Forensic Disputes Associate Director

Our Forensic Services team is growing. We are looking for a Senior Manager / Associate Director who wants a change of pace to join a well‑established national team with ambitious growth plans. This role will be predominantly dispute‑focused and the individual will be required to help support the team’s marketing and business development initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Being responsible for the day‑to‑day activities of expert witness and advisory assignments, including team, client and other stakeholder management.
• Performing detailed and complex analysis, including financial models and using industry tools to perform supporting analysis.
• Drafting client deliverables to the highest standards and supervising more junior team members’ work while ensuring their own development.
• Inputting into the team’s longer‑term strategy, implementing and supporting effective marketing and business development activities to help with the growth of the individual and wider team.
• Focusing on the development of the technical capability of the team to meet client needs and actively contributing to business development activities.
• Assisting in delivering on the team’s business plan, setting clear objectives and targets to ensure the team is effectively utilised and the strategy is delivered.

Requirements

• A senior forensic accountant with significant experience of managing multiple complex expert witness projects.
• In‑depth knowledge of the sector, proactively strengthening knowledge in new trends and risks.
• Proven record of growing, leading and motivating a team to deliver forensic and investigative services.
• Actively involved in business development.
• Proven track record of providing exceptional service and establishing and maintaining strong relationships at a senior level.
• Track record of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Embrace service excellence and apply this consistently to your role.
• Experience of leading people development, supporting the skills and knowledge progression of junior members of the team through coaching, supervision and feedback.

Your People Responsibilities

• Demonstrating personal commitment to work and team success, showing a positive attitude and enthusiasm for work, and taking initiative to improve processes or situations when appropriate.
• Consistently treating colleagues with fairness and respect, helping to provide opportunities for everyone to contribute and succeed.
• Providing and being receptive to regular and constructive feedback that improves both self and others, and continually developing skills and knowledge.
• Influencing, changing and shaping the direction of a particular activity, either internally and/or externally.
• Coaching members of staff through sharing experience and knowledge appropriately.
• Providing on‑the‑job training for developing colleagues.
• Participating in service line, office and firm‑wide activities.

Successful Applicant

• Qualified accountant with expertise in a forensic accounting role.
• Expertise in managing complex financial expert witness and advisory projects from start to finish, involving high volumes of material.
• Significant expertise in investigating complex financial data and drafting deliverables in a coherent and concise format.
• Proven track record of contributing to business development activities and enhancing client relationships.
• Has people development at the heart of what they do and cares about the success of others.
• Experience of quantifying loss in large commercial claims and of non‑contentious or contentious business valuations.

Following changes to government policy in April 2024, we only accept applications from individuals with an existing, permanent, right to live and work in the UK.