Senior Managing Director, Risk Advisory, Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting

Ankura
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 20+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Negotiation","Leadership","Communication","Stakeholder management","Business development"]

Executive-level role leading and selling complex investigations and forensic accounting client engagements, with a strong personal brand and market-making relationships. Responsible for developing key accounts, driving revenue growth toward $3–$5M annually, guiding engagement teams, and delivering high-quality investigations and forensic analyses for senior client stakeholders in a high-stakes regulatory context.

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Ankura
Ankura
7 months ago

Senior Managing Director, Risk Advisory, Global Investigations & Forensic Accounting

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Job Summary

Executive-level role leading and selling complex investigations and forensic accounting client engagements, with a strong personal brand and market-making relationships. Responsible for developing key accounts, driving revenue growth toward $3–$5M annually, guiding engagement teams, and delivering high-quality investigations and forensic analyses for senior client stakeholders in a high-stakes regulatory context.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Initiates and converts business opportunities and collaborates with other Senior Managing Directors to sell and deliver engagements that generate $3 - $5 million+ annually.
  • •Leverage your expertise to analyze accounting, auditing, and independence rules and standards.
  • •Assist Ankura Senior Managing Directors and clients with communications with the PCAOB, SEC, or other regulators on auditing, accounting, and independence matters.
  • •Provide an independent perspective based upon your expertise in GAAP, IFRS, and PCAOB Standards to assist audit firms with enhancements to their audit methodology and system of quality control.
  • •Assist external and internal counsel to perform investigations of corporations surrounding breaches in internal policies, procedures, and ethical behavior.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, with strong technical and research skills, and expertise in financial reporting, disclosure and ICFR awareness.
  • •Minimum 20+ years of relevant forensic accounting and investigations experience.
  • •Minimum of 10 years' experience with professional services or international Audit firms, and/or specialized forensic accounting and investigatory services firms.
  • •A successful track record of generating $3 - $5 million+ annually.
  • •Certification and ongoing professional education in accounting (CPA strongly preferred), and fraud examination (Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics designations considered positively)
Experience:20+ yearsForensic accountingInvestigationsProfessional services
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:NegotiationLeadershipCommunicationStakeholder managementBusiness development
Certifications:CPACFECFF
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GAAPIFRSPCAOBAuditing standardsForensic accounting

Company Brief

Ankura
Global consulting firm providing advisory, expert services, and managed solutions in areas including disputes and investigations, corporate finance, restructuring, compliance, and cybersecurity to corporations, law firms, and government clients.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2014
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