Forensic Manager (1st promotion from AM included)

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11 months ago
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Forensic Manager (1st promotion from AM included)

Employer Location London, England, City of London Salary Competitive, good WLB Closing date 19 Mar 2025 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band , Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.

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Your new company
Our client is a large UK and European firm with a full suite of advisory and assurance services, and a clearly identifiable set of values, including a real commitment to life-work balance (in that order.) They have developed a national Forensic offering across 3-4 different locations, and all with a slightly different mix of cases; acting as a single Forensic P&L though means work could come from any of the Partners. This role nonetheless will be predominantly London casework centric.
You'll be mentored by young Partners who have achieved Expert and Partner status under their own steam, and can help you do the same.

Your new role
Working mainly for the London Expert, you'll be contributing to the production of expert witness and advisory reports, quantifying losses and valuing businesses. The firm attracts a wide range of casework sizes, so you've got a really good chance here to cut your teeth on something you've never done before, eg. drafting your first whole Expert report.
Casework can include:

Quantification of damages Breach of contract Warranty disputes Post transaction disputes Contentious valuations Shareholder disputes and matrimonial Non-contentious valuations Mediation/expert determination Occasional investigations linked to restructuring/insolvency

What you'll need to succeed

ACA/ACCA qualified You've either trained in Forensics, or you converted into it on qualification You may even have converted into valuations, but are not getting any/sufficient exposure to the Expert side and want to change that An interest in developing your forensic career to be centred around quantum/damages/valuations Happy to be part of BD and contributing ideas on this too A "people person" - this firm prides itself on how they interact with their clients

What you'll get in return

A great balance of professional development both received and given The team recruits its own graduates so you have proper delivery infrastructure underneath you Mentoring by young, successful Experts/Partners as well as more established A firm committed to life as much as work, and with the values and systems in place to support this

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