Associate, Disputes and Investigations

Description

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work-guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity-are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

At A&M, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse team of supportive and motivated professionals that love to share their knowledge and depth of industry experience with others. A&M's Disputes and Investigations practice comprises professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, who bring and share their deep expertise in conducting investigations, delivering expert witness reports, and providing forensic technology services.

We have an inclusive developmental environment where everyone has the opportunity to learn and grow. Our culture is characterized by openness and entrepreneurial thinking, with a foundation of mutual respect and high-quality standards for our work. We strive to remove bureaucracy in favor of recognizing our team through advancement opportunities and a motivating performance-based reward structure.

How you will contribute

You will be working closely with a team to resolve complex investigations and compliance matters that pose a significant risk for our clients. You will conduct fraud investigations, forensically analyze complex transactions and fact patterns, and support clients in litigation.

You will be helping our clients and their counsel understand and resolve the financial impacts around their legal matters relating to complex accounting and financial issues across a wide range of projects involving investigations of white-collar crime, forensic accounting and consulting, and post-acquisition disputes. We are trusted advisors to our clients, and you will build relationships and an in-depth understanding of the client, the industry and the case to surface and address key issues, from the big picture to the smallest details.

You will develop and communicate your analyses, findings, and insights to your team. Relying on your initiative and flexibility to deliver results in an agile and collaborative team environment, you will build strong relationships with clients, legal counsel, and expert witnesses. Some of the main responsibilities are:

* Assisting with compiling, analyzing, and documenting information in an investigation, dispute, or other accounting-related matter

* Contributing to the updating of complex financial models and analyses

* Documenting analyses assumptions, methodologies, and sources of information used

* Assisting with the drafting of reports and other client deliverables

* Performing quality control review of reports and other client deliverables

* Assisting with researching technical and industry-specific issues

* Developing and suggesting solutions to complex problems by thinking "outside the box"

* Balancing multiple client projects and other responsibilities

* Communicating proactively and presenting effectively to all levels of the engagement team

Qualifications

* 1-4 years of experience in public audit and/or a forensic and disputes consulting practice

* CPA required; CFE and/or CFF desired

* Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel

* Proficient with Microsoft Word and Power Point

* Foreign-language skills preferred-Spanish and Portuguese

* Excellent written and oral communication skills

* Effective interpersonal skills - good team player with the ability to work under pressure

* Attention to detail and accuracy

* Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally

* Ability and willingness to maintain a flexible work schedule in order to meet client needs

* Hybrid - Ability to work in a flexible hybrid work arrangement, part time in physical office and remote.

Your journey at A&M

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