Associate - Forensic & Accounting

Metalegal Advocates; New Delhi; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Metalegal Advocates seeks an analytically driven Chartered Accountant to join its Forensic & Investigations Practice in New Delhi. The role targets professionals with 0–3 years PQE, focusing on forensic accounting, regulatory investigations, and dispute support within a multidisciplinary legal team.

The successful candidate will work on complex assignments including financial irregularities, fraud reviews, fund flow assessments, and evidentiary documentation, with significant learning

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Financial investigations and forensic accounting reviews.
• Forensic audit and fraud risk assessments.
• Regulatory investigations and enforcement support.
• White-collar crime and economic offense matters.
• Financial due diligence and compliance reviews.
• Fund flow analysis and transaction tracing.
• Dispute support and litigation support.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial analysis

Report writing

Communication skills

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Financial data analysis

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.

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

· QualifiedChartered Accountant (CA).

· Strongacademic credentials with a consistent academic record.

· Excellentanalytical and financial reasoning skills.

· Proficiencyin Microsoft Excel and financial data analysis.

· Strong written and verbal communicationskills.

IdealCandidate Profile

The idealcandidate should demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and problem-solvingcapabilities.
• Sound accounting and financialanalysis skills.
• High standards of professionalethics, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Strong attention to detail anddocumentation discipline.
• Effective report writing andcommunication skills.
• Willingness to learn and work oncomplex forensic and investigation assignments.
• Ability to manage multipleassignments and work within defined timelines.
• A collaborative approach whileworking with multidisciplinary legal and forensic teams.

Remuneration

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

The responsibilities 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 businessrequirements, client engagements, operational needs, and the Associate'sexperience, capability, and professional development.