Forensic Acctg & Investigation - Director

FORENSIC ACCOUNTING SENIOR MANAGER – FORENSIC ACCOUNTING & INVESTIGATION SERVICES

Position Summary:

The Forensic Accounting and Investigative Services practice of Grant Thornton's Economic Advisory Services (EAS) offers a broad range of services in litigation support and business valuation and assist our clients with challenging financial and economic issues in complex litigation and other business dispute cases as well as services in investigations of allegations related to fraud and/or irregularities, bankruptcy, workouts, turnarounds, economic impact studies, computer fraud, and forensics.

The EAS Forensic Accounting Senior Manager – Forensic Accounting and Investigation Services is responsible for all phases of project and engagement management for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries. Responsibilities include planning, directing, and completing projects and services in litigation support, business valuation, and forensics and developing and managing staff. The EAS Manager works closely with partners and staff on client management, practice development, and business development. The EAS Manager is responsible for an assigned group of clients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.

· Oversee the efforts of multiple client engagements; plan, execute, direct, and complete EAS projects and services in a wide variety of industries; and manage to budget.

· Develop a project vision and set challenging personal and client service team goals.

Litigation Support:

· Consult on large and complex litigated disputes and provide valuable financial insight and clarity to counsel during all stages of a business dispute, from case theory development and discovery to expert witness testimony.

· Serve as consultant to attorneys, assist in preparing questions for discovery and deposition of potential witnesses, serve as an expert witness, assist in reviewing and refuting the testimony and analysis of other expert witnesses, design court exhibits.

Valuation:

· Oversee and apply business valuation approaches and methods to a variety of tangible and non-tangible assets, including equity valuations, option analyses, and purchase allocations.

· Oversee the assembly, maintenance, and finalization of working papers that support valuations.

Required Skills and Experience:

· Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.

· A minimum of eight years of progressive experience in public accounting or consulting with a minimum of two years in litigation support, business valuation, or forensics.

· Certification/license as CPA, CFE, CMA, CFA, or CIA and valuation credentials such as CVA, ABV, AVA, or ASA preferred.

· Accounting, finance, and economics knowledge; proficiency in US GAAP and GAAS preferred.

· Litigation Support/Consulting: Experience should include a demonstrated ability to assist litigators on developing, evaluating, and settling case strategies and preparation of attorney work product to support case strategies

· Valuation: Expertise in broad-based business and financial valuations, multi-discipline appraisals, and fairness opinions, especially those of closely held companies

· Highly analytical with expertise in financial analysis and modeling, econometrics, statistics, and regression analysis.

· Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.

Benefits:

Grant Thornton LLP promotes a nationally recognized culture of health and offers an extensive array of benefits to meet individual lifestyles. For a more complete list of benefits please visit www.gt.com.

Nearest Major Market: Boston
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