Forensic Accounting Manager/Senior Manager

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Job Description:

As a Forensic Accounting Manager/Senior Manager in Crowe's Forensics Consulting Group, you will leverage your understanding of accounting fundamentals and apply your skills with judgment to analyze financial information. You will be an active contributor on a team delivering litigation support, forensic accounting, and fraud investigation services, maintaining client relationships, managing engagement economics and risk, and assisting with the growth of our forensic practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client & Engagement Management:

  • Lead and manage a team of forensic professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure high-quality work and professional development.

  • Conduct engagements in compliance with applicable professional, legal, regulatory, and firm requirements.

  • Collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, and other stakeholders to understand the specific requirements of each case and develop effective engagement strategies.

  • Utilize litigation support technologies, such as eDiscovery software, document management systems, and data analytics tools.

  • Conduct quality control checks to ensure the accuracy and completeness of deliverables, including document productions, data summaries, and trial exhibits.

  • Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in forensic and litigation support, and provide recommendations for process improvements and innovation.

  • Assist in providing expert support during depositions, hearings, and trials, as needed.

  • Review and analyze financial statements, general ledger, and other accounting records as it relates to forensic accounting engagements. This involves a detailed examination of a company's financial documents. The manager would look for inconsistencies, discrepancies, or signs of fraudulent activity using techniques such as ratio analysis, trend analysis, or Benford's Law to identify irregularities. The potential candidate should also have a strong understanding of accounting principles and practices to interpret these documents accurately.

  • Review, analyze, and synthesize complex data sets into damage models.

  • Demonstrate a high level of analytical skill, attention to detail, and financial knowledge. The manager would also need to be able to explain their findings clearly

  • Manage a broad spectrum of matters involving investigations, litigation support, post-acquisition disputes, and insurance claims.

  • Position the team for successful engagement execution, quality results, and client satisfaction by clearly working within project parameters, managing resources and processes, and anticipating/resolving issues.

  • Deliver on client commitments while meeting budget and realization goals.

• Business Development:

  • Actively seek and support new revenue opportunities for the firm by identifying innovative strategies to create business opportunities for desired markets.

  • Identify opportunities to add value to existing clients or to capture new clients by providing them with targeted effective ideas and solutions.

  • Improve brand awareness, visibility, and business opportunities within the firm and in the external market.

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.

• CPA eligible or active CPA license required; CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) or CFF (Certified in Financial Forensics) certification preferred.

• 5 to 7 years of Accounting experience, with at least 2 to 3 years of Litigation Support and/or Forensic Accounting experience required.

• Professional services firm experience required; previous audit experience preferred.

• Strong investigative, analytical, and organizational skills.

• Creative problem-solving abilities with strong attention to detail.

• Ability and desire to develop leadership skills.

• Desire to build networking skills and develop strong working relationships (both internally and externally) with business decision-makers.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with minimal supervision.

• Ability to travel and work additional hours when required.

Work Environment:

• Hybrid environment with minimal travel to client sites required.

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

Our Benefits:
Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great peopleare what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

How You Can Grow:
We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

More about Crowe:
Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Crowe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.