Description:
This Senior Director position supports Ankura’s EMEA Risk Advisory (RA), which has the ambition to be the clear market leader in its field. Ankura is recognised as one of the 5 fastest growing consulting companies with 2000 employees across more than 32 offices globally, providing a range of advisory and expert services to the private and public sector.
Why Join Ankura
- We can support and develop individuals who aspire to be leaders in their field.
- Vast opportunities for career development, with formal development process, training programmes and internal e-learning training platform, Ankura Academy.
- Work within a team of world recognised leading experts in an established leading global consultancy.
- Work in a collaborative environment, where our professionals have the freedom to innovate which promotes curiosity, learning and communication.
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 whist we provide the opportunity and training to support you in that endeavour, including excellent networking opportunities.
- Be part of a growing team with a unique opportunity to help shape the practice as it develops.
- Lead teams and interact with stakeholders.
- Work in a collaborative environment which promotes curiosity, learning and communication, where our professionals have the freedom to innovate.
- 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
- Learn from some of the best professionals in the industry.
- Experience truly supportive career development with a formal development process, training programs and an internal e-learning platform, Ankura Academy.
- Grow and progress with the practice.
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.