Senior Director, Risk Advisory, Forensics Ankura

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 whilst we provide the opportunity and training to support you in that endeavour, including excellent networking opportunities.

• Lead teams and interact with stakeholders.
• Manage teams and interact with stakeholders on the most complex assignments.
• Take a leading role in business development activities, building client relations and identifying potential routes to market, both internal and external.
• Experience frequent client interaction including preparing and presenting results
• Understand and integrate market leading technology solutions including structured and unstructured data analytics and machine learning.
• Travel for project delivery and work with colleagues around the globe

Responsibilities:

• Lead business development and relationship building in connection with a variety of investigations and compliance work. This includes designing, crafting, and delivering client proposals, presentations, and marketing materials.
• Provide oversight to the delivery of forensic investigations, fraud risk assessments, forensic accounting assignments, compliance reviews, forensic audits.
• 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 authorities in often sensitive and adversarial situations.
• Work closely with Ankura s Legal Technology and Data Analytics team to embed appropriate forensic technology solutions into engagement delivery.
• 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.
• Develop a network of potential clients and identify opportunities to build personal brand and market reputation of Ankura through thought leadership and targeted market activity.
• Participating in public speaking events, conferences, seminars, marketing events and client meetings.

Requirements:

• Experience gained in a Big 4/Mid-tier forensic firm.
• An experienced people manager running small teams, comfortable delegating and actively supporting the development of junior members of the team.
• Proven track record of working on international investigations, compliance risk assessments and forensic reviews.
• Accounting qualifications or can demonstrate confidence with analysis of financial data.
• Comfortable with actively networking with potential clients.
• First class report writing, communication and presentation skills.
• A driven and agile approach.
• An inquisitive and critical mindset.
• Due to the nature of our client work candidates must be fluent in English. Arabic would be beneficial.