Forensic Accounting Managing Director

India Delivery Centre; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a seasoned Senior Economist/Forensic Accountant to lead complex economic damages and financial analyses in commercial disputes. You will develop and defend sophisticated models, review opposing analyses, and apply forensic techniques across multiple engagements.

You will manage engagements from scope to delivery, mentor colleagues, and maintain strong client relationships, contributing to Crowe's advisory capabilities.

Qualifications

• Lead complex economic damages and financial analyses in commercial disputes.
• Develop, review, and defend damages, valuation, and financial models.
• Use quantitative analysis and data analytics to support calculations.
• Provide forensic accounting expertise in fraud and asset tracing.

Responsibilities

• Lead litigation support engagements from early case assessment to expert reports and trial.
• Coordinate with attorneys and clients to translate financial issues into clear analyses.
• Develop and maintain relationships with outside counsel and senior client stakeholders.
• Oversee engagement setup, scope, budgets, and risk management.

Job description

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description:

Essential Job Functions:

Economic Damages, Litigation & Forensic Analysis:

Lead complex economic damages and financial analyses in commercial disputes, including lost profits, breach of contract, intellectual property, business interruption, shareholder and other business disputes.

Develop, review, and defend sophisticated damages, valuation, and financial models using financial statements, transaction-level data, forecasts, market information, and other relevant evidence.

Evaluate opposing expert analyses, damages theories, assumptions, and methodologies; identify strengths, weaknesses, and alternative approaches.

Lead litigation support engagements from early case assessment through expert reports, depositions, arbitration, and trial, including preparation of expert exhibits and demonstratives.

Apply forensic accounting and investigative techniques where disputes involve allegations of fraud, accounting irregularities, asset tracing, or other complex financial issues.

Use quantitative analysis and data analytics to support damages calculations, forensic investigations, post-acquisition disputes, and other litigation-related inquiries.

Client & Engagement Management:

Conduct engagements in compliance with applicable professional, legal, regulatory, and firm requirements.

Manage a broad spectrum of matters involving investigations, litigation support, post-acquisition disputes, and insurance claims.

Lead a broad spectrum of matters involving economic damages, litigation support, forensic accounting investigations, post-acquisition disputes, and other complex financial disputes.

Position the team for successful engagement execution, quality results, and client satisfaction by clearly working within project parameters, managing resources and processes, and anticipating/resolving issues.

Serve as a senior advisor to clients and counsel, translating complex financial and accounting issues into clear, defensible analyses and practical litigation strategies.

Lead engagement execution, including scope, workplan, staffing, budgets, quality, risk management, expert-report development, and client satisfaction.

Manage engagement setup and completion activities, including conflicts, engagement letters, billing, collections, and other engagement administration.

Develop and maintain trusted relationships with outside counsel, in-house legal teams, executives, and other senior client stakeholders.

Recruit, mentor, and develop professionals across the damages and broader Disputes & Investigations team, including development of future expert witnesses.

Business Development:

Originate and expand economic damages and litigation support engagements through an established network of law firms, corporate clients, and referral relationships.

Build Crowe's market position in economic damages and litigation support, with an expectation of developing into or continuing as a recognized testifying expert.

Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and cross-sell Crowe capabilities across forensic accounting, investigations, digital forensics, post-acquisition disputes, and other Advisory services.

Collaborate with Crowe partners and leaders across Advisory to identify disputes, litigation, and expert-services opportunities within existing client relationships.

Maintain and expand an external network of attorneys, experts, corporate decision-makers, and industry contacts to generate opportunities and strengthen Crowe's brand in the disputes market.

Represent Crowe through relevant legal, accounting damages, and industry organizations, conferences, CLE/CPE programs, publications, and other thought-leadership activities.

Develop a recognized area of expertise within economic damages and litigation support and contribute to Crowe industry and market initiatives.

Reporting & Communication:

Draft, review, and support expert reports, rebuttal reports, declarations, presentations, and trial demonstratives that clearly communicate complex damages and financial analyses.

Present complex financial concepts and conclusions to attorneys, executives, boards, arbitrators, judges, and juries