Forensic and Investigation Senior Manager recruitment
As the Forensic and Investigation Senior Manager you will carry out and take responsibility for forensic accounting assignments and in doing so you will ensure that the client’s expectations are exceeded through the provision of a quality product within an agreed budget and timescale. You will also be involved in all aspects of FIS including business development activities. You will be a part of a dynamic team with ambitious objectives and your role will be to provide additional expertise to widen our offered services.
As the successful Forensic and Investigation Senior Manager, you will take responsibility for:
- Overseeing the terms and scope of an assignment.
- Managing conflict checks on prospective clients.
- Keeping up to date on key legal cases and concepts.
- Managing all aspects of cases, including scoping, budgeting, controlling work, report drafting and quality assurance.
- Liaising with client lawyers.
- Responsible for the research and review process following forensic principles.
- Analysing research and provide conclusions to partner.
- Producing exhibits and schedules.
- Preparing reports and statements/affidavits.
- Preparing for and conduct interviews with witnesses.
- Constructing damages calculations in business interruption/loss of profit claims.
- Reviewing audit files and working papers and provide a comprehensive conclusion as to quality of audit work and adherence to standards.
- Reviewing how accounting and auditing standards have been applied and opine as to the appropriateness.
- Supervising staff.
- Ensuring the team operates within the terms of the relevant regulations and tasks are undertaken to respond to specific regulations.
- Specific responsibilities will vary according to the assignment.
As the successful Forensic and Investigation Senior Manager, you will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Qualified accountant - ACA or equivalent (essential).
- Professional negligence and expert witness experience.
- Damage and loss of profits experience.
- Understands the role of a forensic accountant in civil and criminal processes.
- Up to date legislative and regulatory knowledge and ability to apply to the circumstances of a forensic case.
- Experience of supporting an expert through expert meeting and hearing.
- Experience in drafting complex expert reports (profit, negative or damages)
- Strong research skills.
- Able to convey opinions clearly to the FIS team and clients – both orally or in writing.
- Able to explain technical issues to non-accounting lawyers or third parties.
- ble to work on own initiative.
- Develops strong client relationships
- Develops firm-wide knowledge and involvement with clients.
- Contributes to the development of new initiatives and methodologies.
- Creates an environment that supports and encourages innovation and flexibility.
- Develops engagement and analytical strategy.
- Focuses self and team on generating appropriate solutions for clients.
- Manages a number of teams on engagement through effective resource management and project planning.
- Manages client and partner expectations through effective communication.
- Enables balance of work and home life through effective planning.
- Has detailed technical knowledge of practice area, which enables management of others and added value to client.
- Applies industry specific knowledge to client benefit.
- Creates high performing teams.
- Effective talent management and development skills.
- Communication is engaging and provides clear direction for team.
- Maintains and applies an up-to-date knowledge of the firm’s risk management policies and operational procedures and ensures team adherence to these.
- Actively seeks to bring new work into Mazars through business development activities including networking.
- Ability to work as a team as well as manage projects independently.
- Promotes the firm’s values and beliefs, demonstrating integrity and maintaining an ethical stance, using flexibility and tact to express views as necessary.
- Language skills preferred nut not essential.
- Computer literate.
- Strong public speaking and presentations skill.
If this position is the right next step for you, please apply now.
June 7, 2012
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