Newly qualified Forensics/Disputes conversion

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Location: London

Salary: Large firm equivalent, generous bonus (per annum)

Job type: Permanent

Working pattern: Full time

Industry: Accountancy Firms / Public Service Accounting

Company: Hays

Consultant: Louise Bridge

Hays office: London-City — 5th Floor, 107 Cheapside,

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Your new company

Formed as a split-off from a larger firm, our client is a boutique taking the London market by storm. The founding partners are all established and highly regarded Experts in their own right and wanted to create a firm which offers Big Four quality service with the flexibility and responsiveness that comes from a small, dedicated team, and
without the independence concerns that come from other service lines. Even better, they themselves have had the experience of working in a split-off Forensic firm before and have distilled the best of that experience into their MO for the new firm. Having made Partner themselves in the decade they are well-positioned to mentor the next generation to becoming Experts in their own right.

If you're new to Forensics, it's worth pointing out that Expert work comes to the Experts themselves first and foremost. The brand/firm they work for is purely about delivery capability. So in Expert work, you really can have Big 4 quality work in a "small" firm package.

Hays were highly instrumental in the building of their previous firm and are privileged to be working exclusively for the founding Partners in this boutique.

Your new role

The firm run the full gamut of commercial disputes and are especially well-known in International Arbitration.

On top of Arbitral matters, cases you could work on include:

• Breaches of contract
• Breaches of warranty
• Valuation disputes
• Accounting treatments
• Investment Treaty disputes
• Post M&A/transaction disputes
• Contract review
• Intellectual property
• Shareholder / JV disputes
• Funds & asset tracing

Within these, an example of what you'd be doing / training to do includes:

• Performing financial, accounting and economic analyses
• Performing business valuations from a contentious/litigious perspective
• Drafting sections of expert reports.
• Communicating results as appropriate to the partners and clients.
• Interacting with clients and supporting business development activities including attending networking events

What you'll need to succeed

This is a Disputes-lead practice, so if your interest in Forensics is purely Fraud/Compliance etc this is not the right role for you.

• Newly qualified ACA
• One who has especially enjoyed the more inferential/judgemental/intangible elements of your assurance experience
• Ideally some valuation sense-checking/assurance experience, or at least having to review clients' models
• Highly personable - this is an outgoing, happy and professional team and personality fit will be important
• Appetite to work in a new, still-growing boutique. Happy with the fact this means you'll be working with far fewer people than you're probably used to
• As well as audit backgrounds, advisory training backgrounds could also potentially be considered

and of course

• A well-reasoned interest in Forensic Accounting!

****please note our client has no licence to sponsor, so only unrestricted UK candidates can be considered****

What you'll get in return

• Being part of a challenger/disruptor firm in the London forensic market
• Learning directly from your Expert mentors
• Big 4 calibre work without having to work in a Big 4 firm
• Being part of a culture where everything will be celebrated as a team
• Working with genuinely lovely people
• Fully egalitarian approach to bonus sharing

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

# - Louise Bridge