Managing Director, Risk Advisory, Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting

Ankura • Illinois, Illinois • 2d ago

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

Practice Overview :

Ankura's Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting team assists clients with challenging issues. Our team of top professionals are seasoned advisors with a wide range of experience in technical and forensic accounting, auditing, corporate finance, fraud, anti- corruption, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, compliance, eDiscovery, information technology, and complex data analytics. Many of our professionals have held senior investigative or enforcement positions at the Sec urities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ), Department of Justice (DOJ), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB ) or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Our team is composed of numerous certified public accountants, certified fraud examiners, and former standard-setters and regulatory officials who have been deeply involved in some of the most challenging and high-profile financial and accounting advisory engagements and investigations ever undertaken.

At Ankura, we work collaboratively with our clients to provide our wide-ranging capabilities in forensic accounting and financial investigations in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. We have the experience and flexibility to scale our efforts to fit the size and needs of any matter and appreciate that every engagement is unique.

Responsibilities :

Leverage your expertise to analyze accounting, auditing, and independence rules and standards .

A ssist Ankura Senior Managing Directors and clients with communications with the PCAOB, SEC , or other regulators on auditing, accounting, and independence matters.

You will also provide an independent perspective based upon your expertise in GAAP, IFRS, and PCAOB Standards to assist audit firms with the identification of enhancements to their audit methodology and system of quality control .

A ssist external and internal counsel to perform investigations of corporations surrounding breaches in a corporation's internal policies, procedures, and ethical behavior.

Work with colleagues, clients, fraud examiners, internal and external auditors, lawyers, and regulatory authorities on challenging, sensitive and adversarial situations

Lead and c onduct forensic investigations, technical accounting research, fraud risk assessments, compliance reviews, forensic accounting audits, background interviews and searches, asset searches, fund tracing, electronic data reviews

Review and finalize engagement work plans, working papers, project documentation, progress and final reports to the highest level of quality

L ead and manage work of engagement 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 and integrity

Maintain active communication with counsel, clients, and internal team to manage expectations and ensure satisfaction.

Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews

Design, craft and deliver client proposals, presentations, and marketing materials

Participate in business development activities such as public speaking events, conferences, seminars, marketing events and client meetings.

Requirements :

Bachelor's degree in Accounting , with strong technical and research skills, and expertise in financial reporting, disclosure and ICFR awareness

Minimum of 10 years' experience with Big 4 or international Audit firms, and/or specialized forensic accounting and investigatory services firms

Proven track record of working on complex accounting investigations, national and/ or international investigations, compliance risk assessments, forensic audits, disputes support or expert witness engagements

Certification and ongoing professional education in both accounting (CPA strongly preferred), and fraud examination (Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics designations considered positively)

A successful track record of revenue generation annually

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Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response.

Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Delivers??, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Value??. For more information, please visit, ankura.com.

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