Forensic accounting is one of the fastest growing, most interesting areas in accounting, and most accountants never get exposed to it. No 2 days are the same - you could be sitting in on court proceedings one week and working on a shareholder dispute the next, dealing with a genuinely wide range of clients and matters.
What you'll be doing
- Working on forensic accounting and dispute advisory engagements
- Preparing business valuations, loss and damage calculations and financial analysis
- Reviewing financial performance and interpreting complex accounting information
- Drafting reports and supporting expert evidence
- Liaising with solicitors, clients and senior stakeholders
- Contributing to business development and practice growth
What you'll need
- CA, CPA or CFA qualified
- Skilled accounting experience gained in public practice, audit, business services, insolvency or forensic accounting
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
If you're coming from audit,
your financial statement fluency and evidence-based mindset transfer well here. The main shift is learning to write for a legal audience rather than an audit file.
If you're coming from insolvency, your experience analysing distressed businesses and managing different stakeholders transfers directly into this kind of work.
For candidates already in forensic accounting, experience preparing valuation reports and/or commercial loss and damage reports would be highly regarded.
About the firm
A leading professional services firm with a strong national presence and a well-regarded advisory practice. They provide specialist services across financial advisory, restructuring, insolvency, business advisory and dispute-related matters.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants varied, intellectually challenging work, direct Partner exposure and a clear pathway to develop their career in forensic accounting.