills 
• Computer, data and/or communication systems proficiency 
• Fluent English and one of the following Russian, Arabic, German or Chinese 
• Agility, vigilance and drive
• Open, inquisitive and critical mind
• Excellent analytical rigor

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