Forensic Accountant

Genius People; Perth; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Genius People is recruiting for an established forensic accounting team in Perth, working with lawyers and businesses on complex disputes. You will be involved from initial review of financial records through analysis, modelling and written reports that support an expert’s opinion.

You’ll gain experience in disputes while collaborating with senior forensic accountants and valuation specialists, building loss models, and preparing analyses for expert reports.

Qualifications

• Experience in forensic accounting and disputes.
• Ability to build loss models and valuations for expert reports.
• Strong written and analytical reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyse financial statements and transaction data to quantify impact.
• Build and review models to quantify economic loss and damages.
• Value businesses and assets in dispute contexts.
• Draft sections of independent expert reports and supporting calculations.
• Explain findings clearly to senior team and legal advisers.

Skills

Forensic accounting

Disputes experience

Financial modelling

Litigation support

Education

Bachelor's degree

CA or equivalent

Job description

Genius People is recruiting for an established forensic accounting team in Perth. The team works with lawyers and businesses on complex commercial disputes, providing financial analysis and independent expert evidence on matters involving economic loss, damages and business value.

This is an opportunity to build your career in disputes while working directly with experienced forensic accountants and valuation specialists. You’ll be involved from the initial review of financial records through to the analysis, modelling and written reports that support an expert’s opinion.

What you’ll do

• - Analyse financial statements, transaction records and commercial data to establish what happened and assess the financial impact.
• - Build and review models to quantify lost profits, economic loss and damages.
• - Value businesses, shares and other assets in the context of a dispute.
• - Draft sections of independent expert reports and prepare the calculations and supporting schedules behind them.
• - Review opposing experts’ analysis and identify the assumptions that drive differences in their conclusions.
• - Work with senior team members and legal advisers to clarify instructions and explain findings in plain English.

What you’ll bring

You’ll have experience in forensic accounting, commercial disputes, litigation support or valuations. We’re particularly interested in people who can point to a dispute where they personally built a loss model, assessed a valuation or prepared analysis for an expert report.

You’ll be comfortable working through detailed financial records, testing assumptions and writing clearly about your findings. A relevant degree and a CA or similar qualification, completed or in progress, would be well regarded.

We’re keen to hear from people around Senior Analyst or Assistant Manager level, and open to conversations with experienced disputes practitioners at other levels.