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This position supports the newly created Forensic Investigations team in the Risk, Forensics & Compliance practice – one of seven practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm.
The Director position supports Ankura’s newly created EMEA Risk Forensics and Compliance practice (RF&C), which has the ambition to be the clear market leader in its field. Ankura is recognised as one of the five fasted growing consulting companies with over eighteen hundred employees across more than thirty offices globally, providing a range of advisory and expert services to the private and public sector clients.
The RF&C practice is focused on client delivery services across the firm and provides a wide range of services to enable our clients to investigate, prevent or remediate fraud corruption or misconduct. The practice is involved in complex, global and often high-profile engagements assisting clients in investigating issues such as bribery & corruption, fraud, and other conduct matters.
Ankura’s RF&C practice provides clients with expertise with Investigations & Forensic Accounting Advisory which includes:
- Investigations into bribery & corruption, regulatory violations, and complex fraud
- Investigations of Ponzi schemes, embezzlement, and kickback or related party schemes
- Forensic accounting and financial reporting investigations including reconstruction of books and records.
- Anti-Bribery & corruption reviews
- Pre-acquisition anti-bribery and corruption due diligence
This is a key role, operating in a fast-paced culture and will suit a candidate with the ambition and desire to grow and develop.
- Be part of a growing team with a unique opportunity to help shape the practice as it develops.
- Work within a team of world recognised experts in an established leading global consultancy.
- Work in a collaborative environment which promotes curiosity learning and communication, where our professionals have the freedom to innovate.
- Manage teams and interact with stakeholders on the most complex assignments.
- Gain cross discipline exposure and develop a rounded skillset across investigations and compliance.
- Experience frequent client interaction including preparing and presenting results
- Be mentored by some of the best professionals in the industry.
- Experience truly supportive career development with a formal development process, training programs and an internal e-learning platform, Ankura Academy.
You will be a key member of the engagement team and will be provided opportunity to experience a variety of projects working collaboratively on diverse teams with skilled, intelligent, driven, and successful individuals.
Responsibilities:
- Managing day-to-day delivery of forensic investigations, fraud risk assessments, forensic accounting assignments, compliance reviews, forensic audits, background searches, asset searches and fund tracing.
- Designing, crafting, and delivering client proposals, presentations and marketing materials.
- Preparing engagement work plans, working papers project documentation, progress reports, draft, and final reports to the highest level of quality.
- Working with clients, their legal advisors, internal and external auditors and regulatory authorise in sometimes sensitive and adversarial situations.
- Support, lead and manage work of assignment team comprised on internal and external experts in close intermittent and distant collaboration modes.
- Work closely with Ankura’s Data & Technology team to embed appropriate forensic technology solutions into engagement delivery.
- Plan, manage and control budget on investigation engagements#
- Monitor and manage risk through the engagement cycle. Adhere to the strictest standards of client and engagement confidentiality.
- Maintain active communication with counsel, clients, and internal team to manage expectations and ensure satisfaction.
- Manage, develop, train and mentor more junior staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end review.
- Actively engage in business development activities, identifying opportunities, supporting pursuits, and winning new work alongside more senior members of the team.
- On occasion, participating in public speaking events, conferences, seminars, marketing events and client meetings.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, International Business Relations, or equivalent is desirable.
- Certification in Fraud investigations is essential.
- Work experience gained in a big 4/mid-tier forensic firm
- Proven track record of working on international investigations, compliance risk assessments, forensic audits, disputes support or expert witness
- Certification and ongoing professional education in fraud examination related area
- Microsoft Office advanced skills.
- Ability to research, retrieve, prepare, and analyse structured and unstructured information
- First class report writing, communication and presentation skills.
- Adaptable, driven and action orientated approach.
- Open, inquisitive, and critical mind
- Due to the international nature of our work, in addition to English, must have one other language.
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 [email protected] 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.
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