Senior Manager, Forensics & Litigation — Lead Investigations

Forvis Mazars US; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars, LLP’s Forensics & Litigation Services division seeks a senior engagement lead in the United States to guide complex assignments from planning through delivery. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, and communicate findings to clients and counsel.

The role requires 7+ years in forensics & litigation, deep accounting knowledge, and experience with investigations, post-closing disputes, and regulatory matters, including the SEC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in forensics & litigation consulting services.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience leading large-scale fraud, internal, financial reporting, or accounting investigations, including matters involving the SEC or other governmental and regulatory bodies.
• Experience supporting post-closing disputes, M&A litigation, and complex commercial litigation, including damages, lost profits, purchase price adjustments, earnouts, or related accounting analyses.
• Demonstrated experience developing client relationships, generating opportunities, supporting proposals, and contributing to growth of a forensics and litigation practice.
• Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Experience providing expert testimony, supporting a testifying expert, or preparing matters for deposition, mediation, arbitration, or trial.
• Current and valid professional business credentials, including one or more of the following: CPA, CFA, ABV, ASA, MAFF, CFE, AVA, or CFF.
• Experience with business valuation disputes.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex forensic accounting and litigation engagements from planning through delivery, including defining scope, developing workplans, managing budgets and timelines, coordinating multidisciplinary resources, and communicating progress and findings to clients and counsel.
• Direct large-scale internal company investigations involving potential fraud, whistleblower complaints, and other areas of suspected financial misconduct, misappropriation, corruption, or control failures, including records analysis, transaction tracing, investigative interviews, and synthesis of evidence.
• Manage SEC, governmental, and other regulatory related matters, working with legal counsel, corporate leadership, audit and special committees, and other stakeholders to respond to inquiries and develop clear, well supported findings.
• Lead financial reporting and accounting investigations involving alleged misstatements, restatements, earnings management, revenue recognition, reserves, related-party transactions, technical accounting issues, and internal control deficiencies.
• Advise clients and counsel on post-closing disputes and M&A related litigation, including working capital and purchase price adjustments, earnouts, indemnification claims, accounting interpretation disputes, and damages analyses.
• Provide complex commercial litigation support by analyzing financial, accounting, and operational records; developing damages and lost-profits models; assessing claims and counterclaims; and preparing defensible analyses for mediation, arbitration, or trial.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Forvis Mazars, LLP’s Forensics & Litigation Services division seeks a senior engagement lead in the United States to guide complex assignments from planning through delivery. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, and communicate findings to clients and counsel.

The role requires 7+ years in forensics & litigation, deep accounting knowledge, and experience with investigations, post-closing disputes, and regulatory matters, including the SEC.