Managing Consultant/ Senior Managing Consultant (Foresic Accounting)

HKA; Paris; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HKA is expanding its Paris-based FACD team, inviting a Managing Consultant/Senior Manager to lead complex disputes and high-value engagements. You will oversee workstreams, develop expert reports, and apply rigorous financial analysis.

Join a globally respected expert-witness firm renowned for valuation and damages work, with opportunities for career growth and international collaboration across our FACD practice.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly.
• Collaborative approach and commitment to professional development within a team.
• French and English language capability is essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing significant workstreams on complex disputes within the FACD practice.
• Supporting engagements from planning through to completion, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Drafting clear, concise expert reports and supporting experts on high-value disputes.
• Conducting detailed financial, accounting and economic analyses with technical rigour.
• Performing business valuations using recognised methodologies and analytical techniques.
• Reviewing large and complex datasets to identify key issues and insights.
• Mentoring junior team members and supporting their development.
• Collaborating with Partners, clients and legal teams to communicate findings.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

FR/EN bilingual

Education

Accounting/Finance/Economics degree

Job description

HKA is a leading global consultancy in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness and litigation support. We anticipate, investigate and resolve complex challenges by harnessing world-leading multi-disciplinary expertise and experience.

As trusted independent consultants, experts and advisors, we deliver solutions amid uncertainty, dispute and overrun, and provide the insights that make the best possible outcomes a reality for public and private sector clients worldwide. Our experts have testified across the globe on many of the largest quantum, delay, engineering and commercial damages matters.

At HKA, you can expect:

• A genuinely collaborative culture where we invest in growing our Forensic Accounting and Commercial Damages (FACD) practice and your career together.
• The opportunity to work on some of the most complex and high-profile disputes across EMEA and globally.
• The chance to leverage HKA's reputation as one of the world's most respected expert witness firms while developing your expertise in valuation and financial damages.
• Access to an outstanding expert platform, cutting-edge methodologies and a global network of specialists.

The Opportunity

As a Managing Consultant or Senior Manager Consultant in our FACD team, you'll be part of a high-performing global practice known for delivering market-leading expert advisory services.

This is an exciting stage of growth for our Paris team, offering the opportunity to work alongside Partners and senior experts recognised internationally for their expertise in contentious valuations and forensic accounting.

You will play a key role in the success and continued expansion of our International FACD practice by:

• Managing significant workstreams on complex disputes
• Supporting the delivery of engagements from planning through to completion, ensuring work is completed to the highest standard.
• Drafting clear, concise and compelling expert reports and supporting experts on high-value disputes.
• Conducting detailed financial, accounting and economic analyses with a high degree of technical rigour.
• Performing business valuations using recognised methodologies and analytical techniques to develop robust and defensible conclusions.
• Reviewing and interpreting large and complex datasets to identify key issues and insights.
• Managing and mentoring junior team members, providing guidance and support on technical work and professional development.
• Working closely with Partners, clients and legal teams to communicate findings and respond to queries.
• Contributing to business development activities, thought leadership initiatives and industry events as opportunities arise.

Skills & Experience

We're looking for ambitious and analytical individuals who bring:

• A graduate or postgraduate degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience in finance, accounting, business valuation, including contentious valuations, and dispute-related engagements.
• Strong problem-solving skills, exceptional analytical capability and meticulous attention to detail.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and concisely.
• A collaborative approach and a commitment to developing both personally and professionally within a team environment.
• French and English language capability is essential.

Why HKA?

Joining HKA means becoming part of a globally recognised expert and consulting firm trusted on some of the world's most high-profile and complex disputes. Our people are at the heart of our success, and we are committed to creating an environment where talented professionals can thrive, develop and make a meaningful impact.

In our FACD team, you'll work alongside industry-leading experts on challenging international assignments, gaining exposure to sophisticated valuation, forensic accounting and damages matters across a wide range of sectors. Combined with our collaborative culture, global reach and commitment to professional development, HKA offers a unique opportunity to accelerate your career while working on matters that truly shape business outcomes.

ED&I at HKA:

HKA has a thriving ED&I committee working hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for a truly diverse set of employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy, please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information.

All HKA employment decisions are firstly made on merit and shall be made without regard to age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, or anyother basis in compliance with local legislation.