Associate - Forensic

Metalegal Advocates; New Delhi; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Metalegal Advocates in India seeks a Chartered Accountant to join its Forensic & Investigations Practice. The role targets 0–3 years post-qualification experience and offers exposure to complex financial investigations, regulatory proceedings, and dispute support.

You will work with senior professionals and multidisciplinary teams on matters across industry sectors, handling financial analysis, documentation, and structured working papers while upholding ethics and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• CA qualification is mandatory.
• 0–3 years post-qualification experience in forensic accounting or related areas.
• Strong academic record throughout education.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial statements, bank statements and ledgers.
• Assist in forensic accounting reviews and transaction testing.
• Support regulatory investigations and dispute resolution.
• Prepare structured working papers and evidence matrices.
• Coordinate with clients and internal teams for data collection and analysis.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial analysis

Excel

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Ethics & confidentiality

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Metalegal Advocates is a litigation and advisory law firm with offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The firm provides comprehensive services across economic laws, financial crimes, tax disputes (income tax, GST, black money, VAT, and other taxes), securities laws, FEMA, commercial laws, and related business and mercantile laws. Its clientele includes both businesses and individuals across a wide range of industry verticals.

Job Description

About the Role

MetalegalAdvocates is seeking an analytically driven and professionally accomplished CharteredAccountant to join its Forensic & Investigations Practice .

This role isideal for professionals with 0–3 years of post-qualification experience whoare keen to build a career in forensic accounting, financial investigations,dispute support, regulatory proceedings, and white-collar matters. Thesuccessful candidate will gain structured exposure to complex assignmentsinvolving financial irregularities, fraud reviews, transaction analysis, fundflow assessments, litigation support, and regulatory investigations whileworking closely with senior professionals and multidisciplinary legal teams.

The role offerssignificant learning opportunities in a dynamic professional environment withexposure to challenging engagements across diverse industries.

Scope of Work

The Associateshall be involved in assignments relating to, inter alia:

• Financial investigations and forensicaccounting reviews.
• Forensic audit and fraud riskassessments.
• Regulatory investigations andenforcement support.
• White-collar crime and economicoffence matters.
• Financial due diligence andcompliance reviews.
• Fund flow analysis and transactiontracing.
• Asset tracing and financialreconstruction.
• Dispute support, litigation support,and financial analysis.
• Investigation documentation andevidence management.
• Financial analysis relating toproceedings before regulatory and judicial authorities.

KeyResponsibilities

The Associateshall, inter alia:

• Analyse financial statements, booksof account, bank statements, general ledgers, accounting records,vouchers, transaction trails, and supporting documentation.
• Assist in forensic accountingreviews, financial investigations, transaction testing, fund flowanalysis, reconciliation exercises, and financial data analysis.
• Support the identification of unusualfinancial patterns, accounting irregularities, suspicious transactions,and indicators of financial misconduct or fraud.
• Prepare structured working papers,analytical schedules, financial summaries, investigation documentation,and evidence matrices.
• Assist in assignments involvingregulatory authorities, investigation agencies, dispute resolution,arbitration, and litigation support.
• Review financial records, statutoryfilings, accounting data, documentary evidence, and regulatorydisclosures.
• Support investigations relating toalleged fraud, diversion of funds, misappropriation, accountingirregularities, related-party transactions, and other financialmisconduct.
• Coordinate with clients and internalteams for collection, organisation, and analysis of financial andsupporting information.
• Conduct research on accountingstandards, financial reporting requirements, regulatory frameworks,forensic methodologies, and investigation practices.
• Maintain high standards ofprofessional ethics, confidentiality, documentation quality, andanalytical accuracy across all assignments.

Requirements

EssentialQualifications

Applicants mustsatisfy all of the following requirements:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) –Mandatory.
• 0–3 years of relevantpost-qualification experience in forensic accounting, forensic audit,financial investigations, risk advisory, financial due diligence,regulatory reviews, dispute support, statutory audit, internal audit, orsimilar financial analysis assignments.
• Strong and consistent academic recordthroughout school, graduation, and professional education.

PreferredExperience

Preference may begiven to candidates having exposure to one or more of the following:

• Forensic accounting or forensicaudit.
• Financial investigations.
• Regulatory investigations.
• Financial statement analysis.
• Fund flow analysis.
• Internal controls and compliancereviews.
• Risk advisory assignments.
• Dispute support or litigationsupport.
• Professional services firms, forensicconsulting practices, risk advisory teams, audit firms, ormultidisciplinary professional environments.

MandatoryRequirements

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).
• Strong academic credentials with a consistent academic record.
• Excellent analytical and financial reasoning skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial data analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

IdealCandidate Profile

The idealcandidate should demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Sound accounting and financialanalysis skills.
• High standards of professional ethics, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline.
• Effective report writing and communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and work on complex forensic and investigation assignments.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and work within defined timelines.
• A collaborative approach while working with multidisciplinary legal and forensic teams.

Remuneration

Competitiveremuneration shall be offered commensurate with qualifications, relevant experience, professional merit, and overall suitability for the role.

Theresponsibilities outlined above are indicative of the broad scope of the roleand are not intended to be exhaustive. The Associate may be required toundertake such additional responsibilities and assignments as may be reasonablyassigned by the Firm from time to time, having regard to the Firm's business requirements, client engagements, operational needs, and the Associate's experience, capability, and professional development.