Forensic Accountant

Job Description

To assist the national Forensic and Accounting Services Team. You will be required to support on a large, complex litigation matters. Candidates are expected to have the skills of a qualified accountant and it would be ideal if the individual has experiencewithin a forensic accounting environment.You will be required to apply your accounting and forensic skills to undertake various analysis, asset tracing and document review work. The role requires an experienced and competent professional, who is able to analyse and conduct a wide range of financialanalysis. The individual must have strong analytical, investigative, and documentation skills as well as being organised and a good communicator and able to operate with minimal supervision and assistance. You will be required to prepare high quality, accuratework products to support submissions in legal proceedings.The individual must be proficient in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio as well as Relativity (e-disclosure platform).Duties and responsibilities:

• Review financial documents, analyse and summarise transaction activity and fund flows
• Summarising financial analysis and incorporating the information into written submissions / reports to be used as evidence in court.
• Reviewing and tagging documents on Relativity as well as extracting information into appropriate work-products.
• Preparing financial schedules and keeping these updated periodically as well as documenting the underlying source information relied upon.
• Exercising some degree of judgement, identifying and prioritising key issues and knowing when to consult with others across the wider team.
• Ability to work closely and collaboratively with lawyers and clients, articulating findings in a clear, concise and meaningful manner.
• Ability to work across multiple workstreams and manage workloads / deadlines.
• Explaining financial analysis and terms to lawyers.

Qualifications:

• A relevant qualification in accountancy (such as ACA or ACCA) - 2 - 5 years PQE.
• Forensic accounting experience from Big 4, forensic accounting boutique, other accounting firm or professional services firm.
• Education to degree standard (minimum 2(i) Hons) - ideal for degree to be in accounting, finance, law, economics or another business-related field.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Experience of document review platforms and in particular Relativity.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Fluency in English essential.
• Flexibility to travel to London.

Key Skills / Personal Qualities / Behaviours:

• An inquiring mind.
• Analytical skills (high degree of competence in Excel).
• Interest in litigation/forensics.
• Strong people skills - ability to communicate effectively at all levels and establish credibility with colleagues and clients.
• Confident, resilient, and enthusiastic.
• Ability to manage a demanding and varied workload.
• Highly collaborative, a good team-player and keen to contribute ideas.
• Self-motivated and possessing good time management skills.
• Effective communication and presentation skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to build working relationships internally and externally.
• Demonstrable ability to solve problems and think laterally.
• Ability to analyse and assimilate information quickly.
• Takes responsibility and enjoys being challenged.