Director - Forensic Technology, Investigations & Discovery

Thinkbrg; Singapore; On-site; SGD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkeley Research Group (BRG) in Singapore seeks a Director of Forensic Technology, Investigations & Discovery to lead the APAC build-out of our forensic investigations practice. You will run day-to-day engagements, oversee teams, manage budgets, and ensure rigorous evidence-based analyses across accounting records, data analytics and eDiscovery.

The role combines leadership, technical depth, and client-facing accountability, with responsibilities spanning plan design, team coaching, and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in forensic accounting, investigations, internal audit, or forensic technology.
• Proven track record leading client engagements and managing engagements and teams.
• Professional qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CFE, CIA) or equivalent technical track record in forensic data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute a Business Development plan; manage investigations day to day.
• Lead teams of three to six professionals across concurrent workstreams.
• Design and oversee substantive forensic analysis: accounting tests, data analytics, eDiscovery protocols.
• Draft investigation reports and expert reports to withstand scrutiny; communicate with clients.
• Contribute to business development—proposals, pitches, and client presentations; mentor juniors.

Skills

Forensic accounting

Investigations

Internal audit

Transaction services

Forensic technology

Education

CPA / ACA / ACCA / CFE / CIA

Tools

eDiscovery

Forensic data analytics

Job description

Director - Forensic Technology, Investigations & Discovery# Where Intelligence Works## Director - Forensic Technology, Investigations & DiscoveryApply: Singapore: Full time: Posted Today: JR101203## **We Do Consulting Differently** Berkeley Research Group (BRG) is a global consulting firm that helps leading organisations advance in three principal areas: disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and performance improvement and advisory. More than 1,600 professionals work across over 40 offices worldwide. Our forensic teams bring together , chartered accountants, forensic technologists, former regulators and former prosecutors. We are known for intellectual rigour, independence and work that stands up to scrutiny in boardrooms, courts and arbitral tribunals. **The Opportunity** We are establishing BRG's Forensic Investigations practice across APAC and the UK. This is a genuine build — a new team, in a new market, with the methodology, credentials and global network of an established international firm behind it, and without the constraints of a legacy structure. The practice focuses on the following connected disciplines: forensic accounting and fraud investigations, and forensic technology and eDiscovery. Our work typically arises where the facts are contested and the stakes are high — special investigations for supervisory boards and audit committees, allegations of financial misstatement, corruption and misappropriation, regulatory and criminal proceedings, and post-transaction disputes. The engagement management layer of the practice. You run the work: the plan, the team, the quality and the client relationship on a day-to-day basis. **Your Responsibilities** * Design and execute a Business Development plan.* Manage investigations day to day — work planning, team allocation, budget tracking, quality control and client communication.* Lead teams of three to six professionals across concurrent workstreams, often under considerable time pressure.* Design and oversee the substantive forensic analysis: transaction and journal entry testing, reconstruction of accounting records, funds tracing, third-party payment review, and analysis of large document populations.* Conduct and document interviews with witnesses and subjects, typically alongside external counsel.* Direct forensic technology workstreams: data preservation and processing, structured data analytics, search term design and eDiscovery review protocols.* Draft investigation reports and sections of expert reports to a standard that will withstand challenge.* Contribute to business development — proposals, pitches, client presentations and thought leadership.* Coach, review and appraise junior colleagues, and take a role in recruiting as the team grows. **Your Profile** * Extensive relevant experience in forensic accounting, investigations, internal audit, transaction services or forensic technology.* Proven experience in developing books of business and leading client engagements.* Proven experience managing engagements and teams independently — you can be given a mandate and trusted to run it.* A professional qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CFE, CIA) or an equivalent technical track record in forensic data analytics.* Strong command of accounting and financial reporting, or deep expertise in forensic data platforms — ideally both.* Fluent English language skills with excellent written and verbal skills.* Composure, discretion and a methodical approach to evidence. **About BRG**BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen. BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.