Forensic Accountant

Overview

This role is with a prominent global financial advisory firm specializing in corporate restructuring, insolvency, liquidations, forensic accounting, and asset recovery. The work spans major international financial centers and offshore jurisdictions, supporting institutional lenders, hedge funds, banks, and complex multinational corporate entities in high-stakes distressed situations requiring deep financial investigations and statutory restructuring work.

As a Forensic Accountant, you will independently drive complex investigative workstreams and deliver forensic analyses and statutory reporting under the guidance of experienced liquidators and engagement leaders.

Responsibilities

Forensic Accounting & Financial Investigations

• Analyze large volumes of historical financial records, bank statements, and supporting documentation to identify critical findings and anomalies.
• Perform comprehensive transaction tracing, fund-flow mapping, and asset recovery investigations across multi-entity corporate structures.
• Investigate complex accounting discrepancies, potential misstatements, and undocumented transactions, preparing detailed investigative summaries.
• Lead forensic workstreams independently across concurrent engagements, delivering high-integrity evidence and audit-ready findings.

Restructuring & Statutory Liquidation Support

• Assist court-appointed and voluntary liquidators with statutory liquidation and insolvency processes from inception to closure.
• Draft statutory reports, regulatory filings, formal creditor notices, and official court documentation.
• Calculate creditor distribution waterfalls, priority repayment schedules, and liquidation payment allocations.
• Maintain organized case files, electronic documentation repositories, and statutory compliance schedules in line with regulatory frameworks.
• Provide financial analysis and valuation support throughout ongoing corporate restructuring procedures.

Accounting Reconstruction & Financial Reconciliations

• Perform complex general ledger reconciliations and reconstruct incomplete or compromised historical financial statements.
• Review financial records received from clients, financial institutions, and third parties for completeness, consistency, and accuracy.
• Prepare detailed working papers, lead schedules, and cross-referenced supporting schedules for insolvency and forensic files.
• Evaluate financial reporting treatments under US GAAP and/or IFRS to ensure statutory rigor.

Stakeholder Coordination & Professional Reporting

• Draft formal, professional correspondence to creditors, legal counsel, regulatory bodies, and external financial institutions.
• Liaise directly with external stakeholders and counter-parties under the direction of engagement partners and liquidators.
• Deliver timely, transparent case updates and clearly articulate investigative findings to cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate effectively across international restructuring practice teams and external legal advisors.

AI Integration & Process Innovation

• Leverage Microsoft 365, Xero, Harvest, and modern productivity tooling to streamline financial administration and case workflows.
• Incorporate AI tools including Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT to accelerate document reviews, data extraction, and quantitative analysis while maintaining strict accuracy and professional skepticism.
• Contribute to internal knowledge repositories and help design scalable, AI-assisted forensic workflows.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive professional experience in audit, forensic accounting, corporate restructuring, insolvency, or financial investigations.
• Background within a Big Four or equivalent top-tier professional services firm is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record reconstructing incomplete accounting records, performing general ledger reviews, and conducting multi-layered transaction tracing or asset recovery investigations.
• Strong command of financial statement analysis and reconciliation principles.
• Familiarity with US GAAP, IFRS, creditor distribution waterfall mechanics, and statutory liquidation frameworks.
• Hands-on proficiency with cloud accounting platforms (Xero preferred), advanced Microsoft Excel, and time-tracking systems (such as Harvest).
• Demonstrated comfort using AI productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT) to optimize document analysis and investigative speed.
• Exceptional written English communication skills, with demonstrated ability to draft formal statutory reports, creditor correspondence, and analytical briefing memos with precision.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail, strong investigative reasoning, intellectual agility, and comfort navigating ambiguous, case-based environments where fixed checklists do not apply.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience spanning statutory reporting, cross-functional stakeholder communication, and AI-enabled workflow optimization.

Compensation & Benefits

• This is a remote role. Benefits and compensation information will be shared during the offer process, considering market trends and individual factors.

Location

• Remote role.
• Expected to work a split shift with some overlap with the client’s time zone.
• Required to be present for in-person training programs during your first 3.5 weeks with us.