Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. They are seeking a Managing Director for their Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting team to assist clients with complex issues related to accounting and forensic investigations.
Responsibilities
- Leverage your expertise to analyze accounting, auditing, and independence rules and standards
- Assist 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
- Assist 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 conduct 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
- Lead 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
Skills
- 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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