Manager - Forensic & Accounting (Qualified CA Mandatory)

Metalegal Advocates; New Delhi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Metalegal Advocates seeks an experienced Chartered Accountant to join its Forensic & Accounting Practice. The role targets professionals with expertise in financial investigations, forensic accounting, regulatory reviews, and dispute support, offering exposure to high-value matters under multidisciplinary legal teams.

You will independently analyse complex financial data, conduct forensic reviews, assist regulatory authorities, and contribute to investigation documentation and reporting

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (Mandatory).
• Strong academic record in school and professional education.
• 5–7 years post-qualification experience in forensic accounting or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Independently analyse financial statements, ledgers, bank statements and complex transactions.
• Conduct forensic accounting reviews and fraud risk assessments.
• Support regulatory investigations, dispute resolution, and litigation work.
• Prepare investigation documentation, schedules, and reports.
• Coordinate with clients, auditors, regulators, and legal teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial investigation skills

Excel proficiency

Financial analysis

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Financial analysis

Job description

About the Role

Metalegal Advocates is seeking an experienced, analytically driven, and professionally accomplished Chartered Accountant to join its Forensic & Accounting Practice.

This role is designed for professionals with experience in financial investigations, forensic accounting, forensic audit, regulatory reviews, dispute support, financial due diligence, and white-collar matters. The successful candidate will work on complex matters involving financial irregularities, fraud reviews, regulatory proceedings, litigation support, transaction analysis, fund flow reviews, and investigation assignments across diverse industries.

The role offers significant exposure to high-value investigations handled by the Firm involving financial misconduct, corporate disputes, regulatory enforcement, and economic offences, while working closely with senior professionals and multidisciplinary legal teams.

Scope of Work

The Associate shall be involved in assignments relating to, inter alia:

• Financial investigations and forensic accounting reviews.
• Forensic audit and fraud risk assessments.
• Regulatory investigations and enforcement support.
• White-collar crime and economic offence matters.
• Financial due diligence and compliance reviews.
• Fund flow analysis and transaction tracing.
• Asset tracing and financial reconstruction.
• Dispute support, litigation support, and expert financial analysis.
• Investigation documentation and evidence management.
• Financial analysis relating to proceedings before regulatory and judicial authorities.
  

Key Responsibilities

The Associate shall, inter alia:

• Independently analyse financial statements, general ledgers, bank statements, accounting records, books of account, vouchers, supporting documentation, and complex financial transactions.
  
• Conduct forensic accounting reviews, financial investigations, transaction testing, fund flow analysis, asset tracing, reconciliation exercises, and financial data analysis.
  
• Identify unusual financial patterns, suspicious transactions, accounting irregularities, control deficiencies, and indicators of financial misconduct or fraud.
  
• Prepare structured working papers, investigation documentation, analytical memoranda, financial schedules, evidence matrices, and investigation reports.
  
• Assist in matters involving regulatory authorities, investigation agencies, dispute resolution, arbitration, and litigation support.
  
• Review documentary evidence, financial records, statutory filings, accounting data, and regulatory disclosures.
  
• Support investigations involving alleged fraud, diversion of funds, misappropriation, financial irregularities, accounting manipulation, related-party transactions, and other financial misconduct.
  
• Coordinate with clients, financial institutions, statutory auditors, forensic specialists, legal teams, and other stakeholders for collection and analysis of information.
  
• Conduct research on accounting standards, financial reporting requirements, regulatory frameworks, forensic methodologies, and investigation practices.
  
• Maintain high standards of professional judgement, confidentiality, documentation quality, and analytical accuracy throughout all assignments.
  

Requirements

Essential Qualifications

Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (Mandatory).
  
• Strong and consistent academic record throughout school, graduation, and professional education.
  
• 5 to 7 years of relevant post-qualification experience in forensic accounting, financial investigations, forensic audit, regulatory investigations, financial due diligence, dispute support, risk advisory, or other similar assignments involving financial investigations, regulatory reviews, or forensic analysis.
  

Preferred Experience

• White-collar crime investigations.
• Fraud investigations.
• Financial misconduct reviews.
• Regulatory investigations.
• Fund flow analysis.
• Asset tracing.
• Forensic accounting.
• Financial statement analysis.
• Investigation support involving proceedings before regulatory or enforcement authorities.
• Professional services firms, forensic consulting practices, investigation teams, risk advisory practices, or multidisciplinary professional firms.
  

Mandatory Requirements

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) Mandatory.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant post-qualification experience.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Excellent analytical and financial investigation skills.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and financial analysis.
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and financial reasoning capabilities.
• Excellent accounting and financial investigation skills.
• High standards of professional ethics, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation discipline.
• Strong report writing and communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage assignments and work under tight timelines.
• Professional judgment while handling sensitive financial and regulatory matters.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary legal and forensic teams.